Tracy Brown is Chief Partnerships Officer at Chicago Public Media. She joined WBEZ’s awarding winning newsroom in 2019 as managing editor after spending more than 25 years in newspapers. As Chief Content Officer, Tracy leads...

Tracy Baim is executive director of Press Forward Chicago, part of a national network of journalism pooled funds. The Chicago fund is based at The Chicago Community Trust. Baim has 41 years of community journalism...

Nykia Wright is the CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, the oldest, continuously published news publication in the state of Illinois. She is a recognized leader in the journalism industry and is responsible for managing significant...

Sandra Cordova Micek is President & CEO of Window To The World Communications, Inc., parent organization of WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station and WFMT, Chicago’s classical music radio station. Micek is responsible for all strategic, financial,...

Susan Jacobs, SVP Revenue Strategy, Tribune Publishing, is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit that strategically leverages innovation, data, knowledge, and relationships to drive change. In her current role at Tribune Publishing she leads...

Alison Scholly is Managing Director of Public Media Company, a national non-profit strategic consultancy with a mission to foster innovative and sustainable public media throughout the U.S. Scholly is one of the most trustedadvisors in...

Terry Savage is a nationally recognized expert on personal finance, the economy and the markets. She writes a twice-weekly personal finance column syndicated nationally by Chicago Tribune Content Agency. Terry appears weekly on the WGN...

Marilynn Preston is an award-winning journalist, playwright and TV producer. Her weekly newspaper column, “Energy Express,” has been syndicated nationally since 1976 and has the distinction of being the longest-running fitness column in the country....

Jennifer L. Graves has been at the helm of Chicago’s top-rated news organization since October 2001, when she was promoted to the position of Vice President of News,    ABC 7 Eyewitness News.  Under her leadership,...