Note from the editor
The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy wants your insights. We see trust as necessary to democracy, yet trust in our national institutions, including the news media, has fallen to troublesome lows. Over the course of the next year, at a series of meetings across the country, we will be listening to a wide range of perspectives and deliberate about recommendations for practical steps forward. We'll share our work in progress here and take your ideas back to the Commission. In early 2019, we will publish our report. We have a lot of work to do–let's dig in and get it done together. For information on the 26-member Commission, run by the Aspen Institute and funded by the Knight Foundation, follow this link: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/communications-and-society-program/knight-commission-trust-media-democracy/
Editors
Knight Foundation
Our goal is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy. KF.org
Nancy Watzman
Nancy Watzman is director of Lynx LLC, lynxco.org. She is former director, Colorado Media Project; outreach editor, Knight Comm on Trust, Media & Democracy.
Jessica Clark
Executive Director of Dot Connector Studio, a foresight and strategy firm focused on media, culture and democracy. Learn more: dotconnectorstudio.com
Rosemary D'Amour
Media impact @ImpactArchtcts. Former @knightfdn, @CIMA_Media & #mediadev. @BU_Tweets, @AmericanU grad. S'mores connoisseur. #goterriers
Writers
John Battelle
A Founder of The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business
Tamar Wilner
Freelance journalist and researcher covering misinformation, fact-checking, science communication and the media. More at www.tamarwilner.com.
Josh Stearns
Senior Director, Public Square Program at the Democracy Fund. Journalism and democracy of, by and for the people. Formerly: @grdodge @freepress
Francesca Tripodi
Sociologist and media scholar studying Wikipedia, Google, and other participatory media platforms. @ftripodi / www.ftripodi.com
Jonathan Ladd
Jonathan Ladd is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Government at Georgetown University. He is author of Why Americans Hate the Media and How it Matters.
Ethan Zuckerman
Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab, Global Voices, Berkman Center. Author of Rewire, published by W.W. Norton RT ≠ endorsement, RT = interesting read.
Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy
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Samantha Bradshaw
Samantha Bradshaw is a D.Phil. Candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, a Researcher on the Computational Propaganda Project, and a Senior Fellow at the CIC.
Steven Isenberg
Isenberg was a newspaper publisher, university president, professor, and NYC mayoral chief of staff. He is an honorary fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
Nathan Bomey
Business reporter for USA TODAY & author of “Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together in a Polarized Age” (May 2021) http://www.nathanbomey.com/bridgebuilders
Brian Southwell
Director, Science in the Public Sphere @ RTI International, Faculty Member @ Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill, & Public Radio Professional @ WNCU (90.7 FM)
Democratic Knowledge Project
Distributed Research and Action Lab at Harvard University | Principal Investigator: Danielle Allen | democraticknowledge.fas.harvard.edu
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
Expert in #hybridwork #remotework #cognitivebiases. CEO at Disaster Avoidance Experts. Write for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Inc. Magazine, Time, Forbes.
Center for Media Engagement
Conducting original, groundbreaking research alongside newsrooms, social media platforms, and organizations looking to influence media practices.
WURD Radio
PA’s only Black-owned news-talk radio station - interactive, info-based dialogue founded on community, empowerment, & impact. #onWURD
Jonathan Zittrain
Prof. @Harvard_Law, @HSEAS, @Kennedy_School + @BerkmanCenter for Internet & Society; @EFF board member; a small creature who likes to run around in universities
Jennifer Preston
Vice President, Journalism at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, where we support informed and engaged communities.
Christopher David Yung
Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought and Director of East Asian Studies, U.S. Marine Corps University
Miranda Spivack
Miranda Spivack is the Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University and an independent journalist for revealnews.org
dana coester
singularity geek with a fashion sense, women of technology, chicken little. Ozarks meets Appalachia. Executive Editor for 100 Days in Appalachia
Chris Horne
Sixth degree black belt in Shaq-fu. Gave up Lent for bacon. Publisher of The Devil Strip. JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford, Class of 2019. Lucky dude.
Tim Marema
Tim Marema is vice president of the Center for Rural Strategies and editor of the Daily Yonder, Rural Strategies' rural news platform. www.dailyyonder.com
Science & the Media
Working to advance civic participation, solve problems and empower communities. Exploring all the connections. By Louise Lief.
Kevin Vallier
Professor of Philosophy & Author of Trust in a Polarized Age (Oxford UP 2020) // kevinvallier.com
Ryan Muldoon
Ryan Muldoon is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo - SUNY. He is the author of Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World.
Amanda Ripley
Journalist & NY Times bestselling author. Most recent book: HIGH CONFLICT: Why We Get Trapped & How We Get Out (Prev: SMARTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD & UNTHINKABLE)
Emily Roseman
Research Director at the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). Studying how public service journalism can thrive.
Mike Caulfield
Teaches web literacy and other things. Recent book: Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers.
Joe Amditis
Associate director of operations, Center for Cooperative Media; host + producer, WTF Just Happened Today podcast.
Elizabeth Green
Cofounder and CEO, Chalkbeat + Votebeat. Cofounder, American Journalism Project. Author, Building a Better Teacher. She/her
Melissa Milios Davis
VP for Strategic Communications @GatesFamilyFDN. Exploring sustainable solutions for digital journalism @CO_MediaProject.
Karen Rundlet
Director @KnightFdn • Tweets = business, tech, #journalism & 305 (Miami mischief) Previous: @MiamiHerald @NBCNewYork @WLRN @WPLGLocal10 A patty not an empanada.
Becca Lewis
I research media manipulation and political digital media at Stanford and Data & Society.
Matt Grossmann
Political Scientist and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University; Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center
Gene Policinski
President/COO of the Freedom Forum Institute, which includes the First Amendment Center, Religious Freedom Center, NewseumED, diversity and special programs.
Damian Radcliffe
Chambers Professor in Journalism @uoregon | Fellow @TowCenter @CardiffJomec @theRSAorg | Write @wnip @ZDNet | Host Demystifying Media podcast https://itunes.app
BGrueskin
Journalist, professor, Classics major, VISTA volunteer, failed oboist. Via Colorado, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, WSJ, Columbia
Kathleen Kiely
Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies, Missouri School of Journalism. I commit journalism and aid and abet others in doing the same.
Daniela Gerson
Ass’t Prof @CSUNJournalism and Co-creator #MigratoryNotes. Subscribe for free: https://bit.ly/2tkethJ @dhgerson
James Breiner
Helping digital media entrepreneurs produce trustworthy journalism. English-Spanish. ICFJ, Poynter, DW Akademie, SembraMedia https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/
Daniel Bevarly, New Democracy Partners, FGCU
I advance inclusive communication models that facilitate collaboration btw public insts and constituents to optimize decision making, good governing and trust.
Zeynep Tufekci
Thinking about our tools, ourselves. Assistant prof at UNC iSchool. Princeton CITP fellow, Harvard Berkman faculty associate, Sociology.
Mark Glaser
Advisor + consultant. Supporting Dot Connector Studio and Knight Foundation in local news. Founder of MediaShift.
Steven Waldman
President and Co-Founder of Report for America. Previously co-founded Beliefnet, LifePosts; worked at Newsweek, FCC, AmeriCorps.
