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[|**Kathy E. Gill**], Department of Communication, University of Washington. Kathy teaches graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Washington, Department of Communication. Her primary appointment is with the Master of Communication Digital Media program, but she also teaches undergraduate digital journalism. Her research focus is the impact digital communication technologies are having on institutions of power, specifically journalism and politics. Kathy’s blog, WiredPen, supports her classes with tech news and commentary and helps ease the itchy finger “must write!” gene. She has worked as a writer for About.com (now a New York Times property) twice: 1998-2000 and 2004-2009.

[|**Jason Preston.**] **Director of New Media, The Parnassus Group.** Jason has worked with clients on shaping blogger engagement strategies, creating blogs, conceptualizing Facebook applications, and has spoken about Social Media at the Web Community Forum, PodCamp Seattle, and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. He has been quoted on social media and online communication technologies in the Sydney Morning Herald and in The Observer. Jason is also the founding editor of [|Eat Sleep Publish], a blog and event series about the future of publishing.

=[|NYTimes Appoints First Social Media Editor]= Written by [|Marshall Kirkpatrick] / May 26, 2009 9:44 AM / [|0 Comments] NYTimes names Jen preston as social media editor. we need to check back on her and see if she ever opens up her twitter.

[|The golden age of computer-assisted reporting is at hand]
By [|Mathew Ingram] / May 20 / 11:14 p.m. ingram is the twitter specialist for the canadian paper. he would also be a person for the kids to contact. This article may be relevant. I haven't read it yet.

Heather Mackin (for the PR side of stories)

Ashley Harrell (former student, SF Weekly investigative journalist) [|Archive of Ashley's stories]

Kelly Golnoush Niknejad's []