The Academy exists to discover the best and most innovative uses of real-time media.

Comprised of leaders in technology, journalism, business and culture, the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences plays a vital role in choosing the winners of the Shorty Awards, honoring the best content producers in social media.

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The Real-Time Academy Members focus on choosing the next winners of the Shorty Awards. Members are listed in alphabetical order.

Kurt Andersen
Novelist and Public Radio Host
Website Twitter Wikipedia
John Battelle
Founder of Federated Media, Author of The Search, Co-Moderator of the Web 2.0 Summit
Webpage Twitter Wikipedia
Nick Cannon
Host, America's Got Talent; Founder of NCredible Entertainment; and Chairman of TeenNick
Webpage Twitter
Dennis Crowley
Co-founder and CEO of foursquare
Twitter Wikipedia
Esther Dyson
Founder, EDventure Holdings
Webpage Twitter
Tina Roth Eisenberg
Founder of swissmiss, CreativeMornings, TeuxDeux and Tattly
Twitter Website
Caterina Fake
Cofounder of Flickr and Hunch
Twitter Wikipedia
MC Hammer
Entertainer and Entrepreneur
Twitter Wikipedia
Alberto Ibargüen
President and CEO, Knight Foundation
Bio Wikipedia
Joi Ito
CEO, Creative Commons
Website Twitter Wikipedia
Dina Kaplan
Co-founder, blip.tv
Bio Twitter
Alyssa Milano
Actress, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur
Twitter Wikipedia
Frank Moss
Author, The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices. Former director, MIT Media Lab. Co-founder of Bluefin Labs
Website Twitter Wikipedia
Craig Newmark
Founder of Craigslist
Blog Twitter Wikipedia
David Pogue
Columnist, New York Times Author, The World According to Twitter
Bio Twitter Wikipedia
Whitney Port
Webpage Twitter Wikipedia
Dan Roth
Executive Editor, LinkedIn
Webpage Twitter
Charlie Sheen
Actor
Webpage Twitter
Prof Sree Sreenivasan
Dean of Student Affairs, Columbia Journalism School Tech Columnist, CNET News
Website Twitter Wikipedia
Charlie Todd
Founder, Improv Everywhere
Twitter Website
Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia
Twitter Wikipedia
Steve Wozniak
Co-founder, Apple Computer, Inc.
Webpage Twitter
Randi Zuckerberg
Founder and CEO, Zuckerberg Media & Editor-in-Chief, Dot Complicated
Zuckerberg Media Dot Complicated Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Additional Academy members will be announced shortly.

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