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Our Team

Peter Dunn, Executive Director

Peter Dunn has been a reporter for the Chronicle Publishing Company and the Washington Bureau of the Dallas Times Herald and worked as an executive coach, consultant and trainer for several organizations, including with the Vice President of Sales, the Director of International Sales and other executives at Google. He has been a business owner, managing two retail stores in Massachusetts; a publications specialist for the Inter-American Foundation in Washington, D.C.; a reporter; a cook; a dishwasher and a housepainter.

In addition, he has volunteered for numerous nonprofit organizations, including After School Kids, Earthworks, the Harvard Square Business Association’s Board of Directors, the Massachusetts Volunteer Network, the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and the Washington-area Little League.

He received his B.A. in International Law, Organization and Relations from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he also received a Latin American Studies Certificate and an Honors Certificate in International Business Diplomacy. He is a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute, and is a Certified Professional and Personal Coach (CPPC).

Vince Winkel, Senior Editor

Vince Winkel was the Managing Editor of Public Interactive - Public Radio International's subsidiary that provides web platforms and content for 110 public radio and TV stations around the country - for its first five years of existence. Prior to that, he was the operating editor of the Christian Science Monitor’s award-winning website, csmonitor.com.

Winkel later worked at Marketplace as web editor and producer. He currently is the media editor and managing editor of BMW Motorcycle Owners of America's magazine and website.

He has also worked for NPR, CNN, CBS and BBC as a reporter. His coverage of AIDS, political issues, education, children, science, music and the environment have earned him major awards from the Overseas Press Club of America, the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the International Radio Festival of New York, the Gabriel Awards and more.

Tom Regan, Senior Advisor

Tom Regan has the distinction of founding the first online news website in Canada, which was only the sixth in North America, in 1994 while working at the Halifax Daily News. He also had primary responsibility in 1995 for creating the Christian Science Monitor’s website, csmonitor.com, one of the top news organizations in America. Regan was also responsible for its day-to-day operations, serving as Supervising Editor. The site has won two Eppy awards for Best Online Newspaper service and a Digital Edge award for Best Online News Service, both in the site’s circulation category.

Regan is currently the Executive Director of the Online News Association. He also writes columns on terrorism and security and on technology for the Monitor, and edits the front page of the Boston Globe’s website, boston.com, once per week. He recently worked for NPR as head of the NPR News Blog.

Regan has received a Nieman fellowship from Harvard and has won second place for online column writing from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists for his blog “My American Life.” He also helped create and design the website of the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald.

Yvonne S. Lee, Senior Editor

Yvonne S. Lee has worked as an editor and producer for the Cable News Network (CNN). There she interviewed high-ranking officials such as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Senators John Kerry and Hilary Rodham Clinton. Lee brought CNN to a historic interview high mark by securing and conducting interviews with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Kennedy, Ginsberg and Breyer. She also actively managed coverage of hostile zones in Iraq.

While at CNN, Lee and her team won an Emmy for their coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. She received the John Davidoff Journalism Fellowship and received the CDC Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowship.

Lee’s experience includes writing and editing for the Cambodia Daily, based in Phnom Penh, where she wrote a series of investigative stories on Cambodian sex crimes.

Jim Scripps, Senior Editor

Jim Scripps recently worked as Managing Editor of the Tahoe Daily Tribune in California. He oversaw content for the daily paper and two magazines and wrote all of the paper’s editorials as well as a weekly column.

Scripps has won numerous awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and from the Nevada Press Association for business coverage, public service, editorial and column writing, and for general excellence.

He served as an editor for the Sierra Sun, where he directed editorial content and managed staff. He reported business activities and covered crime and courts for the Nevada Appeal.

Jenni Kulp, Marketing and Copy Editor Manager

Jenni Kulp previously worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering government, nonprofits, crime and features. In 2006, she was a recipient of a Hoosier State Press Award for business news coverage. She has been the recipient of several photography awards.

Kulp has done marketing at the headquarters of a manufacturing firm, where she implemented promotions, created graphics and marketing materials and worked with sales reports. She has also worked in television production.

She received her B.A. in Communications from Indiana University. Additionally, she works as a wedding and fine art photographer and has volunteered doing public relations and marketing for non-profits and arts organizations in her community.

Nancy Weil, Senior Advisor

Nancy Weil is a journalist who has spent the last decade working for IDG News Service, the world’s leading IT newswire, where she is currently Assistant News Editor. She edits the weekly staff column WorldBeat and contributes breaking news stories and analysis to the newswire. Prior to that, she spent seven years as a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida covering education, courts, crime and other stories.

Weil also worked at The Southern Illinoisan for seven years, a regional daily newspaper, where she wrote features, covered higher education, prisons and veterans' issues. She spent a year at her hometown newspaper, the Granite City Press-Record, in Illinois.

Weil has won numerous journalism awards over the years, including one when she was part of a team at the St. Petersburg Times that won a Green Eyeshade Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for coverage of a racially motivated murder and its aftermath.

Janet Falkenstein, Contributing Editor

Janet Falkenstein has held a variety of writing, editing, and management positions spanning the public communications field. Her experience includes copywriting direct mail pieces, sales promotion and marketing materials; marketing work in educational communications; technical writing and assorted freelance writing assignments.

Josh Purinton, Chief Technical Director

Josh Purinton is a lead software developer at athenahealth where he works on their flagship web-based medical practice management system. As president of his own consulting company, he has served as the chief technical director for DailySource.org since the site's inception, helping to design the architecture, hire developers for the project and advise on site problems.

Previously Purinton worked for BBN Planet/GTE Internetworking/Genuity/Level 3, where he wrote tools to help manage the company's data centers and Internet connectivity services.

Joe Gold, Front Page Editor

Joe Gold is a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and the recipient of several awards for his work, including awards in writing from the Arizona Press Club and Tucson Tops.

He has worked as a reporter for the Arizona Daily Sun covering politics, technology, courts, civil rights and urban planning, a web senior editor for OneChannel.net, a senior copywriter and a marketing director. He currently owns a small ad agency and is a stringer for the Associated Press.

Gold received his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona and did graduate studies at San Francisco State University.

Jasmine Jernberg, Front Page Editor

Jasmine Jernberg currently reports for the Baltimore Sun and has been a freelance reporter for Unwind!, The Bowie Blade, and Annapolis Capitol magazines. She is currently a Journalism major at the University of Maryland.

Jernberg studied classical violin and played with the Senior Youth Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for three years. She also participated in the People to People Student Ambassador Program, traveling to Australia. Jernberg has volunteered with the Girl Scouts of America, the American Cancer Society, and the Chesapeake Wildlife Sanctuary.

Tom Moran, Front Page Editor

Tom Moran has worked as a reporter for The Star Tribune and The Minnesota Daily, both in Minneapolis. He also worked in design production at The Minnesota Daily. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Journalism.

Moran is a previous member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Honors Society and volunteered with People Serving People.

Ryan K. Dowse, Front Page Editor

After graduating from the University of New Hampshire, magna cum laude, Ryan Dowse was employed by a daily New Hampshire newspaper, The Telegraph, Inc, where he was responsible for copy editing wire and staff stories, page design and proofing.

His work has been published in the UNH literary magazine, and he has reported for The New Hampshire. Additionally, he was inducted into four honor societies for outstanding academic performance: National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Sigma Alpha Lambda (2003); Golden Key (2004); and Phi Beta Kappa (2005).

Rachel Wright, Front Page Editor

While at UNC-Asheville, Rachel Wright worked for The Blue Banner, the university newspaper, first as a feature writer and then as a copy editor. She also interned at the North Carolina Council for Women and Domestic Violence Commission during the spring of 2006. She received a B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

During 2007, Wright resided in Pistoia, Italy, where she taught American English to high school students, and worked as a language assistant for middle school students. She is a certified TEFL instructor.

Brian Levine, Front Page Editor

Brian Levine is a graduate of East Carolina University and the 2007-2008 winner of the Bachelor of Science Outstanding Graduate Award from the School of Communication faculty. Levine's skills include research, writing, reporting, editing, audio production, digital video and photography. His photography has been recognized by the National Press Photographer's Association. A member of both the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors, Levine is pursuing a career in investigative, computer-assisted reporting and public service journalism. This fall, he will be attending graduate school at ECU where he will work toward his Master’s degree studying national security issues.

Binal Ghelani, Front Page Editor

Binal Ghelani is a journalist who has been part of the edit team that launched Times of India's Mumbai Mirror Online, where she also served as senior correspondent and coordinator. Additionally, she was also a correspondent and copy editor for Times of India's supplements Downtown Plus and Ngage and campus coordinator for MTV-India.com.

Her work has appeared in major publications including The Times of India, Cookbook, and Femina.

She received a B.A. in Art History and English from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She also volunteers as an ESL tutor for Yes! Reading and is a computer instructor for senior citizens.

Zahra Jaferi, Front Page Editor

Zahra Jaferi reporting began with the publication of her first newspaper article 15 years ago. She currently covers a crime beat for the USA Voice and interns for the Student Operated Press.

Jaferi helped launch Bibi Magazine, a national fashion magazine and served as an editor. She has also served at various newspapers including the Rider News, the Daily Cougar and Mercer County Woman doing news, features, editorials and layout.

Stephanie White-Olson, Front Page Editor

For three years, Stephanie White-Olson was a staff writer, layout editor and online editor for The Lewis Flyer, Lewis University’s student newspaper. In 2006, the paper received an honorable mention at the Illinois newspaper conference.

White-Olson is an accomplished swimmer: she has been a four time GLIAC Conference top 8 swimmer, and a three time winner of the GLIAC Swimmer of the Week award. She anticipates receiving a B.A. in Journalism, with a minor in Business Administration in August 2008.

Erin La Rosa, Front Page Editor

Erin La Rosa has previously worked for Random House Publishing Group. She has interned at Harvard Common Press, Panorama Magazine, Da Capo Press and the Pohly Company and was a marketing intern for GLAD.

La Rosa graduated from Emerson College with a B.A. in Writing, Literature and Publishing, and in Visual and Media Arts. While in college, she was the co-founder and president of the Undergraduate Students for Publishing club.

Orion McClure, Front Page Editor

Orion McClure previously served as editor for Emory’s literary review journal, The Lullwater Review, and college humor journal The Spoke. As a host for a publishing-themed radio program, he interviewed Atlanta’s local authors. He has been an associate editor for CoconutPoetry.org and an intern for Peachtree Publishers.

McClure holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Emory University. He is currently an investigative researcher for Kroll Inc. His volunteer experience includes involvement with the Emory International Cultural Festival.

Andrew McMillan, Front Page Editor

Andrew McMillan is a graduate of Oberlin College, with degrees in English and Creative Writing. His work has appeared in various publications, ranging from Cleveland Scene Magazine to Revolt Media.

McMillan’s web design experience has enabled him to run his own Web site featuring his journalistic work. He has worked as a teacher and public relations representative in the past.

Walton Chiu, Front Page Editor

Prior to his current position, Walton volunteered as a Content Editor for DailySource.org. His past employment has included acting as an editorial assistant for Elixigen and as a research assistant for Boston University’s Computational Cell Biology Project.

Chiu has also worked as an emergency medical technician and as a homecare counselor.

Tomas Delgado, Content Editor

Tomas Delgado received his J.D. from the Emory University School of Law and has previously been a legal intern for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, Pro Bono Partnership Atlanta and for federal judge the honorable Elizabeth J. Kovachevich. He also held the position of notes and comments editor for the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal.

Among his many honors, Delgado has received recognition for Excellence in the Study of Health Law. He has been a representative and board member for American Constitution Society and a member of the Hispanic Law Society, and has served as volunteer for Student Legal Services. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida and has studied abroad in Argentina and Spain.

Chris Yu, Content Editor

Chris Yu will graduate from the University of Oregon in 2009 with a B.A. in Journalism. He has written articles and reviews for the Oregon Voice. He has also actively participated in the University of Oregon’s Sports Business club, the Asian Pacific American Student Union and his college’s intramural basketball team.

Carlos Wall, Content Editor

Carlos Wall has worked as an assistant editor for BA Magazine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and currently works for Sports and Entertainment Today Magazine.

Wall received his B.A. in Journalism from Georgia State University. He earned his A.A. from Georgia Perimeter College.

Max Miller, Content Editor

Max Miller graduated from Colorado State University in 2006, where he received his B.A. in History. While attending CSU, Miller received various awards and scholarships including the Advanced Placement Scholar Award in May 2004, Colorado Distinguished Scholars in August 2004. In addition, he was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the history honors society, in December 2006. He is also a member of the National Honors Society and was a recipient of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in May 2004.

Miller worked for the Lakewood Spectator, Rocky Mountain Holiday Tours LLC, Barnes & Noble and has been an umpire for the Jefferson County Junior Baseball League.

Eric Connolly, Photo Editor

Eric Connolly has worked in various photography positions while attending Virginia Tech. He has been the director of photography and a staff photographer for the college’s student publication. He has also served as the photography editor for The Bugle yearbook and for the Collegiate Times newspaper. He received his B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise in 2007.

Connolly received several awards for his work including: the Virginia Press Association Newspaper Contest, 1st Place Spot News Photo in 2007 and 3rd Place Sports Photo in 2006; and Editor & Publisher’s Photo of the Week in 2007.

He is currently the multimedia director for the Healing Hands Foundation and in the past, has worked on the Mbara Water Projects in Kenya, Tau Beta Pi’s Hurricane Katrina Relief in Mississippi and for Fundacion Jatun Sacha, Congal Biological Station in Ecuador.

Stacey Russell, Copy Editor, Associate Reviewer and Fundraising

Stacey Russell currently works as an executive assistant for a luxury hotel in Washington D.C. She received her B.A. in Legal Studies, with a minor in Psychology, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. While in college, she received the Shed Shepard Award for Academic Excellence and Community Service and volunteered as a Girl Scouts leader.

Bety Rostandy, Copy Editor

Bety Rostandy currently works as a contributing writer for the Asian American Press. She has worked as an intern for the St. Cloud Times and as a staff writer for the College of Science and Engineering. She attained a B.S. in Mass Communications from St. Cloud State University.

Rachel Chamberlain, Copy Editor

Rachel Chamberlain graduated magna cum laude from the Harriet L. Wilkes Honours College with a B.A. She studied both Anthropology and Women’s Studies and had an active role in the various groups at the college. Chamberlain was the chief editor and contributor to the Student Progressivist newsletter, founder and president of her college’s anthropology club and founder of Spectrum, a group promoting gay/straight alliance.

Her previous experiences include holding a position at the National Wildlife Federation as a global warming intern and teaching English in Japan. She has volunteered at the Atlanta Humane Society, the American Cancer Society and Amnesty International.

Alicia Soto, Copy Editor

Alicia Soto graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in Journalism. She has worked as a newsletter editor for Identity magazine and as an English instructor in Japan.

Patricia Domanski, Editorial Assistant

Patricia Domanski is currently a science writer for the Physics and Astronomy department at Wayne State University and an artist, painting private oil commissions. In the past, she wrote and edited an agency automation newsletter for the Maryland Casualty/Zurich Insurance Company, and taught art at the Mitchell School of Fine Arts. She received her B.S. in Geography from Towson State University.

Brianna Wahlstrom, Editorial Assistant

Brianna Wahlstrom is currently attending California State University, Long Beach, where she is double majoring in Journalism and Political Science. She is in the top ten percent of her Journalism major and was recently inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also volunteered intermittently for the Red Cross in her hometown for two years.

Stefania Ferro, Editorial Assistant

Stefania Ferro has won various journalism awards including a Sun-Sentinals Writing Award, a Newspaper Production Award, the All Florida Award for Straight News and the first place position for the On-The-Spot Newspaper Center spread from the Florida Scholastic Press Association. She also contributed extensively to the writing and operation of her school newspaper. Ferro is currently studying Computer Sciences at Broward College.

Tanya Darst, Fundraising

Tanya Darst obtained her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Central Missouri and her B.S. in Sociology and Psychology from Southwest Missouri State University. She has a minor in Technical Writing. She has previously been a volunteer reader in a program for college students.

Dea Natalie Surjadi, Marketing

Dea Surjadi is currently attending the University of Missouri, pursuing a B.J. in Journalism. She previously attended Diablo Valley College where she was a reporter for the school’s newspaper, The Inquirer.

Surjadi is a member of the Asian American Journalist Organization, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the University of Missouri Griffiths Leadership Society. She has volunteered with the American Cancer Society, Professional Education Organization International, and Sutton Regional Arts at Yuba College.

Kristina Hovan, Marketing

Kristina Hovan received a B.S. in business management from the University of Phoenix in 2008. She received an A.A. in 2006 from Cuyahoga Community College, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Hovan is currently a background investigation unit analyst for a regional bank. In 2005, she interned with Walt Disney World.

Ronda Gholston, Marketing & Promotion and Community Relations

Ronda Gholston is currently studying at Ohio Wesleyan University with focuses in both Journalism and Politics and Government. She is a music review writer and contributor to The Transcript newspaper. She has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, retirement homes and Cleveland Peace Action and plans to be a Model UN Representative in the upcoming year.

Hridesh Gajurel, Marketing

Hridesh Gajurel recently graduated from Knox College, where he majored in Economics. While in college, he created and owned a business targeted at reducing the environmental impact around the school. He currently works as a health insurance agent. Gajurel has volunteered at Habitat for Humanity, both to build houses and as a photographer.

Salil Singla, Marketing

Salil Singla received his B.Tech. in Electronics and Communications and has completed an executive program in Marketing and Brand Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). As a core member of the organization TreesForFree, Singla has developed a Web site, performed marketing functions and collected funds.

Singla’s work involvement includes marketing and giving presentations. He has also represented a company at the Business Networking International forum. As a volunteer, he is involved in teaching children and has also received a United Nation’s certificate for helping NGOs.

Christopher Jones, Promotion and Community Relations

Christopher Jones enjoys writing poetry and worked on a newspaper while in high school. He is currently studying Criminal Justice at Salem State College, with a desire to become a police officer after graduation. He is employed as a campus safety officer and has prior experience as a writer and customer service advisor.

Hien Vo, Promotion and Community Relations

Hien Vo is presently an Advertising and Graphic Design major at Tri-C Western. Previously, she worked in customer relations and as a custom cake and pastry decorator. As a past member of the Unity Club, Vo promoted and advocated diversity among the student community.

Anne-lyse Ségur, Promotion and Community Relations

Anne-lyse Ségur received an M.S. in Management from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Pau (ESC-Pau), France. Prior to graduating, Ségur studied international management, namely marketing, Internet commerce and economics, in Brazil. She has been a fraud regulation intern and also completed an internship in Australia. Ségur most recently served as project manager for Accor Services Frances.

Lindsay Rosewater, Graphic Design

Lindsay Rosewater works for an online stationary card company and is a freelance graphic designer. She received a B.A. in Studio Art, with a minor in Communications, from the University of Denver in 2007.

She studied art in Italy while in college and she previously interned at Walker Fine Art Gallery. She is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Kathie Foo, Graphic Design

Kathie Foo received her B.A. in Industrial Arts, Design and Industry from San Francisco State. She has completed projects in graphic design, web design and sketches. Her work has been exhibited in the Design and Industry department of San Francisco State University at Techne: Crafting through Concept, Annual Spring Show 2007. She has worked as a teaching assistant and a computer lab monitor at San Francisco State University.

Lisa Raymond, Graphic Design

Lisa Raymond has been a freelance graphic designer over the past 10 years, providing designs for ads, websites, businesses, conventions, brochures and flyers. She’s also a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. She is working on her B.A. in Website Design/ Multimedia at Westwood College Online and has completed her A.A. in Graphic Design from Al Collins Graphic Design School.

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