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Wise Women Council
Every organization needs a network of advisors who can provide feedback, guidance and support. Here are a few wise women who are helping.
Ellen Berkovitch
Journalism Entrepreneur and Documentarian
Heather Bryant
Founder, Project Facet and 2017 JSK Fellow at Stanford
Kim Bui
Director of Audience Innovation, The Arizona Republic
Marcy Burstiner
Humboldt State University Journalism Department
Duffy Carolan
Media law attorney
Vera Chan
Chief Journalist/Content Strategist at Bing News
Nancy Colasurdo
Writer, Life Coach, Teaching Artist
Daisy Contreras
Statehouse Reporter at NPR Illinois
Emily Costello
Deputy Editor, The Conversation US
Tammerlin Drummond
Former Oakland columnist and 2014 Nieman Fellow at Harvard
Dawn Garcia
Director, JSK Fellowships at Stanford
Jill Geisler
Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago and Newseum Institute Fellow in Women’s Leadership
Barbara Glickstein
Public Health Nurse and Health Reporter
Ann Grimes
Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford
Jareen Imam
Director of Social Newsgathering, NBC News
S. Mitra Kalita
VP Programming, CNN
Stacey Kennelly
Content Strategist
Danielle Kosecki
Multimedia Journalist
Mira Lowe
Assistant Dean for Student Experiences, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, and Director of the Innovation News Center
Julie Makinen
Executive Editor of Palm Springs Desert Sun and 2017 JSK Fellow at Stanford
Susan Mernit
Founder, Oakland Local and Hack the Hood
Beatrice Motamedi
Managing Director, Newsroom by the Bay at Stanford University
Carla Murphy
Editor, Writer, Immigrant
Donna Myrow
Publisher, L.A. Youth, a newspaper by and about teens
Marcia Parker
Publisher, CALmatters
Sylvia Paull
Strategist, Publicist, Networker
Sarah Pollock
Mills College Journalism Professor Emerita
Carolyn Purcell
News & Local Content Strategy, Verizon/Fios1 News Networks
Jesikah Maria Ross
Senior Community Engagement Strategist, Capitol Public Radio
Alejandra Saragoza
Senior Content Manager, California.com
Angilee Shah
Journalist, Editor, Teacher
Sheila Solomon
Democracy Fund and Rivet Radio
Joann Sutro
Former News Editor, Bay City News
Pamela Turntine
Metro News Curator, Bay Area News Group