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Experience
2023-2024
John S. Knight Fellowships at Stanford University
Fellow
2018-2023
The Arizona Republic
Senior Director, Product and Audience Innovation
2017-2018
NowThis
Editor-at-large
2013-2016
University of Southern California
Adjunct Professor, Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication
2014-2016
reported.ly
Deputy Managing Editor
West Coast Producer
2013-2014
Digital First Media's Thunderdome
Senior Producer, Breaking News
2010-2013
89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Mobile Product Manager
Associate Editor, Social Media and Outreach
Social Media Specialist and Community Editor
2009-2010
Consumertrack
Managing Web Editor, Go Banking Rates and Go Insurance Rates
2008-2009
The Loop 21
Web Editor
2006-2012
Blogger
allthatanda.com; b5media; shelterrific.com
2006-2008
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Night Web Producer
North County Reporter
2005-2006
Kansas City Star
Government Reporter, Neighborhood News (fellowship)
Freelancer, FYI section
About Me
I’m a journalist, writer and leader with a bent for digital media and new storytelling forms.
Contact
Freelance
Membership Puzzle Project
Spaceship Media
American Press Institute
Beacon Reader
Education
2020 - 2021
2001-2004
Iowa State University
awards
- Best Breaking News coverage, small category, Online Journalism Awards (2015)
- Best News Website, under 1 million unique monthly visitors, Editor and Publisher (2012, team award)
- First Place, Roy W. Howard Reporting Competition, “Trudging Toward Twilight” (2004)
- Second Place, Best News Tweet and Best Facebook Presence, LA Press Club Awards (2012)
Leadership
- Founding member, News Product Alliance
- Online News Association (Board of Directors, 2014-2019, Secretary 2017-2018, Vice President, 2019)
- Inaugural class, 50 Women Can Change the World in Journalism
- Inaugural class, NABJ-Poynter Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media
- Fellow, International Reporting Project, South Africa, 2016
- Member, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA-Los Angeles board member, 2011-2013) Programming Chair, V3 conference (2013-2015)
Research and major publications
Speaking
(An incomplete list)
Speaker, ONA23, First Time Manager’s Training and Hey Boss, It’s Your Job to Promote Healthy Team Culture
Speaker, 2022, Women in Journalism
Speaker, 2021, The View From Here: Community Journalism in Phoenix
Speaker, RTDNA21, Sincerely, Leaders of Color: What We Really Need in the Newsroom
Speaker, ONA19, Real Life Local News Revenue Experiments
Emcee, 2018, SRCCON:POWER
Speaker, Mobile Me & You, 2018, “A Call for Experimentation“
Speaker, International Journalism Festival, 2018, “The evolving ethics of social newsgathering“
Trainer, APME Newstrain Seattle, “Maximizing social media for branding and engagement“
Moderator, 2017, Define American Film Festival
Speaker, 2017, ONA Reno
SPJ Western Regional Conference, 2017, “Digital Tools and Innovation“
Public lecture, Big Ideas podcast and University of Technology Sydney (Australia), 2017, “Trust and truth in the digital age: The challenges facing news organisations in 2017“
ACP Midwinter National College Journalism Convention 2017, “A New Kind of Gig” and “Covering Abroad from Afar”
Trainer, SPJ Journcamp, 2017, Tools for social media reporting
ACP Midwinter National College Journalism Convention 2016, “A New Kind of Gig” and “Covering Abroad from Afar”
Trainer, SPJ Journcamp, 2016, Tools for social media reporting
Keynote Panelist, ONA 2016, “reported.ly: The Story of Digital Media“
Speaker, Bindercon Los Angeles 2016, “Digital Engagement Across Language Barriers“
Speaker, SXSW, 2016, “Making Distributed Content Work in News“
Speaker, AAJA 2016, “Real Talk on Mental Health in the Newsroom“
Trainer, SPJ JournCamp 2015, “The New Reporting“
Speaker, Society of Professional Journalists, 2015 Western Regional Conference, “Digital Storytelling“
Speaker, AAJA, 2015, “Using Twichatgrams to tell your story“
Associate Judge, Sigma Delta Chi Awards, 2015
Speaker, ONA 2015, “Blood on the Screen: Dealing with Vicarious Trauma Via UGC“
Speaker, JACC (Journalism Association of Community Colleges), 2015, “Beyond a Tweet: Social Media Reporting and Verification“
Master Class speaker @ Skillcrush on career trajectories, 2014
Trainer, SPJ JournCamp, 2014 “Beyond Twitter and Facebook: Digital Media Apps and Tools You Can Use Now“
Speaker, AAJA 2014 “Building things people actually use”
Speaker, EIJ 2013 “Curation Station“
Speaker, UNITY 2012 “Platform Portability“
Speaker, ONA 2012 “Healthy Ecosystems in Digital Newsrooms“
Speaker, ONA 2011 “SMO is the new SEO“
Unconferences: ONA dCamp on mobile (2014), Hardly Strictly Young (2011), Newsfoo (2011) Spark Camp: Data (2012)
Advisor: Alhambra Source ReporterCorps (2012)
Appearances
Where I’ve been quoted or cited.
- Depth and breadth: How news organisations navigate trade-offs around building trust in news
- Transforming Newsrooms: Connecting Organizational Culture, Strategy, and Innovation
- News for the Rich, White, and Blue How Place and Power Distort American Journalism
- The Journalism Behind Journalism: Going Beyond the Basics to Train Effective Journalists in a Shifting Landscape
- Ms Magazine: The Story Behind Her: Kim Bui and Emma Carew Grovum Are Dedicating Space for and by Newsroom Leaders of Color
- The Cohort: "They built their careers on change. Now, they’re middle managers."
- The Empathy Advantage Coaching Children to Be Kind, Respectful, and Successful
- The Elements of Journalism
- The Kicker: "Podcast: COVID-19, communities in need"
- Hacks/Hackers: "How to manage the emotional health of the newsroom while covering community trauma."
- Urban Institute, "Do No Harm Guide: Applying Equity Awareness in Data Visualization"
- Mobile-First Journalism: Producing News for Social and Interactive Media
- All Things Considered: "The Complicated Financial Lives Of Freelancers"
- Quill: "Come On, Feel Something"
- Nieman Journalism Lab, "The Misfits Become the Bosses"
- Journalism.co.uk podcast: "Building reader relationships via SMS"
- Reuters Institute, "Time to step away from the ‘bright, shiny things’? Towards a sustainable model of journalism innovation in an era of perpetual change"
- It's All Journalism: "#377 Get rid of your ego and be an empathetic journalist"
- Slate, "Viral Tweets Are Helping Some People Find Help in Houston. Social Media Can Do Much Better."
- Nieman Journalism Lab, "The Year Journalism Teaches Again"
- WBUR's Here and Now, "News On Social Media: From Otis Byrd To Malaysia Sedition Charges"
- Current.org, "The Pub #10: Pronunciation matters, techies leaving public media, SXSW and reporting on your employer"
- Poynter.org, "Do the stuff that scares you and other lessons from Thunderdome"
- Nieman Journalism Lab, "Come On, Feel Something"
- First Draft News, "Breaking! Eilmeldung! Сенсація! The language you use isn’t always the language they use"
- Mediashift, "Getting Started with Newsletter Analytics"
- Journalism.co.uk, "103 speakers you need at your next journalism event to avoid all-male panels"