Jay Rosen
Jay is one of the world’s most prominent media thinkers.
He teaches journalism at New York University, where he heads Studio 20, a cutting-edge master’s program focusing on digital innovation. In 2003, Jay launched PressThink, a blog on “the fate of the press in the digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today.” Jay believes that journalism works best when reporters invite audiences into their research process, and he’s eager to bring the lessons of the model pioneered by De Correspondent to the US. Jay holds a PhD in media studies from NYU.
EMILY GOLIGOSKI
Emily is the former research director for the Membership Puzzle Project.
She acts as an advocate for news consumers and delivers actionable insights to media organizations. She is the Senior Director of Audience Research at The Atlantic, and remains an advisor to MPP. She was the first user experience research lead in The New York Times newsroom and brought design research to Mozilla Foundation. Emily got her start reporting for Chicago Public Media’s global affairs show Worldview. She is a board member of the media and education non-profit YR Media (formerly Youth Radio). Emily holds degrees from Northwestern and Stanford Universities.
Ariel Zirulnick
Ariel runs the Membership in News Fund at the Membership Puzzle Project.
She is passionate about doing journalism with and for community members, rather than about them, and building systems that make that possible. Ariel led The New Tropic, a local media startup that helps Miamians connect to, understand, and explore their city. She was a Nairobi-based freelance foreign correspondent and the Middle East editor at the Christian Science Monitor. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
our network
Membership Puzzle Project works with a global network of researchers and audience engagement and revenue coaches to produce high-impact, practical research and support our Membership in News Fund partners.
Our 2021 Membership in News Fund Coaches and subject matter experts
Becca Aaronson, Sebastián Auyanet, Francesca Beighton, Jessica Best, Kim Bode, Javier Borelli, Jorge Caraballo, Rico Grimm, Emma Carew Grovum, Federica Cherubini, Felicitas Sánchez, Ben Whitelaw
Read more about their work. You can learn about our 2019 Membership in News Fund coaches here and get to know our researchers by reading their work.