The Washington Journalism and Media Conference

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Winn Duvall

Winn Duvall is the copy editor at Northern Virginia Magazine. As copy editor, she edits both the print magazine and online content for grammar, style, structure and tone. She also functions as the magazine’s copywriter, which entails putting together content for print and online ads and writing longer narrative advertorials for clients. Duvall is a 2014 graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in magazine editing. Prior to joining the Northern Virginia Magazine editorial staff, Duvall worked as an intern at city and regional magazines in both Alabama and Missouri.

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Ian Bush

Ian Bush is an anchor, reporter, and editor at KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia and a reporter for the CBS Radio News network. In 2008, he was named one of national radio’s ’30 Under 30′ by Edison Media Research. Now, sadly, he’s over 30. Bush is KYW’s technology editor, but his reporting is diverse: he was part of the Murrow Award-winning play-by-play team that broadcast the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, and he was honored by the Associated Press for a series on young voters. Bush is a 2004 graduate of Villanova University. A proud Wildcat, he served as news director at the campus radio station, WXVU-FM, where his documentary ‘Voices of Reading’ earned the first AP award for station. He received his master’s degree in 2006 — and had the distinction of being the first to graduate in Villanova’s new master’s program in communication. He got his start in radio anchoring local news on WDIY-FM in Bethlehem, Pa., an NPR affiliate, while at Notre Dame High School (Green Pond) and in between two-a-days in the pool. Connect with Ian on Twitter: @ianthebush

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Rodger Smith

RODGER SMITH

Instructor, Communication Minor Director & WGMU Faculty Advisor, George Mason University

Professor Rodger Smith is a professor of Communication at George Mason University. He is currently teaching COMM 359 Media Management, COMM 148 Radio Workshop 1, COMM 354 Radio Production, COMM 348 Radio Workshop 2 and COMM 372 Sports and the Media.

He is currently the faculty advisor for WGMU, the campus online radio station. Professor Smith’s interest in Communications came from an interest in the cause and effect of programming and how the media affects culture, daily life and technology. His previous work in radio includes working for WFTR Front Royal, Virginia where he was a news director (1986-1988), sports director and mid-day on-air talent (1988-1989) and a morning drive personality (1990-1992). He also worked as an advertising/production director for WUSQ Winchester.

Professor Smith was honored in Who’s Who in the Media and Communications in 1997-1998. Professor Smith also serves as the public address announcer for football and basketball games at his Alma Mater, Warren County High School in Front Royal, VA.

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Juliette Shedd

Dr. Shedd is currently the Associate Dean for Administration at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, and teaches both introductory courses and courses on terrorism, extremism, global conflicts, and ideologies. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and a BA in Political Science and Psychology from George Washington University. Her research includes work on the relationship of media to conflict, specifically focused on media coverage of terrorism and the role of women in political violence. For the last three years she has Co-Directed the Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute with Central Asia, bringing 45 students a year from Central Asia and the U.S. together for a month long training and exchange program. She has shepherded S-CAR’s efforts to increase distance education and overseen a wide range of innovations in experiential and service learning.

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David Culver

 David Culver is a reporter with News4’s Northern Virginia Bureau and anchors the Saturday edition of News4 Today.

David has deep roots in Northern Virginia. He was born and raised in Fairfax County, and most of his family still lives there. David attended Gonzaga College High School then graduated from William and Mary with a degree in Hispanic Studies. But David always knew he wanted to be a journalist and spent a few summers at NBC in Washington. He interned at News4 and wrote a blog for NBCWashington.com while studying abroad. He was also an intern for NBC News’ Investigative Unit in Washington.

After college, David became a reporter and producer for WAVY-TV, the NBC station in Norfolk. Two years later, he began anchoring the station’s weekend morning newscasts. He joined News4 in December 2012.

David is fluent in Spanish and studied Arabic in college. He lives in Arlington.

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Catalina Camia

Catalina Camia manages reporters who specialize in the Supreme Court, criminal justice and tax policy for CQ Roll Call, and has a deep background in coverage of politics, campaign finance and lobbying. She has extensive experience as an editor and reporter in Washington. Prior to joining CQ Roll Call, Camia was a national political correspondent for USA TODAY and anchor of its OnPolitics blog. At USA TODAY, Camia was co-director of 2008 presidential campaign coverage and was on the team that developed the successful Candidate Match Game interactive. She was also the Washington editor charged with coverage of the 2006 and 2010 midterm elections, and led reporters covering politics, Congress, lobbying and campaign finance, economics, the White House and NASA. Camia previously covered Congress for The Dallas Morning News and got her start in Washington as an environmental policy reporter for what was then known as Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, now known as Q. She is a former national president of the Asian American Journalists Association and UNITY: Journalists of Color. Camia is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

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Zach Wineburg

Zach Wineburg works on the Democratic Elections Team at Google. Zach is a veteran in mobilization and campaign management, with over a decade of experience on elections at every level – from municipal to Congressional, Senate, Gubernatorial, and Presidential. With stints at the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC) and at Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), Zach has also served as campaign manager for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ successful reelection in 2008, and as part of President Obama’s Senior Leadership Team in the battleground state of Iowa in 2012. As a member of Google’s Elections Team, Zach supports Democratic candidates, committees, and Super PACs in targeting their message to the right audiences by utilizing Google’s suite of tools and products. He holds his bachelor’s degree from Mary Washington College and a master’s degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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Tina Rosenberg

Tina Rosenberg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. She co-authors the “Fixes” column in the New York Times “Opinionator” section. She is a former editorial writer for the New York Times and a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. She is the co-founder of Solutions Journalism Network, an independent, non-profit organization working to legitimize and spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems. Her books include Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America and The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism,which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. She has written for dozens of magazines, including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic. She is the author, most recently, of “Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World.” Follow her @tirosenberg.

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Karin Caifa

Karin Caifa is a Washington-based reporter/producer for CNN Newsource, the affiliate news service of CNN. Karin’s live reports and content are distributed to more than 900 local stations domestically, as well as CNN platforms on-air and online worldwide. Her live political reports are also heard on Westwood One radio stations across the U.S.

Since joining CNN in 2007, Karin has been on-scene to cover a variety of major news events, including extensive coverage of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns, the inaugurations of President Obama and his final State of the Union address, the historic visit of Pope Francis to Cuba, and the Paris terror attacks of November 2015. Previously, she worked for the networks of NBC News in New York, and her introduction to campaign coverage came as a member of the original class of NBC/MSNBC campaign embeds in 2004.

Karin holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor’s degree in clarinet performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Karin earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, and has been an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

She has been a fellow at the Loyola (Los Angeles) Law School Journalist Law School, the Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, and the Strictly Financials program at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University.

Twitter: @karincaifaCNN
Instagram: @karincnn

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Jennie O’Hagan

Jennie O’Hagan has been working in Los Angeles television since 1992 when she began as an intern on the then brand new KTLA Morning News. The “Morning News” was the first of it’s kind, local morning news / talk show to rival and soon beat national programs like Today, Good Morning, America, etc. As of February 2016, the KTLA Morning News is still the #1 morning program from 4-10am in Los Angeles. After becoming the KTLA Morning News’ first Entertainment Producer, Jennie then found a new challenge in Public Relations and worked as an agency Account Executive and dabbled in Radio Affiliate relations for the next several years. As TV was her first love, Jennie decided to become a full-time freelancer so she could do a little bit of everything. Her year now consists of several projects, including; Executive Producer of KTLA-TV’s LIVE Red Carpet shows for the Primetime Emmys, Grammys and Oscars and the commercial free broadcast of America’s New Year’s Celebration, the Rose Parade. Jennie is also the publicist for the OC FAIR Pacific Amphitheater Summer Concert Series and enjoys contract work both in publicity and video production for Disneyland. She fits in as much teaching and media training as she can and has recently began blogging for Disney’s babble.com publication. Jennie is excited about what media was, is and will become and loves being part of the conversation.