J. Keith Moyer

J. Keith Moyer was president and publisher of the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 2001 to 2007 when it was sold to Avista Capital Partners. He had earlier been as publisher and president for the Fresno Bee.

Moyer joined McClatchy in 1994 as The Bee's executive editor. Moyer also held top newsroom roles at Gannett's News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida, Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, NY, Westchester-Rockland Newspapers in White Plains, NY, and Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock. In Fort Myers, Moyer served as editor of the News-Press from 1986 until 1990 and, during that time, he oversaw coverage of poor social conditions faced by African Americans in Southwest Florida that won the 1990 Grand Prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.

Since 2010, Moyer has served as a Senior Fellow in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.

He is a graduate and Alumni of Distinction from the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Florida. He has twice served as a nominating juror for the Pulitzer Prizes.

J. Keith van Straaten

J. Keith van Straaten (born June 16, 1971) is an American actor, host, and writer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

On TV, he hosted the first season of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks in 2001. In 2006, he began appearing as a panelist on VH1's Best Week Ever. He frequently appears as a commentator on E! Entertainment Television on shows such as 25 Most Memorable Swimsuit Moments and Wildest Spring Break Moments.

Van Straaten has worked with Yahoo! on a number of projects. During the 2007 and 2008 Academy Award season, he authored a blog on Yahoo! Movies covering events and information up to and including the awards show. He also wrote their 2007 Summer and Holiday Movie Guides. The 28 short Yahoo! Answers On The Street segments were also hosted by van Straaten.

He briefly hosted a weekend internet radio show in 2007, the Game Show Radio Game Show.

Van Straaten has appeared in several television commercials, including those for McDonald's, Nike, and Cheez-It. He hosted the pilot for the US edition of Balls of Steel.