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As Director of Innovation Kat Duncan leads RJI\u2019s innovation team and their initiatives, programs and workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lead the\u00a0Professional Innovation Fellowships<\/a>,\u00a0Student Innovation Competition<\/a>, and the\u00a0Student Innovation Fellowships<\/a>. I founded and run the\u00a0Community-Centered Symposium<\/a>, the\u00a0Rural Revenue Transformation Workshop<\/a>, Vertical Video Workshop and the\u00a0Women in Journalism Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I manage RJI’s innovation team<\/a>, which includes community-centered editors, project managers and student innovation staff. They collaborate on\u00a0partnership projects<\/a>\u00a0with local newsrooms, organizations and individuals to build free to use tools, resources and platforms like\u00a0Agenda Watch,<\/a>\u00a0Black News & Views<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Luz Lab.<\/a>\u00a0The\u00a0Innovation in Focus<\/a>\u00a0series, which I started in 2017, is a monthly series that tackles a new tech, storytelling method or idea through short-term experiments with newsrooms and journalists. My team also hosts monthly community calls, webinars and panels. And I teach Emerging Tech & Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mission is to move journalism forward through collaborations that provide free, accessible, open source, practical and innovative resources for journalists, newsrooms and the communities they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came to RJI from the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0where I was a photo editor, photographer, videographer and manager. Past roles include photojournalism, video journalism and visual manager & editor positions in New York, Utah, Texas, Kansas and Massachusetts. I have won awards from the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year International, multiple state press associations (New York, Texas, Kansas etc) and Best of Photojournalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Director of Innovation Kat Duncan leads RJI\u2019s innovation team and their initiatives, programs and workshops. I lead the\u00a0Professional Innovation Fellowships,\u00a0Student Innovation Competition, and the\u00a0Student Innovation Fellowships. I founded and run the\u00a0Community-Centered Symposium, the\u00a0Rural Revenue Transformation Workshop, Vertical Video Workshop and the\u00a0Women in Journalism Workshop. I manage RJI’s innovation team, which includes community-centered editors, project<\/p>\n

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