Founder and News Product Leader

"Building and transforming diverse newsrooms of tomorrow"

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<aside> ⚡ I am a leader, a coach, a trainer and a change agent.

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<aside> 👩🏻‍🎨 I am also an artist, a baker, a knitter, and an auntie.

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About me

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Hello, I am Emma Carew Grovum, the Director of Careers and Culture at The Marshall Project. I lead recruitment, career and professional development, workplace culture, internal staff and manager training, and DEI programs. My work has also included overhauling onboarding experiences for new hires, designing a hybrid internship program, and hosting several staff convenings.

I am also the founder of Kimbap Media - a consultancy that solves problems at the intersection of storytelling, technology, and audience. Additionally, I am a founding steering committee member of the News Product Alliance and a partner of Media Bridge Partners.

Today, I'm coaching journalists on leadership, product thinking, and digital transformation, while also providing anti-racism interventions to bring change to newsrooms.👩‍🏫

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Experience

The Marshall Project Director of Careers and Culture ****2022 - now The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system.

Media Bridge Partners Partner ****2021 - now Media Bridge Partners is a collective of like-minded journalists working to transform news organizations for an anti-racist future.

Kimbap Media Founder 2019 - now Kimbap Media is a consultancy solving problems for news organizations at the intersections of audience and technology.

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Prism Chair, Board of Directors ****2020 - now

News Product Alliance Director of Programming and Summit Lead ****2019 - 2023

Education

The Reynolds Journalism Institute 2021-2022

The Poynter Institute 2018, 2019

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Journalism, Art history, Korean studies 2005-2009


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