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Speakers' Bureau

Sun employees serve as ambassadors to the community as part of the company's Speakers' Bureau.

Members of The Baltimore Sun Speakers' Bureau are available to speak at your organization or engagement at no charge to you, on a number of different topics related to their areas of expertise. Review the list below for specific speakers, the topics of expertise and their contact information. Please contact the speakers directly to request an appearance. After the speech, we ask that you provide the speaker with an acknowledgement letter.


Speakers	Position/Topic Areas
Alexander, Dave dalexander@baltimoresun.com 410-464-2886, ext. 278	Deputy Editor, Interactive Editing and producing daily online news.
Apperson, Jay jay.apperson@baltsun.com 410-494-2941	Baltimore County Bureau Chief. General assignment, courthouse/criminal justice coverage.
Barker, Jeff jeff.barker@baltsun.com 410-979-2052	Sports reporter. Sports writing in the community.
Brewington, Kelly kelly.brewington@baltsun.com 410-332-6488	Diversity and Demographics reporter. Newsroom diversity, covering demographics and minority populations.
Caffrey, Liz liz.caffrey@baltsun.com 410-332-6530	Advertising representative. Advertising, journalism, working on high school newspapers and yearbooks.
Cho, Hanah hanah.cho@baltsun.com 410-332-6065	Business reporter. Workplace and labor issues with particular focus on young, women and minority workers.
Cowherd, Kevin kevin.cowherd@baltsun.com 410-332-6009	Columnist. Lifestyle issues.
Cross-Barnet, Michael michael.cross-barnet@baltsun.com 410-332-6459	Op-ed page editor. Op-ed pages, copy editing, headline writing, how The Sun prevents errors from getting into the paper.
Fenton, Justin justin.fenton@baltsun.com 443-482-3408	Reporter. Suburban crime, courts.
Hancock, Jay jay.hancock@baltsun.com 410-332-6550	Business columnist. Economics, taxes, finance and business.
Harris, Melissa melissa.harris@baltsun.com 410-715-2885	Reporter. Howard County. Crime, election administration and federal workers.
Hyler, Rebecca rhyler@baltimoresun.com 410-464-2886, ext. 231	Features Producer, Interactive. Writing for new media, feature writing, entertainment news, baltimoresun.com internships
Kaltenbach, Chris chris.kaltenbach@baltsun.com 410-332-6957	Entertainment Reporter. Movie & TV criticism, film & television, feature reporting, popular culture.
Kapustin, Doug doug.kapustin@baltsun.com 443-286-0451	Photojournalist. Photography and photojournalism.
Kasper, Rob rob.kasper@baltsun.com 410-332-6183	Columnist. Humor, food, family life.
Kelly, Jacques jacques.kelly@baltsun.com 410-332-6570	Columnist. Old Baltimore, theaters, neighborhoods and the old downtown.
Kay, Liz liz.kay@baltsun.com 410-332-6609	Religion reporter. Religion and education.
Kiehl, Steve stephen.kiehl@baltsun.com 410-332-6291	State transportation reporter and sniper trial reporter.
Kirschbaum, Jed jed.kirschbaum@baltsun.com 410-332-6940	Staff Photographer. Photography for news and features.
Krotki, Amanda amanda.krotki@tribune.com 410-464-2886, x227	Senior producer for baltimoremetromix.com. Writing for the Web, covering entertainment and user-generated content.
LoLordo, Ann ann.lolordo@baltsun.com 410-332-6922	Editorial Editor. Former features editor and Middle East correspondent.
McIntyre, John john.mcintyre@baltsun.com 410-332-6206	Assistant Managing Editor/Copy Desk. Editing, English grammar and usage, the language, newspaper policies and ethics.
McMenamin, Jennifer jennifer.mcmenamin@baltsun.com 410-494-2940	Reporter, Baltimore County. Newspaper reporting, entering the field, college journalism, coverage of education, courts and the death penalty.
Neufeld, Sara sara.neufeld@baltsun.com 410-332-6610	Reporter. Education issues.
Parker, Karlayne karlayne.parker@baltsun.com 410-332-6620	UniSun editor.
Rasmussen, Fred fred.rasmussen@baltsun.com 410-332-6536	Reporter/Columnist. Local history, railroads, shipping.
Ratner, Andrew andrew.ratner@baltsun.com 410-332-6012	Deputy Editor. Business and economic news.
Richardson, Kevin kevin.richardson@baltsun.com 410-332-6205	Creative Director. Careers in advertising, art & graphic design.
Rockoff, Jonathan jonathan.rockoff@baltsun.com 410-494-2932	Washington Correspondent. Education. Rhode Island. Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health and federal health policy and politics.
Roylance, Frank frank.roylance@baltsun.com 410-332-6173	Science writer, weather page commentary and online weather blog. Maryland weather, backyard stargazing.
Scharper, Julie julie.scharper@baltsun.com 410-332-6602	Staff writer. "People and Places" in the city and surrounding counties
Shatzkin, Kate kate.shatzkin@baltsun.com 410-332-6753	Reporter. Covering nonprofit organizations, courts or prisons.
Smith, Thom tsmith@baltimoresun.com 410-464-2886, ext. 251	Design & Development Director, Interactive. New product development, web creation and design, and graphic design.
Smith, Tim tim.smith@baltsun.com 410-332-6897	Music Critic. The art of listening (classical music).
Sragow, Michael michael.sragow@baltsun.com 410-332-6323	Film critic. Films and cultural journalism
Sullivan, Steve steve.sullivan@baltsun.com 410-332-6503	Assistant Managing Editor/Multimedia. Multimedia journalism, the future of the news business, what skills students needs to become journalists
Thomas, Tim tim.thomas@baltsun.com 410-332-6377	Vice President, New Business Development. What do readers want? How marketing and the newsroom work together to increase audience. Strategies and trends in the newspaper business.
Thomson, Candus candy.thomson@baltsun.com 410-332-6889	Reporter. Sports reporting, Olympics coverage, how The Sun chooses what to cover, how stories get in the paper.
Wheeler, Tim tim.wheeler@baltsun.com 410-715-2833	Reporter. Growth & development, environmental issues, Chesapeake Bay, state & local news.
Williams, John-John IV john-john.williams@baltsun.com 410-715-2837	Reporter. Education, diversity, minority high school journalism.
White, Tanika tanika.white@baltsun.com 410-332-2638	Fashion Reporter. School and education issues.

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