Melinda Gipson

About me: A lifelong journalist and media wonk, a strong proponent of newspapers as their communities' marketplace of ideas, and an inveterate optimist generally.

Speeches, presentations

In my "spare" time I occasionally speak and/or teach workshops related to Internet news publishing and participative/citizen media.

Upcoming:

Forum Lokaljournalismus 2009, January 21-23, Schwerin, Germany.

My 2008 appearances have included
PNA’s e-Edge Conference (America East), Ifra's PublishAsia conference in Macau SAR, China, Leadership 08: Transforming News, Knight Digital Media Center, Los Angeles; The Future of Journalism at Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center; Ifra India CEO-Publishers Conclave, Goa, India, and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention, Turnberry Isle, Florida.

In 2007 my appearances included Paris, France; Istanbul, Turkey; Barcelona, Spain; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Rust, Germany.

If you're a conference organizer, you can contact me by email.