The full list of presenters for 2025 will be posted soon.
Katy Culver
Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Professor; James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics; Director, Center for Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin
Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public communication, Culver focuses on the ethical dimensions of social tools, technological advances and networked information. She combines these interests with a background in law and free expression. She also serves as visiting faculty for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and was the founding editor of PBS MediaShift’s education section. Culver’s current work explores emerging technologies, such as virtual reality, drones and sensors, and how their use in news affects both ethics and journalism’s relationship with the public. She has examined journalism ethics during the Trump presidency and ideologically driven free expression controversies on college campuses.
Mark E. Johnson
Principal Lecturer of Photojournalism and Chief Technology Officer, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
Mark E. Johnson is the principal lecturer of photojournalism and chief technology officer at the University of Georgia’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he has taught since 2005. Johnson directs multiple experiential workshops, including the Woodall Weekend Workshop which brings students into rural Georgia counties to work on in depth photo stories and has lead student reporting trips at the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia, the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He has been on the visiting faculty at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, directs the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism competition and oversees renovation projects for the college.