2014 Symposium

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Karen Miller Pensiero is the editor for Newsroom Standards at The Wall Street Journal and is responsible for upholding and teaching journalism standards and ethics at the Journal’s headquarters in New York and its bureaus around the globe. She has focused on standards and ethics since 2004. Prior to that, she held a variety of positions throughout the company, including managing editor/international, overseeing the editing of the Journal’s Asian and European editions; Money & Markets editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; director of corporate communications for Dow Jones; director of Dow Jones Interactive Publishing International. She began her career as a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern in 1984. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Watch Karen's symposium presentation on Keeping an Ethical Foundation in Constant Change.

One of California’s top political journalists, Kevin Riggs is now senior vice president with Randle Communications in Sacramento. As a reporter and anchor for Sacramento’s KCRA-TV, he covered historic national events, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, 1999 Columbine shootings, and 2000 Florida presidential ballot standoff. He also worked for Fresno’s KFSN-TV and Santa Barbara’s KCOY-TV. He has been recognized with numerous awards for broadcast excellence, including the national 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award for the KCRA team’s breaking news coverage of the Galleria fire. Today he serves on the Advisory Board for the Journalism Department at Cal Poly and provides regular political analysis for KCRA-TV.

Symposium presentation excerpt including Megan Silcott, Dayle Hayes, Kevin Riggs, and Peter King.

David Kerley is a correspondent for ABC News based in Washington, D.C., who contributes regularly to “World News,” “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline.” Since joining ABC News, Kerley has covered breaking news stories, including the recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. He's traveled to every continent except Antarctica for ABC News and has covered a half dozen assignments in Iraq. Prior to joining ABC, Kerley spent more than 20 years as an anchor and reporter across the United States, most recently as the primary anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago. He worked for stations in Seattle, Boise and Santa Maria, Calif. Kerley has been honored with two Emmy Awards. He is a Cal Poly graduate and serves on the Journalism Department’s Advisory Board. More about David Kerley

The Look That Changed My Life presented by David Kerley at the 2014 symposium.

A native of Fresno, Calif., Peter King studied journalism at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 1973-77 under the tutelage of Jim Hayes. He served as co-editor of the Mustang Daily, with the late Fred Vulin. His 35-year career in newspapers included stints at the San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune, Fresno Bee, Associated Press, and San Francisco Examiner. King worked for the Los Angeles Times for 25 years as a reporter, editor and columnist. His "On California" column was a Pulitzer finalist in the mid-1990s. For the past five years, he has served as executive director of public affairs for the University of California.

Symposium presentation excerpt including Megan Silcott, Dayle Hayes, Kevin Riggs, and Peter King.