Amy Gahran is a media consultant and journalist based in Boulder, Colo. Working closely with the Society of Environmental Journalists, she covered energy and environmental issues for more than 15 years. She authors several blogs such as Contentious.com, one of the earliest leading voices on online content and communication, and RightConversation.com, which focuses on conversational and social media. Gahran edits the Poynter Institute’s group blog E-Media Tidbits, and she’s created e-learning modules for News University. Two years ago she and business partner Adam Glenn launched I, Reporter, a guide for citizen journalists and news professionals who work with them. Their projects include an interactive database of nearly 500 citizen journalism projects throughout North America and helping launch the online side of a weekly community paper in NY state. Gahran also advises the NewAssignment.net pro/amateur journalism project.