Nora Paul is director of the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota. She previously taught at the Poynter Institute teaching news library management, computer-assisted research, and new media leadership from 1991 to 2000. She was editor for information services at the Miami Herald from 1979 to 1991. Paul (and Hanson) are co-authors of “Behind the Message: Information Strategies for Communicators.” She is a member of the board of the World Press Institute, and has traveled worldwide presenting seminars and lectures on research methods and on innovation in online news. Her work at the University of Minnesota focuses on evolving digital storytelling forms.

Kathleen A. Hansen is a professor in the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, director of the Minnesota Journalism Center (MJC) and supervisor of the school’s Digital Information Resource Center. She is a co-author (with Nora Paul) of “Behind the Message: Information Strategies for Communicators.”