2009 Speakers and Moderators

is the cofounder of Journalism Online, LLC, which will offer online publishers a system to realize revenue from the digital distribution of original journalism. Previously, Brill was CEO of Verified Identity Pass, an airport security fast-pass provider. For the last eight years, Brill has taught a seminar for aspiring journalists at Yale. In 2006, Brill and his wife expanded that seminar by endowing the Yale Journalism Initiative. In 2007, Brill began supporting a Knight Foundation grant to establish a similar program at Yale Law School; recently, Brill began teaching a seminar at the Law School covering modern media issues. Brill is the founder of The American Lawyer, Court TV, and Brill’s Content. He is the author of After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era (Simon & Schuster, 2003).