2016 AAJA National Convention

Mei-Ling Hopgood is a freelance journalist and  author of Lucky Girl  and How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm. She has been a recipient of the National Headliner Best in Show, ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting and several other investigative and enterprise journalism awards. She is an associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications at... Read More →

Brooke Barnett, Ph.D. is a Professor of Communications and Associate Provost for Inclusive Community at Elon University. She has worked as a news director and documentary producer in public television. An active scholar, her most recent edited volume is Intersectionality in Action A Guide for Faculty and Campus Leaders for Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Institutions.

Brian Nguyen is an editor at The Tylt, a new project from Advance Digital's incubator. Before this, he was a photographer and editing resident at the Chicago Tribune.

Meghan S. Sanders, Ph.D., is associate dean for Research & Strategic Planning, associate professor and director of the Media Effects Lab at | Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication.Her work experience includes positions with The Houston Chronicle, WVUE-FOX 8 in New Orleans, and KATC-TV3 in Lafayette, LA. She received a Master of Arts in Mass Communication degree from Penn State University and a Bachelors of Arts... Read More →