Scott Bittle is the web director of Planet Forward, as well as Executive Vice President, Public Issues Analysis at Public Agenda.org, which has been twice nominated for a prestigious Webby Award by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

An experienced editor and reporter who has worked for both online and print publications, Mr. Bittle is involved in the production of citizen education guides and is lead author of Public Agenda's Energy Learning Curve opinion survey, featured on Planet Forward. Mr. Bittle is also co-author, with executive vice president Jean Johnson, of two books: "Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis," and "Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis."

Prior to joining Public Agenda, Mr. Bittle was editorial development manager/Internet for Reed Travel Group, a division of Reed Elsevier. As such, he oversaw and produced content for several Web projects. Prior to his involvement with online services, Mr. Bittle worked for eight years as a reporter, copy editor, bureau chief, and political coordinator for the daily newspaper The Press of Atlantic City. He twice won the Golden Quill Award for feature articles and was honored by the Philadelphia Press Association for daily newspaper writing.

Mr. Bittle holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications and journalism from Rowan University of New Jersey.