Loretta Chao Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Washington, Dc, Us

• Lead Startup Studio program, which establishes new, sustainable, nonprofit news organizations aimed at ensuring everyone in their communities have access to critical information• Establish healthy governance and operating structures for startups as the foundation for scalable, lasting civic institutions• Design and lead equitable, inclusive searches for founding executive teams that have resulted in the hiring and development of diverse and innovative leadership teams• Onboard and support startup leadership through successful newsroom launches, including program strategy, organization design, equitable hiring practices, establishment of organizational culture, product and audience strategy, and go-to-market strategy• Created and leading a team that has launched some of the largest local nonprofit news startups, which operate leading-edge community journalism programs that super serve communities traditionally underserved by mainstream media while delivering quality, independent, unbiased journalism to all local audiences; launched newsrooms include Signal Cleveland and Mirror Indy

Washington, Dc, Us

• Developed and managed program to partner with local philanthropy and civic leaders in assessing information gaps and designing sustainable, community-centered solutions to address them• Led creation of market research methodology including: grassroots community listening and engagement, inclusive of residents historically underserved by media; assessments of local coverage needs and information ecosystems; and identification of gaps and opportunities. Projects included input from over 5,000 people around the country• Helped raise over $30M in seed philanthropy for nonprofit local news organizations with industry-leading program models and diversified revenue strategies• Supported founding teams through the launch of new nonprofit news organizations, including Capital B, serving Black communities around the country, and Mountain State Spotlight, serving West Virginia• Founding member of internal diversity, equity, and inclusion steering committee; helped lead organization's first internal DEI audit and helped design internal processes to incorporate practices into our organizational culture as our organization tripled in size

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Oversaw content strategy & operations for VICE’s direct-to-consumer ventures, including its first subscription-based offering, the popular astrology and wellness app Astro Guide. Managed research and development for new digital businesses, revenue growth, experiences, and development for key talent.

Beijing, Cn

• Managed a global communications team for China's largest retailer • Developed a targeted, international communications and content strategy for a Fortune 200 company• Speaker and thought leader on the technologies driving the future of global commerce

New York, Ny, Us

• Covered supply chain and logistics for the WSJ Logistics Report, the newspaper’s fastest-growing vertical. • Created multimedia packages, with articles and videos, to explain the impact that e-commerce has on global businesses and consumers. Stories regularly were the most read on WSJ.com. • Also managed the vertical’s social media presence, growing its Twitter following by more than 40,000 followers in one year and its LinkedIn group to over 600 members.

New York, Ny, Us

• Wrote about technology, politics, economy, race and the class divide in Brazil, including front page stories about how the country's fast rise and subsequent stagnation led to mass protests. Also covered Brazil's controversial elections in 2014, and covered the country's social media and technology boom• Produced articles and videos about the 2014 World Cup, some of which was included in a Wall Street Journal e-book about the event• Reported and co-authored an e-book about Pope Francis' life in Argentina before being elected• Invited to moderate a panel about "developing inclusive markets through technology" at the Clinton Global Initiative's 2013 Latin America conference because of technology and Brazil coverage

New York, Ny, Us

• Wrote award-winning stories about China’s fast-growing technology, media and telecommunications industries, from startups to some of China’s largest firms, as well as what large multinational companies are doing in the market. • Wrote for multiple platforms including The Wall Street Journal newspaper, website and blogs.• Worked with multimedia team to create new products, including a daily video series on the Beijing Olympics and an interactive online travel guide.• Invited to be a speaker at Stanford University’s “China 2.0” conference about technology in China (2010) and to be a speaker on a panel about women in technology in China by Girls in Tech (2010) because of leading technology coverage

New York, Ny, Us

Wrote about health, consumer trends, small business, careers, e-commerce and entertainment.

New York, New York, Us

Covered breaking news including crime, and frequently gained exclusive access to principal sources for one of the largest newspapers in the U.S.

Us

• Wrote and edited feature stories for the website, and helped with the development of new products.• Managed daily content updates for a social network with 600,000 active members at the time.

Melville, New York, Us

Wrote breaking news stories special features about local trends and politics, including a local election, community activists and the 2004 Republican National Convention, for one of the largest newspapers in the U.S.

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism, Asian/Pacific/American Studies

Certificate, Clinical Sexology