Pegie Stark Adam began teaching at Poynter in the late 1980s with Mario Garcia. She became Director of Poynter’s Graphics and Design programs in the early 1990s and remains an Affiliate faculty.

Bob Steele is the Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values. He advises journalists and media leaders across the country on ethical dilemmas and leadership challenges. He joined Poynter’s faculty in 1989 and led the Institute’s ethics program for many years. He taught hundreds of Poynter workshops and thousands of journalists.

Dr. Mario R. Garcia is CEO and founder of Garcia Media has 40 years of Design and teaching experience and has redesigned over 550 newspapers/publications/websites worldwide including The Wall Street Journal, Paris Match, L’Equipe Magazine, La Tribune, (France), The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit (Germany), El Mercurio (Chile), Hindustantimes, The Hindu, Malayala Manorama and Mint (India).

Don Fry, an independent writing coach, helps writers write better, editors edit better, and managers organize better. Don has had two careers, first as an English professor at the University of Virginia and at Stony Brook University, and then in journalism. He headed the writing and ethics faculties at the Poynter Institute, and edited the Institute’s series Best Newspaper Writing. Roy Peter Clark and Don, friends for 40 years, collaborated on Coaching Writers.

G. STUART ADAM, Ph.D., is an Affiliate of the Poynter Institute and Professor Emeritus of Journalism at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Adam’s long association with the Institute started when he was named Visiting Scholar in 1990 and spent a year in residence writing and teaching. Subsequently, he served regularly as guest faculty in seminars and returned regularly from his day job in Canada to write essays on aspects of journalism and journalism education.

Bill Mitchell is a Poynter Affiliate who most recently led Poynter’s entrepreneurial and international programs and served as a member of its faculty. Previously, Bill headed Poynter.org for 10 years. Before joining Poynter in 1999, he worked as editor of Universal New Media (‘95-‘99) and director of electronic publishing at the San Jose Mercury News (‘92-‘95).