Nancy Shute | @NancyShute

Co-editor, Shots Health Blog & Reporter, NPR

Nancy Shute is an award-winning science journalist and multimedia specialist. She is co-editor of NPR's health blog Shots and radio reporter for All Things Considered and Morning Edition. She served as President of the National Association of Science Writers from 2011 to 2012, during which time she organized the 2011 World Conference of Science Journalism in Qatar and worked to increase ties with Latin American science writers. She is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, where she teaches science writing and the use of social media. Prior to this, she was a science writer in residence at the University of Wisconsin and a guest lecturer at Columbia, NYU, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and the University of California - Santa Cruz. Nancy graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in English literature and received her master's from Yale Law School. Her work has appeared in US News and World Report, National Geographic, Scientific American, among other publications.

Jason Towsend | @NASASocial

Deputy Social Media Manager - NASA

Jason Townsend is deputy social media manager at NASA, where he helps oversee and coordinate over 500 social media accounts covering NASA's people, missions, and programs.

Jess Naudziunas | @jnaudz

News Video Producer - BuzzFeed

Jessica Naudziunas is a news video producer for BuzzFeed, the digital media and entertainment company known for its shareable videos, breaking news, and lists. Before joining BuzzFeed, Jessica was a multimedia producer for NowThis, an online news outlet that reaches audiences solely with digital media via mobile and social platforms. There, she encapsulated news often based on health and science research into short, creative, and engaging videos on SnapChat Discover. Jessica has also worked as a video producer at The New York Times and a science, food and agriculture writer and radio reporter at NPR and at NPR member stations around the country. She has won four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and has been recognized by the Society for Professional Journalists for her environmental news coverage. Before she earned her master's degree in journalism and documentary film from the University of California - Berkeley, she served out a short stint on a raw dairy farm in Kona, Hawaii.

Laz Gamio | @LazaroGamio

Graphic Assignment Editor - The Washington Post

Lazaro Gamio is the graphics assignment editor at The Washington Post, where he develops innovative tools and infographics. His expertise ranges from interactive maps to detailed data analyses on global events that add a powerful and new digital dimension to the news. Lazaro has helped visualize an array of national issues from climate change to national security. He has also covered a variety of local topics, including the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's safetrack schedule. He joined the Post in 2014 after working for The Miami Herald as a multimedia and data producer where he helped develop new digital tools for the newspaper. He has also worked for The Seattle Times and the National Geographic Society. Lazaro holds degrees from the University of Florida's New World School of Arts and the Cleveland Institute of Art.

David Cameron

Director, Media Relations - Harvard University

David Cameron is the Director of Media Relations at Harvard University, where he leads a team of five communications specialists. In addition to all facets of issue management, he and his team are currently pursuing best practices for integrating social media into media relations. Prior to his current role, he was Director of Science Communications at Harvard Medical School, managing, among other things, the school's flagship Media Fellowship program. Prior to Harvard, he spent six years working at MIT, first as an associate editor at Technology Review magazine, and then as the Media Relations Manager at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, where he led efforts to promote foundational work in regenerative biology. Originally from Long Island, New York, David has degrees in both literature and religious studies.

Brian Lin (Moderator) | @brianlinworks

Director of Editorial Content Strategy, EurekAlert!

Brian Lin is director of editorial content strategy at EurekAlert!, the non-profit news service that serves more than 14,500 reporters, 5,000 public information officers, and a growing public audience.

Brian was a press officer on the science and health beats at the University of British Columbia in Canada from 2001-2014. He led the design of UBC's media training curriculum and trained more than 500 faculty and students through lectures, workshops, and coaching. Since joining AAAS, he has led PIO workshops in China, Japan, Singapore, the US and UK. Brian holds a Master of Journalism degree from UBC and a Bachelor of Arts from National Taiwan University.