2002. Panel Respondent, "Remembering the Reader: Building Relationships while Selling Content," panel at conference on "The Independent Family Newspaper in America: Its Future and Relevance," sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of Journalism, Champaign, Ill., 10 September.
2002. Panel Participant, "The Odd Couple of Today's Newsroom: Profits & Public Service." panel at conference on "The Independent Family Newspaper in America: Its Future and Relevance," sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of Journalism, Champaign, Ill., 9 September.
2002. Panel Organizer & Moderator, "The Emerging U.S. Movement for Media Reform," panel at annual RadFest conference, sponsored by A. Eugene Havens Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lake Geneva, Wis., May.
2002. Facilitator, "The Way Forward," session at Alternative Media Workshop, Urbana, Ill., 9 February.
2001. Panel Respondent, "Do Swedes Have Anything to Learn from McChesney's Arguments?" session at Annual Conference of Nordic Freelance Journalists, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 May.
2001. Panel Chair and Respondent, "A Critical/Cultural View of Mass Communication," session at 2001 Midwest Graduate Communications Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 28 April.
2000. Panel Participant, "Der dritte Weg? Medien-Alternativen," session at conference on "Rich Media - Poor Democracy? Konzernze, Kommerz, Konzentration -- Wo bleibt die Medienpolitik?" sponsored by the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 13 November.
2000. Panel Participant, "Medienpolitik -- made by Politik oder made by Konzernen?" session at conference on "Rich Media - Poor Democracy? Konzernze, Kommerz, Konzentration -- Wo bleibt die Medienpolitik?" sponsored by the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 13 November.
2000. Panel Participant, "Statements and Diskussion zu den Thesen McChesneys," session at conference on "Rich Media - Poor Democracy? Konzernze, Kommerz, Konzentration -- Wo bleibt die Medienpolitik?" sponsored by the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 13 November.
2000. Panel Facilitator, Third Annual Rising Tide Summit Conference, Tarrytown, New York, 28 June.
2000. Panel Moderator, Plenary Session 2, at Conference on "Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest," Orono, Maine, 16 June.
2000. Panel Participant, "The Future of Public Broadcasting" session, Cologne Conference on Media, Cologne, Germany, 5 June.
1999. Panel Moderator & Respondent, "Labor, Communication, and Capitalism" session, Critical and Cultural Studies Division, 1999 National Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, Ill., 4 November.
1999. Panel Organizer, "Global Media and Democracy," at Conference on NGOs and Globalization, sponsored by United Nations, New York, N.Y., 16 September.
1999. Panel Respondent, "Bob McChesney's Ideas on Education and the Media," at the Student Orientation Session, Highland Community College, Freeport, Ill. 19 August.
1999. Panel Respondent, "Perspectives on the Cyberworld," session, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting, Qualitative Studies Division, New Orleans, La., 6 August.
1998. Invited Participant, Digital Television and the Public Spectrum: What Does the Public Think Public Interest Obligations Should Be? A meeting on strategy and building coalitions, sponsored by the Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy, 10 November.
1998- Member, Interim Organizing Committee, World Congress on Media and Communication.
1998. Invited Guest, 1998 Media Ecology Conference, sponsored by the Media Ecology Program, New York University, 6-8 November.
1998. Conference Advisory Committee member, National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture, Pittsburgh, Pa., 22-24 October.
1998. Panel Organizer, "Media Reform and Left Politics," at Back to Basics: Conference on the Future of the American Left, Chicago, Ill. October 7-9.
1998. Panel Moderator, "International News," at Conference on Media and Democracy, sponsored by the Institute for Global Education, Grand Rapids, Mich., 25 April.
1998. Panel Participant, Conference on the Future of the Gore Commission, Sponsored by the Open Society Institute, New York, N.Y., 13 April.
1998. Conference Co-Organizer, Antitrust and the Media, sponsored by Cultural Environment Movement, Philadelphia, Pa., January 23-25.
1997. Panel Moderator, "The Politics of Public Radio: NPR and Pacifica," 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., October.
1997. Panel Organizer, "International Media Activism," 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., October.
1997. Panel Facilitator, "Organizing for Truly Public Broadcasting," 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., October.
1997. Panel Participant, Workshop on Media Activism, 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., October.
1997. Conference Co-Organizer, Democratizing Global Communication: Evaluating the 'People's Communication Charter' as a Strategic Document, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 26-28.
1997. Panel Participant, Interactive Media in the Age of Convergence, Roundtable, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 13 August.
1996. Respondent, talk by Medea Benjamin, "Corporate Responsibility: The Case of Nike and Reebok in the Third World." University of Wisconsin-Madison, 20 November.
1996. Panel Moderator, session on "19th Century Media/Women in Media," 23rd Annual Midwest Journalism History Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., 20 April.
1996. Panel Co-Organizer, "The Case for Materialism: The Return of Class to U.S. Communication History." 1996 Organization of American Historians National Convention, Chicago, Ill., March.
1996. Panel Participant, Working Group on "Global Village or Global Dominion? Cultural Integrity and Human Rights," 1996 Founding Convention Cultural Environment Movement, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo., March.
1996. Panel Participant, Symposium of The Future of Public Service Media, sponsored by the Benton Foundation and the Ford Foundation, New York, N.Y, 8 March.
1996. Panel Participant, Affinity Group on Radio, 1996 Media and Democracy Congress, San Francisco, Cal., February.
1995. Panel Participant, "Social Policy and the Public Interest in the Information Age." One-Day Seminar in "Information and Society Planning," Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, 10 November.
1994. Panel Co-Organizer, "The U.S. Communications Industry and the Public Interest Standard: Telecommunications and Broadcasting, 1890-1935." 1994 Organization of American Historians National Convention, Atlanta, GA, April.
1993. Panel Co-Organizer, "Communication Technologies, Policy and Research Between the Wars." 1993 Society for the History of Technology National Convention, Washington, D.C., October.
1993. Panel Moderator, Poster Session on Qualitative Research, Qualitative Studies Division, 1993 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Kansas City, MO, August.
1992. Panel Moderator, Poster Session on Qualitative Research, Qualitative Studies Division, 1992 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Montreal, Canada, August.
1992. Conference Co-Organizer, 1992 Midwest Journalism Historians Conference, Madison, WI, April.
1992. Panel Moderator, Session on "Images and Reality in Working Women's Experience," l992 Labor History Conference: "Reworking American Labor History: Race, Gender and Class." Madison, Wisconsin, April.
1991. Panel Participant, Special Pre-Convention Workshop on "Teaching Advertising and Public Relations History," sponsored by History Division, l99l Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Boston, MA, August.
1991. Panel Participant, "Critical Approaches to Teaching the First Amendment." Qualitative Studies Division, 1991 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Boston, MA, August.
1991. Panel Organizer, "Alternative Perspectives on the Development of the U.S. Communications Industry and Broadcast Regulatory Policy." 1991 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, April.
1990. Panel Moderator and Respondent, "The Mediation of Spectator Sports: the Voyeur as Participant." Mass Communication Division, l990 Speech Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, November.
1990. Panel Organizer, "The Government and the Communication Media: Recent Research on a Recurring Theme." l990 American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October.
1990. Panel Participant, Special session on "Doctoral Students and the Job Market," l990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, August. [Talk title: "'Did I Hear Someone Say Something About Hitting the Ground Running?': Life as an A.B.D. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at a 'Major Research University'."]
1990. Panel Co-Organizer and Participant, "Teaching Critical and Historical Perspectives to Undergraduates in the l990s: Four Perspectives from the Field." History Division and Qualitative Studies Division, l990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, August.
1990. Panel Moderator, "Session on Science, Espionage and Film." l990 Spring Meeting of Midwest Journalism and Mass Communications Historians, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, April.
1989. Panel Organizer, "New Directions in U.S. Broadcasting History." l989 American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA, October l989.
1989. Panel Respondent, "Making, Interpreting and Accommodating Mass Mediated Sports: Institutional, Content, and Audience Studies." Mass Communication Division, l989 International Communication Association National Convention, San Francisco, CA, May.
1988. Panel Moderator, "Access and Equal Time Issues in Freedom of Expression." Commission on Freedom of Speech, l988 Speech Communication Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA, November.