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01.28.2025
The business veteran will lead each the newsroom and enterprise operations.
Katrice Hardy
Katrice Hardy, a seasoned media government who has led main information organizations in Texas, Indiana and South Carolina, has been named chief government officer of The Marshall Undertaking, the Pulitzer prize-winning nonprofit newsroom that covers felony justice. She begins on March 17 and might be based mostly in Dallas.
Hardy takes on a brand new position at The Marshall Undertaking, which was beforehand co-led by a president and editor-in-chief. As chief government officer, she is going to oversee each the newsroom and enterprise sides of the 10-year-old nonprofit.
“For 10 wonderful years The Marshall Undertaking has shined a light-weight on our nation’s damaged felony justice system,” mentioned Liz Simons, chair of The Marshall Undertaking’s board of administrators. “Now, at a time when journalism is underneath siege and truth-telling extra pressing than ever, I couldn’t be extra excited for the subsequent chapter Katrice will usher in. She brings wealthy editorial expertise, an modern mindset, and a deep dedication to our mandate of telling tales that will in any other case be untold.”
Hardy at present serves as government editor and vice-president of the Dallas Morning Information. She beforehand served as Midwest regional editor for USA Right now Community and government editor of the Indianapolis Star, the place she partnered with The Marshall Undertaking and different media retailers on a sequence about police canines that gained the Pulitzer Prize for Nationwide Reporting in 2021. She additionally led the Greenville Information in South Carolina whereas overseeing the South area for the community. She has been a member of the advisory board of the Poynter Institute and has served on the board of The Marshall Undertaking for the final three years.
“I’m so excited to tackle this new necessary position at a media outlet that I’ve lengthy admired and revered,” mentioned Hardy. “The Marshall Undertaking has earned a storied fame within the journalism world, whereas being a mannequin for a brand new type of nonprofit information. I’m honored by the chance to construct on the exceptional success of each The Marshall Undertaking’s journalism and its robust enterprise mannequin.”
Beneath Hardy’s management and The Marshall Undertaking’s new construction, day-to-day operation of the newsroom will stay the accountability of the editor-in-chief. Appearing Editor-in-Chief Geraldine Sealey, who strikes into the position from her long-time place as managing editor, will retain appreciable discretion over editorial path and decision-making.
Marshall Undertaking President Carroll Bogert knowledgeable the board of her intention to step down whereas the search was underway for a brand new editor-in-chief to switch Susan Chira. “I wished to provide the board the choice to unify The Marshall Undertaking’s workers construction, and that’s what they certainly selected to do,” mentioned Bogert. “Katrice is an impressed selection to guide each the journalism and the enterprise of The Marshall Undertaking into its second decade.”
Beneath Bogert’s tenure, The Marshall Undertaking’s workers grew from 24 to 85. The group invested closely in native journalism, hiring information groups in Cleveland; Jackson, Mississippi; and St. Louis. The Marshall Undertaking additionally turned the biggest distributor of high quality journalism behind bars, with a print journal circulating in additional than 1,500 prisons and jails nationwide and a video sequence for incarcerated audiences that has run for 2 seasons, with thousands and thousands of views.
“We thank Carroll for the wonderful work she has completed in constructing The Marshall Undertaking, which quadrupled in dimension underneath her management,” mentioned Simons. “We wouldn’t be the place we’re at the moment with out her vitality and imaginative and prescient.”
The Marshall Undertaking has gained two Pulitzer Prizes, a number of Nationwide Journal Awards for common excellence and a bunch of different high journalism laurels. Marshall Undertaking investigations have spurred new laws and advocacy campaigns, prompted official probes, improved situations in particular prisons and jails, gotten folks out of detention and been cited by everybody from Supreme Courtroom justices to jailhouse attorneys. Extra concerning the impression of its journalism could be discovered right here.
A graduate of Louisiana State College, Hardy started her profession at The Virginian-Pilot, the place she began as an intern and left in 2016 as managing editor. She is a long-time member of Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists and served on the board of Related Press Managing Editors.
Hardy has lengthy been dedicated to neighborhood engagement and to mentoring different journalists and media leaders. She has labored diligently in her earlier roles to assist create and construct sustainable enterprise fashions to assist journalism.
The Marshall Undertaking’s search committee was led by board member Nick Goldberg and administered by Koller Search Companions’ Karen Danziger.
