Amy Webb adapts current and emerging technologies to solve problems in mainstream journalism/ journalism education. She has spent more than 15 years working within media as a reporter, publisher and consultant. She began her career as a reporter/ writer with Newsweek (Tokyo) and the Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong) where she covered emerging technology, media and cultural trends. She has contributed to the New York Times, NPR, Economist, Philadelphia Inquirer and many publications and broadcast shows. Her work has been recognized with awards/nominations from Webby, Editor & Publisher, Investigative Reporters & Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, W3 and IAVA. She has a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and holds a B.A. in political economics from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She also earned Nikyu Certification in the Japanese government-administered Language Proficiency Test and speaks fluently.

Amy serves on the Board of Directors for the Online News Association, the Knight-Batten Advisory Board, the Advisory Board for Temple University’s Journalism Program and the Advisory Board for the International Center for Journalists. She has been on the adjunct journalism faculty at University of Maryland, Temple University, Tokyo University and University of the Arts. She is a featured speaker at media conferences and journalism workshops around the world. Amy lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, Brian Woolf. In her spare time, she enjoys roasting her own coffee beans and jogging around the Inner Harbor.

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Webbmedia Group Specialties:

• Digital strategy for current/ future monetization and growth
• Selection and implementation of content management systems and other third party applications
• Multiple-channel digital communications and channel diversification (web, Podcasting, blogs, syndication)
• Converting single-platform content into multiple-platform products for monetization and growth
• Strategic planning to launch first-time publications or relaunch websites
• Leading development teams to design and implement new web applications
• Training reporters and editors on how to tell stories digitally
• Providing strategic analysis of a site’s effectiveness
• Working with web teams to harness and use social networking tools

Clients

Our client base includes: Time Style & Entertainment Group (People.com, InStyle.com, etc.), Knight Foundation, ABCNews.com, Columbia University, NPR, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and many others. If you would like more information, please contact us at info [at] webbmediagroup [dot] com.

Webbmedia Group is based in Baltimore and works out of offices in Miami, Washington DC, New York City, Houston and Kiev, Ukraine. We are fluent in Spanish, Japanese, Russian, French and Ukranian work with organizations around the world. For more information, please see the Webbmedia Group site.