SPJ 2015 Western Regional Conference

Liz Enochs, an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience, is a Senior Editor at Charles Schwab. She’s worked as both a reporter and an editor, and has written pieces ranging from features to profiles to investigative stories. Her experience includes work as a senior editor at Hanley Wood, where she edited stories for two magazines, Affordable Housing Finance and Apartment Finance Today. She previously worked at Red Herring... Read More →

Mark Armstrong (@markarms) is an editor for Automattic / WordPress.com and the founder of Longreads, a global community for finding and sharing outstanding storytelling on the web. Armstrong first started Longreads as a hashtag on Twitter in 2009; the company was acquired by WordPress.com's parent company Automattic in April 2014. Longreads recently moved into original storytelling, working with writers and publishers around the world.

Peter C. Beller, Director of Content Strategy at IZEA/Ebyline, is a former Forbes magazine writer and Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University. At IZEA/Ebyline he helps brands, agencies and publishers connect and work with journalists to produce quality content across legacy and digital media.

Catherine Hollander is the editorial director at Beacon, where she helps writers and publications find reader support for their work. Prior to joining Beacon, she covered health care and economic policy as a staff correspondent for National Journal in Washington, D.C. Her writing has also appeared in Modern Healthcare, Market News International, and Bon Appetit.