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Communications and Society Program

American Media and the Quality of Voter Information Participants

Back Row: Bob Entman, Betsy Rosenfeld, Kelly McFarland Stratman, Colin Crowell, Joe Waz, Phil Noble, Vincent Hutchings, Alex Netchvolodoff, Trevor Potter, Andrea Jett. Middle Row: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robin Gee, Meredith McGehee, Jonathan Adelstein, Bob Stern, Sean Badding, Michael Cornfield, Amy Wolverton. Front Row: Bunnie Riedel, Tracy Westen, Charlie Firestone, Deborah Potter, Terry Smith, Reed Hundt. Not Pictured: Joe Trippi, Tom Patterson, Tucker Eskew

Participant List

The Honorable Jonathan Adelstein
Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission

Mr. Sean Badding
President and Senior Analyst
The Carmel Group

Dr. Michael Cornfield
Consultant
Pew Internet and American Life Project

Mr. Colin Crowell
Telecommunications Policy Analyst
Office of Representative Edward J. Markey
United States House of Representatives

Mr. Robert M. Entman
Professor
Department of Communication
North Carolina State University

Mr. Tucker Eskew
President
Eskew Strategy Group, LLC

Mr. Charles M. Firestone
Executive Director
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute

Ms. Robin Gee
Cable TV Manager
City of Santa Monica

Mr. Reed Hundt
Senior Advisor
McKinsey & Company

Mr. Vincent Hutchings
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research

Ms. Kelly McFarland Stratman
Senior Manager
Membership and Field Support
League of Women Voters

Ms. Meredith McGehee
President and Executive Director
Alliance for Better Campaigns

Mr. Alex Netchvolodoff
Senior Vice President
Public Policy
Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Phil Noble
President
Politics Online, Inc.

Mr. Thomas E. Patterson
Bradlee Professor of Government
   and the Press
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

Mr. Trevor Potter
President and General Counsel
The Campaign Legal Center

Ms. Deborah Potter
Executive Director
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation

Ms. Bunnie Riedel
Executive Director
Alliance for Community Media

Mr. Terence Smith
Media Correspondent and Senior Producer
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Mr. Robert Stern
President
Center for Governmental Studies

Ms. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Adjunct Professor
Georgetown University

Mr. Joe Trippi
Founder
Changeforamerica.com

Mr. Joe Waz
Vice President
External Affairs
   and
Public Policy Counsel
Comcast Corporation

Mr. Tracy Westen
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Governmental Studies

Observers:

Ms. Andrea Jett
Program Officer
McCormick Tribune Foundation

Ms. Betsy Rosenfeld
Project Manager
Center for Governmental Studies

Ms. Amy Wolverton
Associate Legal Counsel
    and
Director of the Media Program
The Campaign Legal Center

Staff:

Ms. Maria Medrano
Project Manager
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute