We’re very excited to continue to announce our speakers and sessions for the inaugural WordCamp for Publishers. This is the third of four posts introducing our full lineup.
They will be sharing insights and perspectives that span many different roles within the publishing industry. We hope you’ll join them in Denver to hear what they have to offer!
Also don’t forget that applications for travel scholarships close this Friday, 7/7.
John Gamboa
John is a Technical Success Manager in the Customer Experience team at WP Engine. He spent the better part of four years living in South Korea and China, where he worked as a technical editor, writer and web developer before returning to the U.S. and moving to Austin, TX.
Julia Smith
Julia is the Director of INN Labs, the product and technology arm of the Institute for Nonprofit News. She leads a team of news technologists to develop software that supports and advances the work of nonprofit publishers. Julia came to INN from the Center for Investigative Reporting where she was a 2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellow researching mobile data visualization, interactive storytelling, and news application design. Early in her career, Smith worked as a corporate software developer and user experience designer before an enthusiastic return to the news industry.
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Kevin Koehler
I work for Automattic on the Terms of Service team, where we deal with issues of abuse, law, and censorship for the millions of sites using our platforms.
Linda Gorman
Linda has spent the last couple of years building editorial sites for Upstatement in Boston, including lots of custom curatorial tools for WordPress. Before becoming a web developer, she studied journalism at Syracuse University.
Meagan Ball
Meagan Kelleher Ball is Director of Digital Content for Tribune Media, the parent company of 42 TV stations and other digital properties. Meagan oversees the development of the station websites and their iOS and Android news apps, and consults on overall digital strategy. Meagan led the redesign and relaunch of the websites on WordPress.com VIP.
On a day to day basis, Meagan guides and collaborates with more than 200 web producers in over 30 newsrooms, as well as communicates with news directors, creative services departments, and sales teams.
Prior to Tribune Media, Meagan was Director of Digital Content for Local TV LLC, which was acquired by Tribune in 2013. Meagan also managed digital teams at WDAF in Kansas City and KPLC in Lake Charles, Louisiana.