INSS 2022

Stephanie Martinelli leads membership growth, retention and community-building strategies to ensure LION Publishers is providing the highest possible value to the news entrepreneurs it serves. She most-recently led Hearken’s engagement consulting team, and previously worked for... Read More →

Candice Fortman is the Executive Director of Outlier Media, a Detroit-based service journalism organization. Before joining Outlier, Candice was the Marketing & Engagement Manager for WDET 101.9-Detroit’s NPR station. Candice led the effort to build WDET’s audience and grow the... Read More →

Emily Ristow is the director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute, where she designs and leads programs that help news organizations manage change and transform their journalism and business strategies to become sustainable digital operations. Programs she’s... Read More →

Gabe Schneider is the co-founder of The Objective, a media publication focused on reporting, first-person commentary, and reported essays on communities journalism in the U.S. has typically ignored or misrepesented. He is also currently the partnerships and collaborations manager... Read More →

Gaby is DPI’s Director of Institutional Research. She has over 10 years of mixed-methods research experience with a strong focus on survey design and implementation, data analysis and collection and evaluation. She has expertise in the design, management, and implementation of research... Read More →

Kara Meyberg Guzman is the CEO/Co-founder of Santa Cruz Local, a local news outlet in Santa Cruz, Calif. She's passionate about building a healthy culture and efficient workflows in her newsroom. Santa Cruz Local was the recipient of LION Publishers' 2021 Local Journalism Award for... Read More →