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  • Gave a 90-minute talk to editors, journalists and photojournalists at the Florida Times-Union newspaper about doing Flash journalism, Jacksonville, Fla., September 2005.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Photojournalism and the Internet: Problems and Possibilities") at the AEJMC national convention, San Antonio, Texas, August 2005.
  • Spoke on a panel ("The Eye in the Middle of the Storm: Do People Read Online Differently Than They Do in Print?") at the AEJMC national convention, Toronto, August 2004.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Teaching Multimedia Skills [in the Classroom and the Newsroom]") at a seminar titled "The Business of Online Journalism"; hosted by the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, Los Angeles, April 2004.
  • Organized and ran an annual one-day conference ("Symposium on Converged Journalism") at the University of Florida: April 2004, February 2003, February 2002.
  • Organized and served as moderator for a panel ("Converged Journalism: Preparing Students to Work in Print, Broadcast and Online Media") at the AEJMC national convention, Kansas City, Mo., August 2003.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Tales of the Cities: Providing Insights through Alternative Narratives") at the annual conference of the Eastern Communication Association, Washington, D.C., April 2003.
  • Served as moderator for a panel ("Learning and Communicating in a Digital World") at the fourth annual Online Journalism Conference co-sponsored by UC-Berkeley and USC Annenberg, Berkeley, Calif., March 2003.
  • Spoke on a pre-conference panel ("Teaching Technology vs. Teaching Journalism") at the AEJMC national convention, Miami, August 2002. See the presentation (Flash player required).
  • Served as moderator for a panel ("Getting Trained for Online") at the third annual Online Journalism Conference co-sponsored by UC-Berkeley and USC Annenberg, Los Angeles, March 2002.
  • Gave a 90-minute presentation ("Storytelling, Structure and Hypertext") as part of a Danske Sprogseminar program for professional writers and editors, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2001.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Writing for Online Media") at the national convention of the Society of Professional Journalists, Bellevue, Wash., October 2001.
  • Spoke on a panel sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism ("News in a Digital Democracy: Convergence and Specialized Audiences") at the AEJMC national convention, Washington, D.C., August 2001.
  • Spoke on a panel ("The Reporter as Researcher") at the NetMedia conference, London, July 2001.
  • Spoke as an invited member in a two-day roundtable discussion ("Media Insiders") at the New Directions for News workshop "Enduring Values? Examining Journalism’s Foundation, Checking for Erosion," Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., May 2001.
  • Spoke as an invited member in a day-long roundtable discussion ("Newsroom Management") at the Lee Hills Legacy Conference, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, April 2001.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Online Journalism Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Journalists") at the Second Symposium on Online Journalism, University of Texas, Austin, April 2001.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Convergence and College Media Programs") at the national convention of the Society of Professional Journalists, Columbus, Ohio, October 2000.
  • Spoke on a panel sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism ("Teledemocracy in the Age of the Internet") at the AEJMC national convention, Phoenix, August 2000.
  • Presentation ("Power Searching and Verifying Online Information Sources") and brown-bag lunch with Gainesville Sun reporters, at the Sun’s offices, Gainesville, Fla., April 2000.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Organizing to Win: Structures and Strategies for Improving Competitive Effectiveness") at Editor & Publisher’s annual Interactive Newspapers conference, New Orleans. Co-panelists included new media executives from A. H. Belo Corp., Morris Communications Corp., and Times Mirror Co.; February 2000.
  • Participated in an invitation-only three-day workshop ("Investigative and Computer-Assisted Reporting Online") at the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla., January 2000.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Defining Online Journalism") at the national convention of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Indianapolis, October 1999.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Advising Online Media") at the annual convention of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), New Orleans, August 1999.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Technology vs. Content: How to Teach One Without Sacrificing the Other") at the annual convention of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), Baltimore, August 1998.
  • Served as moderator for a panel ("Battle of the Boxes: The Content") at the Online News Summit '98, Washington, D.C., May 1998. Panel members included executives from CNN.com, America Online, ABCNews.com, MSNBC Online, and Tribune Regional Programming.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Ask the Experts: Taking the Next Step") at the Washington Independent Writers' Home Office Technology Conference, Washington, D.C., February 1998.
  • Gave a presentation ("Developing Web Content") as part of a full-day seminar about the Web and online journalism for the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) in Chicago, July 1997.
  • Spoke on a panel ("Design in the Electronic Newsroom") at the NetMedia '97 conference in London, July 1997.
  • Gave a full-day presentation on online journalism to students at the School of Journalism (Istituto per la Formazione al Giornalismo di Bologna) in Bologna, Italy, May 1997.
  • Presented a paper at Penn State University's College of Communications, September 1996. Title: "Cybermedia and the Future of Journalism."
  • Featured speaker at "Opportunities in Electronic Publishing" conference, Hong Kong, June 1996. (Presented two papers: "Transforming Print Products for the Online Medium" and "What Newspapers Are Not Doing Online.")
  • Keynote speaker at the National Student Journalism Conference, University of Guelph (Ontario), March 1996. Title: "Cybermedia and the Future of Journalism."
  • Interviewed by European journalists via live satellite feed on a U.S. Information Agency TV broadcast, "Journalism and the Internet," July 17, 1995.
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