Innovating the Local News Ecosystem Conference

Debbie Galant is associate director of the NJ News Commons/Center for Cooperative Media, which is dedicated to supporting and improving local journalism in New Jersey. Galant’s work spans the NJ News Commons and the Center, as she helps to lead training and development and to provide... Read More →

Molly directs the Foundation’s Media grants, which strengthen and expand New Jersey's news and information ecosystem, support and experiment with collaboration and resource-sharing, and encourage deep community engagement throughout the state. She also directs Dodge’s communications... Read More →

Doug Doyle has been News Director at Jazz 88 since 1998 and has taken the WBGO News Department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 200 awards from organizations like PRNDI, AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State... Read More →

Sylvia Jáuregui, an entrepreneur, producer, and journalist, graduated fromKean University, NJ, summa cum laude in International Broadcast Journalism. She started her career at age 17 in Ecuador, where she worked as a reporter, producer, account manager, and host of a live TV... Read More →

Charlie Kratovil is the co-founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, an independent publication that grew from an all-volunteer online-only passion project into a monthly bilingual newspaper that publishes hard-hitting news for the New Brunswick and pays dozens of journalists for... Read More →

Tom Meagher is the deputy managing editor of the Marshall Project, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering crime and justice in America. A veteran reporter and editor, he previously led an interactive team for the Digital First Media newspaper chain and was the data editor... Read More →