Speakers

Principal, DSA Digital

Steve Alperin is an award winning producer and media executive who has been managing and building national outlets for nearly 20 years. As the Head Writer and Producer for ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings he oversaw thousands of hours of programming and guided coverage for nearly every national event from the Clinton Administration to the attacks on 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. As the Managing Editor of ABCNews.com , Steve was responsible for adding millions of users and overseeing groundbreaking investigations of wrongdoing in Congress. Steve was most recently part of the leadership team which created Vocativ, a company focusing on sourcing news stories from “The Deep Web,” or the 80% of the internet which is not on Google. At Vocativ, Steve successfully oversaw major TV programming deals with NBC Universal and other major networks. He is a winner of the Dupont and Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism as well as a two-time winner of the Writers Guild of America award. He has degrees from Harvard and Columbia.