2025 Keynote speakers
The ACP National College Media Conference will feature three days of excellent keynotes, each uniquely suited to the current state of journalism. Don’t miss out on your chance to hear from industry leaders, excellent student journalists and more!
Information will be added as speakers are confirmed.
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz is the Editor in Chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, the leading news source in the Bay Area. The Chronicle focuses its coverage on the issues critical to its readers, including health, homelessness, income inequality, climate change and its deadly consequences and the area’s world-class food and wine scene. Emilio joined the Chronicle in September 2020 after spending the last 19 years at The Washington Post. His final role at The Post was as Managing Editor for Digital, where he oversaw the development and execution of digital strategy, supervising more than 350 journalists. He edited the 2000 Pulitzer prize-winning investigation by the St. Paul Pioneer Press that uncovered academic fraud in the University of Minnesota men’s basketball program. His career includes editing at the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times.