Amy Webb is an author, speaker and future thinker and heads the Webbmedia Group, an international digital strategy consultancy that offers mobile, platform, social and emerging tech/media strategic services and workshops to Fortune 500 companies, media organizations, mid-sized businesses, governments and universities worldwide.

Her team of consultants and programmers at Webbmedia helps news and tech organizations around the world innovate. Webbmedia has worked with media companies and other groups, including major television networks, national newspapers, tech startups, media associations and journalism schools. Recent clients have included Time Inc., Gannett, Hearst Digital, National Public Radio, ABC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Knight Foundation, United Nations, U.S. Department of State, Global Forum for Media Development, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and many others.

Amy adapts current and emerging technologies for use in communications. She has spent more than 15 years working with digital media. She began her career as a reporter/ writer with Newsweek (Tokyo) and the Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong) where she covered emerging technology, media and cultural trends. She has contributed to the New York Times, NPR, Economist, Philadelphia Inquirer and many publications and broadcast shows. Her work has been recognized with awards/nominations from Webby, Editor & Publisher, Investigative Reporters & Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, W3 and IAVA. She has a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and holds a B.A. in political economics from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She also earned Nikyu Certification in the Japanese government-administered Language Proficiency Test and speaks fluently.

Amy serves on the Board of Directors for the Online News Association, the Knight-Batten Advisory Board, the Advisory Board for Temple University’s Journalism Program and the Advisory Board for the International Center for Journalists. She is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Interactive Media Peer Group) and serves as a judge for the Emmy® awards. She has been on the adjunct journalism faculty at University of Maryland, Temple University, Tokyo University and University of the Arts. She is a featured speaker at media conferences and journalism workshops around the world.