Matthew Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American Internet journalist and a talk radio host. He is best known as the proprietor of the "Drudge Report" website, which attracted national attention when it was the first to break the news of a sexual relationship between a White House intern and President Bill Clinton (the "Monica Lewinsky scandal") in 1998.

Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress who has appeared in numerous films. Leigh's work has drawn high critical praise. Salon magazine praised her as “one of America’s best actors”, Paul Verhoeven, who directed her in "Flesh & Blood", similarly claimed “There is no greater actress working in America”, …

Kim Hughes is a Canadian radio personality and music journalist, who currently hosts programming on XM Satellite Radio's The Verge. Hughes was previously associated with CFNY-FM in Toronto as host of the nightly live music magazine "Live in Toronto" from 1992 to 1999 and served as freelance music reviewer for CBC Newsworld's "On the Arts", alongside novelist David Gilmour.

Daniel Hooper, known as Swampy, is a United Kingdom environmental protester, or eco-warrior. He belonged to a variety of protest groups including the A30 Exeter to Honiton Protest and Fairmile Road Camp. He became a nationally known figure after spending a week in a complex series of tunnels dug in the path of a new extension to the A30 road in Fairmile, resisting attempts at eviction by police.

In partnership with Whitworth College and the SCC Hagan Center Foundation for the Humanities, SCC's President's Speakers Series was honored to present Anne Lamott Saturday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. This event was held in the Cowles Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Whitworth College , and is free and open to the public . Anne Lamott is the best-selling author of Bird by Bird , Operating Instructions , and Traveling Mercies .

Greg Storey is the principal and creative director for Airbag Industries. For the last eleven years he has led interactive development for complex web and email campaigns. He has created websites, intranets, and online stores for a variety of companies from telemedicine research organizations to NCAA tournaments, in industries from comics to tourism. Prior to freelancing, Greg directed the Internet department at Crystal Cathedral Ministries in Orange County where he supervised the . . .

Stephen Bloom Professor Stephen G. Bloom's interests include long-form narrative writing, writing for the Internet, the Brazilian press, and the oral histories of journalists. He teaches narrative journalism and personal-experience writing. Prior to joining the Iowa faculty in 1993, Bloom was a staff writer at the Sacramento Bee , San Jose Mercury News , Los Angeles Times , and Dallas Morning News .

Mr. Arno is a frequent speaker on Direct Democracy and is a strong advocate for the peoples' right to petition. Through Mr. Arno's efforts, many states have created more accessible petition laws. Mr. Arno has lectured on Direct Democracy Moscow, and St. Petersburg, Russia, and Kiev, Ukraine. He has also advised the European Parliament in Brussels on the creation of a European Union petition process.

Alex Marshall is a senior fellow at RPA and an independent journalist in New York City, is the author of How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and The Roads Not Taken (University of Texas 2001). His articles and columns have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, Metropolis Magazine, The Washington Post, Salon Magazine, George, Architecture, Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications.

R ahna Reiko Rizzuto was born in Honolulu and raised in Kamuela, a small "cow town" on the Big Island of Hawaii. She is half-Japanese (on her mother's side) and half-Italian/Irish. Rahna's mother was born in Los Angeles and moved to Hawaii after she and her family were released from a war-time internment camp; her paternal grandfather was a politician in Hawaii and World War I vet.

Karen Templer Readerville proprietor Karen Templer wears many hats. While earning her degree in visual communication, she dreamed of being an editorial designer, but she spent a handful of years in advertising before taking up web editorial at CompuServe. That led to an art director job at Salon.com (then "Salon Magazine") in '96, where her design and editorial interests not only converged but took her in new directions, including writing for the magazine.

Andrew Ross's distinguished career in publishing includes his role as co-founder, managing editor, and subsequently Executive Vice President in charge of business development, strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions of Salon Magazine , the online journal that has been recognized as one of the major voices in contemporary journalism.

Mark Pesce Lecturer, Interactive Media, AFTRS markp@aftrs.edu.au