Chief Project Officer/Dream Wrangler
Hearken
Since 2018 Bridget Thoreson has managed strategic editorial collaborations and audience engagement projects with more than 130 newsrooms, as a consultant with Hearken and the first Director of Collaborations for the Institute for Nonprofit News, where she contributed to the launch of the 78-newsroom Rural News Network. Now she is Hearken's Chief Project Officer/Dream Wrangler, connecting journalists with civic information initiatives to support a healthy democracy through Election SOS and Democracy SOS.
Thoreson served as project manager for Election SOS, which brought together 45 organizations to support more than 1,500 journalists during the 2020 election. She got her start as a reporter and editor at a daily community newspaper in Wisconsin and has more than 15 years of experience in journalism and publishing. She also reviews books for the American Library Association and writes the "Explore Your Career River" newsletter (careerriver.substack.com). Connect with Bridget on LinkedIn.
It’s Never Not Election Season: Developing a Strategy for During and In-Between Local Elections
Thursday, September 19, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT