Our panel of judges work in a wide range of progressive and new media activities, including direct activism, teaching, and managing communications departments. Their aptitudes vary, from messaging, to technology and design. Their views reflect the diversity of of their backgrounds, and the many perspectives that color the expanding quilt of progressive politics in the United States.

Christiane Baker  Founder & President, Daily Bread Productions

Tiffiniy Cheng Co-Founder, Participatory Culture Foundation

Michele Demers  Director of Communications, Humanity United

Paul Edge  CEO, TOL23 Design

Mark Edmiston  Managing Director, AdMedia Partners

Cheryl Everette  VP, Progressive Source Communications

Nelson R. Gonzalez  Managing Director, Advent Strategy Group

Jonathan Greenberg  CEO, Progressive Source Communications

Lee-Sean Huang  Development and Outreach Associate, Human Rights Watch

Mark Karlin  Founder & Editor, BuzzFlash

Alice Markowitz  VP of Communications, Stonyfield Farm

Linn Washington  Journalism Professor, Temple University