Greetings from Jill Geisler, Seminar Director:

UPDATE! WE HAVE POSTED THE SEMINAR SCHEDULE. JUST CLICK ON THE GRAY BOX LABELED "SCHEDULE."

We've designed this page to welcome the 2007 Academy Class, to introduce you to the faculty and to each other, and to share important seminar information.

You will work together as a group in plenary sessions, but you will also enjoy the fellowship of small homerooms. We've set up the homerooms to provide the greatest possible diversity as you learn together. Each homeroom has a wonderful team of Poynter and visiting faculty to help guide your week.

Take a look around the site. Visit all the homerooms. You'll find pictures your fellow participants and links to the websites of your news organizations.

Welcome!

Marci Burdick Sr VP - Broadcast, Schurz Communications	Karen Brown Dunlap President & Managing Director	Colleen Eddy Director of The Poynter Career Center	Gregory Favre Poynter, Distinguished Fellow in Journalism Values
Howard Finberg Director, Interactive Learning The Poynter Institute/NewsU	Jill Geisler Poynter Group Leader, Leadership and Management	Kenny Irby Poynter Visual Journalism Group Leader & Diversity Program Director	Rob King Editor-in-Chief, ESPN.com
Scott Libin Poynter Online Managing Editor, Leadership and Management Faculty	Michele McLellan Director Knight Journalism Initiative, Northwestern University	Bill Mitchell Editor of Poynter Online	Paul Pohlman Homeroom Leader & Poynter Senior Faculty/Adviser to the President
Sara Quinn Visual Journalism Faculty	Ellen Soeteber Former Editor, St. Louis Post Dispatch	Bob Steele Homeroom Leader & The Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values	Al Tompkins Poynter Broadcast/Online Group Leader
Butch Ward Homeroom Leader & Distinguished Poynter Fellow	Keith Woods Poynter Dean of Faculty	John Yemma Deputy Managing Editor/Multimedia, The Boston Globe
Ellen Weiss, NPR Vice President for News	James Naughton Retired President, The Poynter Institute
Sam Metz Poynter Program Coordinator	Jeannie Nissenbaum Poynter Program Coordinator	Jennette Smith Poynter Program Coordinator
Dave Pierson Poynter IT Manager	Jeff Saffan Poynter A/V Systems Coordinator	Omar Schwanzer Poynter Computer & A/V Systems Specialist	Sandra Johnakin Poynter Information Technology Specialist