Covener:
Clifford M. Sloan
Partner
Mayer, Brown & Platt
Speakers:
Jonathan Alter
Senior Editor and News Media Critic
Newsweek
The Honorable John B. Anderson
James M. Bernstein
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism
Indiana University
Michael R. Beschloss
Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Washington Program
Bobby R. Burchfield
Partner
Covington & Burling
Diana Carlin
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
University of Kansas
Frank Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Partner
Hogan & Hartson
Edward M. Fouhy
Executive Producer
Concord Communications Group
Lawrence K. Grossman
Former President
NBC
Ellen Hume
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer
Joan Shorenstein Barone Center
Harvard University
Marvin Kalb
Director
Joan Shorenstein Barone Center
Harvard University
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Counsel
Sullivan & Worcester
Jennifer Lawson
Executive Vice President
National Programming and Promotion Services
PBS
Bev Lindsey
Debate Coordinator
Clinton/Gore Campaign
The Honorable Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
U.S. House of Representatives
Robert McFarland
Deputy to the President
NBC News
Newton N. Minow
Director
The Annenberg Washington Program
Ross Clayton Mulford
Partner
Corporate and Securities Law Section
Hughes & Luce
Joe Peyronnin
Vice President and Assistant to the President
CBS News
Carole Simpson
Senior Correspondent and Washington Anchor, "World News Saturday"
ABC News
Susan Swain
Senior Vice President
C-SPAN
Ed Turner
Executive Vice President
CNN News
Sander Vanocur
President
Old Owl Communications
Richard C. Wald
Senior Vice President
ABC News
Participants:
Adnan Al-Katib
Voice of Germany
Radio and Television
Elizabeth Bagley
Attorney
Advisory Board
Joan Shorenstein Barone Center Harvard University
Laurence Barrett
Political Correspondent
Time
Stephen Bates
Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Washington Program
Karen Bedford
Associate Editor
Current Newspaper
Janet H. Brown
Executive Director
Commission on Presidential Debates
Hal Bruno
Political Director
ABC News
Ruth Caplin
Fred H. Cate
Director of Research and Projects
and Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Washington Program
Catherine Clark
Program Assistant
Markle Foundation
Marlene Cohn
Assistant Director
League of Women Voters Education Fund
Michael B. Cornfield
Assistant Professor
Rhetoric & Communication Studies
University of Virginia
Carin Dessauer
Associate Political Director
Inside Politics
CNN
Mary K. Dewhirst
Director
Congressional Affairs
NTIA
U.S. Department of Commerce
Heather Drummond
Lucia Gamarra
Bureau Secretary
EFE News Services
Debra Gersh
Washington Editor
Editor & Publisher
Luddy Hayden
Federal Relations Representative
The Chevron Companies
James Holland
Director of Communications
American Association of Retired Persons
Larry Irving
Senior Counsel
Subcommittee on Telecommunications
U.S. House of Representatives
Marion Just
Professor
Wellesley College
Deborah Kalb
Reporter
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Kathleen E. Kendall
Associate Professor of Communication
SUNY at Albany
Julie Rhea Klein
Legislative Analyst
Subcommittee on Elections
U.S. House of Representatives
Donna Leff
Professor
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Lewis Loss
Attorney
Ross, Dixon & Masback
Mary Madigan
Chief of Staff
NTIA
U.S. Department of Commerce
John W. Mashek
Reporter
Boston Globe
Mara Mayor
Director
Annenberg/CPB Project
Michael McDowell
Program Representative
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
David McKean
Former Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Washington Program
Mary Jane McKinven
Director of News and Public Affairs
PBS
Jo Minow
Director
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Nell Minow
Director
Lens, Inc.
James C. Morrison, Jr.
Communications Program
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Anne Murphy
Max D. Paglin
Executive Director
Golden Jubilee Commission on Telecommunications
Marjorie Panitt
The Annenberg Foundation
Merrill Panitt
The Annenberg Foundation
Martin Plissner
Executive Political Director
CBS News
Dan Rabinovitz
Administrative Assistant Congressman Markey's office
Bill Rosenberg
Drexel University
Louise Sagalyn
Kirsten Schmeelekey
The Shorenstein Company
Andrew Schwartzman
Executive Director
Media Access Project
Bernard Shaw
Principal Washington Anchor
CNN America, Inc.
Walter Shorenstein
Chairman of the Board
The Shorenstein Company
Al Snyder
Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Washington Program
Gigi Sohn
Staff Attorney
Media Access Project
Morgan Stewart
Staff Writer
Campaigns & Elections
Vicky Harian Strella
Joel Swerdlow
Senior Writer
National Geographic Society
Gary Tomlinson
President
Tele Poll
Ken Vest
Director of Communication Resources
American Association of Retired Persons
Brady C. Williamson
Attorney
LaFollette & Sinykin