RJI Staff

Executive and Administrative Core

Randy Picht Executive Director 573-882-4998 pichtr@rjionline.org	Pam Johnson Founding Executive Director (Retired) pam@rjionline.org
Dean Mills Dean, Missouri School of Journalism Professor, Convergence Journalism 573-882-6686 millsr@missouri.edu	Roger Gafke Director of Development 573-881-5446 gafker@rjionline.org
René Rau Assistant to the Executive Director 573-882-2922 raur@rjionline.org	Becky Acton Fiscal Analyst 573-882-2489 actonb@missouri.edu
Keli Jackson Administrative Assistant 573-884-9121 jacksonas@rjionline.org

Communications

Brian Steffens Director Adjunct Associate Professor 573-882-8251 steffensb@rjionline.org	Amanda Gastler Special Events Coordinator 573-882-7303 gastlera@missouri.edu
Elizabeth Hyden Social Media Editor 573-882-9948 hydene@rjionline.org	Jennifer Nelson Senior Information Specialist 573-884-5599 nelsonjenn@rjionline.org
Lamar Henderson Web Developer 573-882-6635 hendersonl@rjionline.org

Journalism Futures Lab

Mike McKean Director Associate Professor 573-882-3434 mckeanml@rjionline.org	Roger Fidler Program Director for Digital Publishing 2004 Reynolds Fellow 573-884-0175 fidlerr@rjionline.org
Olga Kyle Video Editor 573-884-9143 missirio@rjionline.org	Reuben Stern Print Editor 573-884-9144 sternr@rjionline.org
Tyten Teegarden Lead Developer and Lab Manager, Microsoft Application Development Lab 573-823-3907 teegardent@missouri.edu	Brad Best Advertising Editor 573-884-9136 bestb@rjionline.org
Travis McMillen Video Producer 573-882-9683 mcmillent@rjionline.org	Justin Giles IT Support Specialist 573-884-3141 gilesjr@missouri.edu
Miles Keller Administrative Assistant Missouri School of Journalism 573-882-8250 kellermi@rjionline.org

Research

Esther Thorson

Director

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

573-882-9590

thorsone@missouri.edu

Kenneth Fleming (aka Zhi G. Sun)

Associate Director

Director/RJI Insight & Survey Center

573-884-6563

flemingk@missouri.edu

Pictures of the Year International (POYi)

Rick Shaw

Director

573-884-7351

shawrf@rjionline.org

Reynolds Fellows

2013-2014 Class

Misha Leybovich

Reynolds Fellow

Chief Executive Officer

misha.leybovich@meograph.com

Scott Swafford

Reynolds Fellow

Associate Professor

Senior City Editor

573-884-5366

swaffords@missouri.edu

2012-2013 Class

Kent Collins Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Faculty Chair Radio-Television Journalism 573-882-1957 CollinsKS@missouri.edu	Alisa Cromer Reynolds Fellow 573-882-9822 cromera@rjionline.org
Connie Farrow Reynolds Fellow 573-882-9832 farrowc@rjionline.org	Brian Houston Reynolds Fellow Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication (573) 882-3327 houstonjb@missouri.edu
Mitchell S. McKinney Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication (573) 882-9230 McKinneyM@missouri.edu	Matt Sokoloff Reynolds Fellow matt@luremembership.com

2011-2012 Class

Paul Bolls Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Strategic Communications bollsp@missouri.edu	Janet Coats Reynolds Fellow janet.coats@yahoo.com
Peter Meng Reynolds Fellow Founder, adFreeq pmeng@AdFreeq.com	Dan Oshinsky Editor Reynolds Fellow dan.oshinsky@gmail.com

2010-2011 Class

David Cohn Reynolds Fellow Founding Editor, Circa Founder, Spot.us dcohn1@gmail.com	Anne Derryberry Reynolds Fellow anne@imserious.net
David Herzog Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Professional Practice herzogd@missouri.edu	Joy Mayer Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Professional Practice mayerj@missouri.edu
Lisa Skube Reynolds Fellow Project Architect, Journalism Accelerator lisa@journalismaccelerator.com	Will Sullivan Reynolds Fellow Mobile Products Developer, U.S. Federal Government will@journerdism.com

2009-2010 Class

Jacqueline Banaszynski Reynolds Fellow Professor, Print and Digital News Knight Chair in Journalism 573-882-4573 banaszynskij@missouri.edu	Clyde Bentley Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Convergence Journalism 573-884-9688 bentleycl@missouri.edu
Michele McLellan Reynolds Fellow michele.mclellan@gmail.com	Stephanie Padgett Reynolds Fellow Assistant Professor, Strategic Communication 513-884-7785 Stephanie.Padgett@empowermm.com
Sean Reily Reynolds Fellow spreily@gmail.com	Michael Skoler Reynolds Fellow VP, Interactive Media, Public Radio International mskoler@gmail.com

2008-2009 Class

Bill Densmore Reynolds Fellow Co-director, Journalism That Matters 617-448-6600 wpdensmore@gmail.com	Margaret Duffy Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor; Chair, Strategic Communications 573-884-9746 duffym@missouri.edu
Mike Fancher Reynolds Fellow Retired Executive Editor, Seattle Times fanch@mikefancher.com	Jennifer Reeves Reynolds Fellow Associate Professor, Radio-Television News 573-884-6397 ext. 215 reevesj@missouri.edu
Jane Stevens Reynolds Fellow jstevens@mmjourno.com	Matt Thompson Reynolds Fellow Manager of Digital Initatives, National Public Radio mthomps00@gmail.com

2004 Class

Roger Fidler

Program Director for Digital Publishing

2004 Reynolds Fellow

573-884-0175

fidlerr@rjionline.org