Kristin Roberts

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Kristin Roberts, Chief Content Officer

Kristin brings over two decades of experience to her role as the Chief Content Officer at Gannett I USA TODAY Network. She intimately understands the media industry and the adaptation of new business models to sustain journalism. Most recently as the CCO of McClatchy, she led 30 newsrooms and architected a new business model for local media, which contributed to whole-of-enterprise outperformance. She also served as the National Editor at POLITICO, leading the publication’s groundbreaking coverage and in-depth reporting of the 2016 presidential election and she also spent 13 years at Reuters covering business and economics across New York and Miami, as well as defense and foreign policy in Washington D.C. before transitioning to newsroom leadership.  Kristin resides in Miami and is active in her community serving as Board Member and Marketing Chair of Girls Inc. of Greater Miami and a member of the Tocqueville Society at United Way Miami in addition to being a founding member of Chief locally. She holds master’s degrees from Georgetown University and Columbia University as well as a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.