Master's in Journalism
Kevin Grant

03 Jun 12-1pm ET
Master's in Journalism Webinar  
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Kevin Grant

Kevin is executive director of the Allbritton Journalism Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit where next-gen journalists work side-by-side with veteran reporters and editors at NOTUS to cover power and policy in Washington, D.C. 


He co-founded The GroundTruth Project (now Rebuild Local), home to Report for America and Report for the World, pioneering service journalism initiatives that have created 1,000 full-time reporting positions across 500+ newsrooms in 40 countries.


Previously he led more than 300 journalism fellowships in 50 countries based on a model he co-developed at GlobalPost, where he began an award-winning track record of editing and publishing in-depth public interest media for tens of millions of people, working with leading partners like The Atlantic, PBS FRONTLINE, USA Today, NBC News and NPR.


Kevin is a graduate of the Media Transformation Challenge (formerly Sulzberger) fellowship at the Poynter Institute and is now contributing to a book about religious leaders worldwide as a journalism fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. He holds an M.A. in online journalism from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School. 


He teaches journalism and entrepreneurship at Georgetown University's School for Continuing Studies, has served on panels at many of the world's leading journalism events, and currently sits on the board of Gigafact.