WordPress and Journalism

What This Session Is About:

WordPress is a powerful tool for storytelling, and the pros know it. Journalism organizations large and small are using our favorite platform for all types of projects and products. We’ll look at some innovative ideas from the WordPress-powered media world and discuss great tools and options for professional journalism.


Rebekah Monson

Rebekah Monson is a journalist, designer and dork. She’s the communications manager at the University of Miami School of Communication and cofounder of whereby.us, a creative organization that helps curious locals explore, celebrate and improve Miami through events, journalism and community protoyping. She cofounded Hacks/Hackers Miami, a group that brings together journalists and technologists, and Code for Miami, Florida’s first Code for America civic hacking brigade. She loves people, dogs, coffee, Miami, stories and technology — so long as servers are up, traffic is decent and no one pees on the rug.