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Executive Program
The Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, now in its sixth year, is proud of its participants who push for transformation in the news industry and change their organizations by developing resilient strategies, successful products and sustainable business models.
Below are members of the Class of 2026 cohort, as well as the Class of 2025, Class of 2024, Class of 2023, Class of 2022 and Class of 2021 cohorts.
The Class of 2026 cohort participants reside in 9 countries, territories, and nation-states including Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States and Puerto Rico.
The Class of 2025 cohort participants reside in 10 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, and the United States.
The Class of 2024 cohort participants hail from 10 countries including Canada, China, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Japan, Romania, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2023 cohort participants represent 12 countries including Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Germany, India, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2022 cohort participants represent seven countries including Brazil, Finland, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Class of 2021 cohort participants represent 10 countries including Chile, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.
2026 Cohort
Reina Kempt
Director of News Automation and AI, Center for Community Journalism
Gannett Media
Marian Chia-Ming Liu
National Vice President of Civic Engagement
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)
Calli Remillard
Editor, Newsroom Intern Program Manager
Falmouth Publishing Inc. (The Enterprise Newspapers)
2025 Cohort
Bernice Marie Sibucao
Senior Manager and Deputy Head of Digital Strategy and Innovation
GMA Network
2024 Cohort
Deanna Buckman
Director, Business Development
Dotdash Meredith
Oliver Haustein-Teßmer
Editor-in-Chief, Lausitzer Rundschau | Märkische Oderzeitung
LR Medienverlag GmbH
Hui (Lulu) Ning
Editor-in-Chief
Initium Media
2023 Cohort
Carolina Arteta Caballero
Consonante Program Director
Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)
Zeljka Lekic-Subasic, Ph.D.
Head of Office
Office of the Eurovision News Exchange for Southeast Europe (ERNO)
2022 Cohort
2021 Cohort
Susanne Amann
Managing Editor
DER SPIEGEL
Ana Arriagada
Cofounder and Executive Director
El Soberano
Thierry Backes
Managing Editor
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Lauren Berry
Global Managing Editor for Data-Driven News and Deputy NYC Bureau Chief
Bloomberg LP
P. Kim Bui
Director of Audience Innovation
Arizona Republic
Rosy Catanach
Vice President of Product, Publishing
The New York Times
Styli Charalambous
CEO and Publisher
Daily Maverick
Jonah Comstock
Director of Content Developer and Editor-in-Chief
HIMSS Media
Alexander Droessler
Digital Transformation & Product
Nordkurier
Ethar El-Katatney
Former Young Audiences Editor
The Wall Street Journal
Daisuke Furuta
Google News Lab Teaching Fellow
Tokyo
Maye Primera
Researcher / Producer
NBCU Universal / Telemundo Enterprises
Abbie Scott
Deputy Managing Editor
Financial Times
Almudena Toral
Executive Producer
ProPublica
Graham Watson-Ringo
Managing Editor
San Antonio Report
Mary Wilson
Director of Communication and Engagement
A + Colorado
Contact Us
Do you have a question about our Executive Program? If so, please contact us.
Kyle Plantz
Senior Director of Leadership Programs