Chief Impact Officer
CalMatters & The Markup
Sisi Wei is the Chief Impact Officer at CalMatters and The Markup, where she is forging new ways for journalism to restore readers' sense of agency, serve communities, and drive real-world impact. Sisi was Editor-in-Chief of The Markup from 2022-2024. During that time, The Markup's journalism had incredible impact, including dozens of companies removing of the privacy-invading Meta Pixel from their websites, local and state governments across the country ending or fixing their usage of biased algorithms, and the filing of multiple class action lawsuits. Under Sisi's tenure, for the first time, The Markup published a citizen science guide for the public, story recipes for journalists, a digital zine, and service pieces directed by community needs.
Previously, Sisi was co-executive director of OpenNews, and assistant managing editor at ProPublica. In 2024, Sisi won the Freedom of the Press Rising Star Award. In 2021, IWFM awarded Sisi the Gwen Ifill Award.
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