Digital Director
KXAN
Austin, Texas, United States
Kate is an award-winning, collaborative journalist who elevates digital storytelling. As KXAN’s digital director, she has built a 12-person team from the ground up and is a leader in her newsroom and within parent company Nexstar. Previous news producer experience helps her bridge on-air and digital workflows. She is passionate about multimedia storytelling and coaching journalists to develop editorial judgment and digital-first mindsets.
Kate worked on multiple Emmy and Murrow-award winning investigative and Solutions Journalism projects, including helping loved ones find missing family members, solutions for Texas’ history of mass violence and persistent problems with a tolling entity affecting thousands of people. Kate co-launched and is the Supervising EP for BorderReport.com, whose correspondents stationed along the entire U.S.-Mexico border tell the untold stories of those who live, work and migrate there.
Kate enjoys reading, trying new recipes, hanging with family and running (when it’s not too hot).
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