About
Broadband Breakfast is the leading media company focused on Better Broadband, Better Lives.
We report on broadband policy and internet technology in Washington, the states, and communities across America.
Our events – particularly Broadband Breakfast Live Online every Wednesday at 12 Noon ET – bring experts and practitioners together to explain and advance the benefits provided by broadband.
Our premium product, Broadband Breakfast Club, helps broadband infrastructure and financial services professionals find people and resources to build the fiber, small cells, towers and data centers supporting the 21st century information economy.
Broadband Breakfast also hosts the annual Digital Infrastructure Investment Summit on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, which champions a robust 21st century information economy.
Other events:
- Watch the videos from the BEAD Implementation Summit on September 21, 2023.
- Watch the videos from the Made in America Summit in June 2023.
- Watch the videos from the Big Tech & Speech Summit in March 2023.
- See all premium content by joining the Breakfast Club for just $99 per month to receive exclusive monthly reports, video content, event discounts and much more.
Contact us:
- To learn more about sponsorship packages, please email sales@breakfast.media and request a copy of our Media Kit.
- To apply for a job at Breakfast Media LLC, please visit our Jobs page.
- To submit an Expert Opinion commentary, please email commentary@breakfast.media. We request between 500-800 words, and a high-res photo of the author. See examples in our Expert Opinion section.
- To be considered as a panelist for future Broadband Breakfast Live Online events, please email events@breakfast.media.
- Please send press releases to press@breakfast.media.
- To notify us of broadband-related events, please email calendar@breakfast.media.
- Broadband Breakfast is located at 1750 K Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C., 20006.
Drew Clark, CEO
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. As Editor and Publisher, he brings experts and practitioners together to advance the benefits provided by broadband. You can find him on LinkedIn.
An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, Clark founded Broadband Census as a way to crowdsource broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. Then, the Broadband Breakfast Club helped drive debate around broadband investments under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Clark was appointed Executive Director of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, the state broadband initiative, under Gov. Pat Quinn in 2010. There, he led a combined federal and state effort of fiber-optic and wireless infrastructure investments, including broadband mapping, economic development and digital literacy training. He has also served as President of the Rural Telecommunications Congress.
The articles and posts on Broadband Breakfast and affiliated social media are not legal advice or legal services, do not constitute the creation of an attorney-client privilege and represent the views of their respective authors.
Email: drew@breakfast.media
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Ahmad Hathout, Managing Editor
Managing Editor Ahmad Hathout has spent the last half-decade reporting on the Canadian telecommunications and media industries for leading publications. He started the scoop-driven news site downup.io to make Canadian telecom news more accessible and digestible. Follow him on Twitter @ackmet.
Email: ahmad@breakfast.media
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Hanna Agro, Reporter
Hanna Agro studied journalism at Columbia University, where she gained skills in news reporting and video production. She joined Broadband Breakfast in September and has covered broadband deployment, rural area investment, and artificial intelligence. Additionally she has worked in culture reporting and documentary production.
Email: hanna@breakfast.media
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Ryan Barba, Reporter
Reporter Ryan Barba was the editor-in-chief of The Citizen newspaper of Laney College before transferring to the University of California at Berkeley. Writing professionally for eight years, Ryan has previously reported for EdSource, Oakland Voices, and The Oaklandside. He is often found chugging a can of Coke Classic or annihilating a pack of sour Mike and Ike’s.
Email: ryan@breakfast.media
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Jake Nenaan, Reporter
Reporter Jake Neenan, who covers broadband infrastructure and broadband funding, is a recent graduate of the Columbia Journalism School. Previously, he reported on state prison conditions in New York and Massachusetts. He is also a devoted cat parent.
Email: jake@breakfast.media
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Quinn Nghiem, Marketing Associate
Quinn Nghiem studied communications and business at Villanova University, where she also participated in news reporting and video production for the university’s newspaper. Additionally, she covered economic and political issues for Vietnam Television, the national television broadcaster of Vietnam.
Email: quinn@breakfast.media
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Em McPhie, Marketing Consultant
Marketing Consultant Em McPhie studied communication design and writing at Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a managing editor for the student newspaper. In addition to agency and freelance marketing experience, she has reported extensively on Section 230, big tech, and rural broadband access. She is a founding board member of Code Open Sesame, an organization that teaches computer programming skills to underprivileged children.
Email: mcphie@breakfast.media
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Teralyn Whipple, Contributing Reporter
Contributing Reporting Teralyn Whipple, who joined Broadband Breakfast in 2022, studied marketing at Brigham Young University. She has reported extensively on broadband infrastructure, investments and deployment. She has also headed marketing campaigns for several small companies.
Email: whipple@breakfast.media
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