Politics as Television/Television as Politics, a panel discussion including ABC News' Brian Ross, the reporter who broke the Mark Foley story.
Bio
Kevin Benz
Kevin Benz is News Director of News 8 Austin.
Michelle Butt
Michelle Butt has been News Director at WBAL-TV, since September of 2003. Before that she held the same position at WXII-TV, the Hearst-Argyle owned NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Greg Fox
Greg Fox has been a news reporter and anchor at WESH-TV since 1987.
In 1992, he became the news anchor for the debut of the station's weekend morning and noon newscasts and served in that role until 1998. He covers government in Orlando and Orange County but has covered politics for WESH since 1988, reporting from national political conventions and from the inaugurations of Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Greg was named the 2007 winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence In Televsion Journalism by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication for his coverage of the 2006 election cycle.
Amy Hadley
Amy Hadley started at News 8 Austin in July 2003, fresh out of journalism school. She went to Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Marty Kaplan
Martin Kaplan, director of the Norman Lear Center, is a research professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, where he holds the Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media and Society.
He has been a White House speechwriter; a Washington journalist; a deputy presidential campaign manager; a Disney studio executive; a motion picture and television producer and screenwriter; and a radio host.
Charles Kravetz
Charles J. Kravetz is Vice President of News and Station Manager at NECN. He is responsible for all programming including news, sports, weather, and other targeted and long form programs. As the founding News Director of NECN, Kravetz has overseen the growth of the network into one of the most distinguished and honored regional news organizations in the United States. NECN is the only regional cable news channel ever to win a George Foster Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Broadcast Journalism Award.
Dan Maddox
Dan Maddox is a Photographer/Editor at WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Robert Mak
Robert Mak is host of "KING 5 News Up Front," and a news reporter at KING 5 Television, Seattle's NBC affiliate. Since joining KING-TV in 1992, Mak has established a reputation for award-winning political coverage, tackling difficult and challenging issues facing the Northwest.
Andy Moore
Andy Moore is senior producer of news at Wisconsin Public Television. WPT received the prestigious Annenberg/Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in political journalism for its comprehensive, creative coverage of the 2002 election cycle.
Brian Ross
As the chief investigative correspondent for ABC News, Brian Ross reports extensively for World News with Diane Sawyer,Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20 and Primetime, as well as for ABC News Radio and ABCNews.com. Ross joined ABC News in July 1994. Ross’s investigative reports have exposed corruption at all levels of government, led to changes in domestic laws and prompted reforms abroad. Over the past few years, his exclusive investigative reports on the Times Square Bomber, Ft. Hood Shooter, the Underwear Bomber and the Printer Bomb plot led the network’s coverage. Most recently his 20/20 investigation of sexual abuse of Peace Corps volunteers won the 2012 George Polk Award for television reporting and has led to congressional hearings, and his expose of a “pay-to-play” grading system by the Better Business Bureau has led to major changes within that organization. Ross’ investigative reports have won six duPont awards, five Peabody awards, six Polk awards, five awards from the Overseas Press Club, twelve Emmys and three Edward R. Murrow Awards and many more.
Steve Schwaid
Steve Schwaid works for NBC Television.
Ben Simmoneau
As part of the 8 On Your Side Team, Ben Simmoneau covers politics and government for News 8. His reporting has been honored with an Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, two Emmy awards and a 2007 Walter Cronkite Award for political reporting from the University of Southern California.
Fred Young
Fred Young is senior vice president, news at Hearst-Argyle Television. Young, who oversees news operations in 22 states, had served as vice president, news, since Hearst-Argyle's formation in August 1997.
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