EPpy JUDGES' BIOS
Peter Adler
Canada
Peter Adler, an editor on The Edmonton Journal's news desk, is one of the founding fathers of Southam New Media, Canada's largest newspaper publisher.
Jak Boumans
Netherlands
Jak Boumans is a senior researcher with the Dutch research organization TNO.
David Carlson
Florida, United States
David Carlson is director of the Interactive Media Lab at the University of Florida, one of the leading such facilities in the country.
Neil Chase
Illinois, United States
Neil Chase, a professor, teaches new media at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and is the school's director of technology.
Vin Crosbie
Connecticut, United States
Vin Crosbie is the former director of online media partnerships for News Corp.
Jim D'Arcangelo
New York, United States
Jim D'Arcangelo is Media Metrix's senior vice president-marketing and business development.
Bill Densmore
Massachusetts, United States
William P. Densmore Jr., is president of Newshare Corp., and a co-founder of Clickshare Service Corp., which provides multisite information payment services.
Monique van Dusseldorp
Netherlands
Monique van Dusseldorp is the founder and CEO of Van Dusseldorp & Partners, an Amsterdam-based research company on Internet strategies.
Noelia Fernandez-Arroyo
Madrid, Spain
Noelia Fernandez-Arroyo is the senior producer of Yahoo! Spain, Madrid, and associate professor at University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) and University San Pablo CEU (Madrid).
Robin Gaster
Maryland, United States
Robin Gaster has been president and CEO of North Atlantic Research Inc. since 1991. Recent major projects managed by Gaster include LocalNet, a project focused on building local community networks.
Terry Maguire
North Carolina, United States
Terry Maguire is managing principal for global media consulting at IBM and former senior vice president and general counsel for the American Newspaper Publishers Association (now the Newspaper Association of America).
Frank Na
Taiwan
Frank Na is chief technical consultant at United Daily News (UDN) Group, Taipei, Taiwan, and general manager of United Informatics Inc.
Steve Outing
Colorado, United States
Steve Outing is a popular columnist for Editor & Publisher Online, president of Planetary News, and founder of the Content Exchange.
Nora Paul
Florida, United States
Nora Paul is an associate at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Mike Phelps
Georgia, United States
Phelps, a former reporter, editor, publisher, and group publisher, heads an 8-year-old newspaper consulting group based in Savannah, Ga.
Madan Rao
India
Madan Rao is the vice president of International Information Services at IndiaWorld Communications, India's largest Internet-based publisher of news and business information.
Micha Reisel
Israel
Micha Reisel is president of Kessef Publishers Ltd., an Internet consulting firm headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.
Henk Rijks
Netherlands
Henk Rijks is managing editor internet of Algemeen Dagblad Newspaper, based in Rotterdam.
David Shnaider
Massachusetts, United States
Shnaider led the development of online services and interactive media at Ziff-Davis for 10 years, where he founded and managed ZDNet, one of the world's most successful Internet ventures. Shnaider now serves as an advisor to several early-stage Internet companies.
Jane Singer
Iowa, United States
Jane B. Singer is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, where she teaches and conducts research in the area of online journalism.
Norbert Specker
Zurich, Switzerland
Norbert Specker is an independent international networker, consultant, and knowledge investor in new-media companies.
Michael Troxler
New York, United States
Michael Troxler's experience with online newspapers has led him to the content acquisition team of ScreamingMedia.Net.
Jane Wilson
New Jersey, United States
Jane Wilson specializes in strategic communications and market development for newspaper new media and other organizations.