About me
Bridget Thoreson has managed strategic editorial collaborations and audience engagement projects with more than 130 newsrooms, as a consultant with social impact firm Hearken and the first Director of Collaborations for the Institute for Nonprofit News. Now she is Hearken's Chief Project Officer/Dream Wrangler, connecting journalism with civic information initiatives to support a healthy democracy. She has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, and previously served as project manager for Election SOS, which brought together 45 organizations to support more than 1,500 journalists during the 2020 election. She also writes the "Explore Your Career River" newsletter.