Jennifer Orsi

Vice President, Publishing and Local News Initiatives, The Poynter Institute

Role
Vice President, Publishing and Local News Initiatives at Poynter Institute
Location
Bradenton, FL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Jennifer Orsi

Veteran journalist, leader, editor, storyteller, strategic thinker and problem solver now working to strengthen journalism and democracy as Vice President for Publishing and Local News Initiatives at the Poynter Institute, a leading non-profit. Previously: Led the largest group of journalists in Florida for Gannett’s USA TODAY NETWORK as VP/Content for the Florida region and Executive Editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune; served four years as managing editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tampa Bay Times; was director of marketing content and communications for a subsidiary of Fortune 500 company Raymond James Financial. Proud IU Hoosier.

Experience

  1. Vice President, Publishing and Local News Initiatives

    Poynter Institute

    Jun 2024 — Present · St Petersburg, FL, US

    Oversee the teams that are responsible for Poynter\'s publishing and the website Poynter.org, marketing, events and communications, audience engagement in a unified way to grow Poynter\'s reach and influence. I also explore new initiatives to help strengthen local news and run the Poynter Journalism Prizes contest.

Education

  • Indiana University Bloomington

    BA, Journalism, History (double major)

    1984 — 1988

Skills

  • Web Content Writing
  • Feature Articles
  • New Media
  • News Writing
  • News Management
  • Magazines
  • Ap Style
  • Blogging
  • Ap Stylebook
  • Public Relations
  • Proofreading
  • Media Relations
  • Newspaper
  • Management
  • Breaking News
  • Newspapers
  • Online Journalism
  • Copy Editing
  • Government
  • Web Content
  • Copywriting
  • Journalism
  • Editorial
  • Editing
  • Publications
  • Storytelling
  • Press Releases
  • Digital Media
  • Headline Writing
  • Publishing
  • Social Media

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