• William McKeen. He is chair of the journalism department at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. He also writes books about popular culture and literary journalism, the most recent of which is called

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• Chauncey Mabe. He has been book editor at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  for nearly 20 years. He also writes cultural
  commentary and reviews of movies, television and pop music for the
  newspaper.

• His session:

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• Lyn Millner. She has contributed to NPR’s “Morning Edition,” “Weekend Edition” and American Public Media’s “Marketplace.” Millner also contributes to USA Today – read her articles here.
• Dan Grech. He is

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• Matt Fry and Curt Hills. They are managing editor and assistant managing editor, respectively, of The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun.
• Hugh Dermody. He is
  the news directors for Villages News Network (VNN), the cable telelvision
  

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• Michael Schwartz. He manages editorial training for Cox Newspapers and COXnet. He has 34
  years of experience either reporting or editing for a number of
  newspapers, including the Detroit Free Press, St.

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• John Walsh. As senior vice president and executive editor of ESPN, he oversaw the launch of ESPN, the magazine, and ESPN Radio. Before that, he was managing editor at U.S. News and World Report and

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• Ken Wells. He is a novelist, and an editor and feature writer for the front page of the The Wall Street Journal.

• His session: “Travels with Barley: Serious reportage about fun subjects”
• His

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• Al Tompkins. He is a broadcast/online group leader for The Poynter Institute. He writes Poynter’s “Al’s Morning Meeting” column. He has 25 years of journalism experience, including news director of WSMV Nashville.

• His session: “Ethical

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Beer.

It‘s stuck to NPR media reporter David Folkenflik’s
computer.

Reminds him to write as if he’s telling a story to his buddies
at the bar.

And there’s radio lesson number one, according to
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More of Saturday’s speakers:

• Dick Weiss. He has 33 years of writing and editing experience. He was a metro editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where

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