Carroll Bogert is stepping down on Feb. 28 as president of The Marshall Venture, the award-winning, nonprofit media group that covers the U.S. felony justice system.
Bogert arrived at The Marshall Venture when it was barely a 12 months outdated, with a funds of simply over $4 million and a workers of two dozen. Underneath her management, The Marshall Venture grew to become a serious and enduring participant on this planet of nonprofit journalism, with a funds of greater than $18 million and a workers of 85.
Throughout her tenure, The Marshall Venture arrange native newsrooms in three cities and commenced providing sources to native reporters throughout the nation. The Marshall Venture started publishing extra visible work, together with video and animation. Workers members reporting to Bogert constructed information merchandise for incarcerated audiences which might be distributed in additional than 1,600 prisons and jails throughout the nation. In 2024, they launched a movie competition inside Sing Sing jail.
“We’re grateful to Carroll for her position in taking The Marshall Venture to a brand new stage throughout a time of unprecedented challenges for journalism,” mentioned Liz Simons, board chair of The Marshall Venture. “Carroll set us up for fulfillment in our subsequent chapter, when the tales we inform of a damaged justice system are extra pressing than ever.”
The Marshall Venture’s newsroom received two Pulitzer Prizes and a bunch of different prime journalism awards throughout Bogert’s 9 years as president. It additionally loved annual progress of roughly 10% yearly throughout her tenure. The workers grew to become significantly extra various, with non-White staff presently 56% of the workforce, and previously incarcerated individuals accounting for six%.
“It’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work with such a terrific group of individuals,” mentioned Bogert. “At a time when the media enterprise is in digital free-fall, I’m proud that The Marshall Venture has supplied a port within the storm.”
Bogert labored in shut partnership with three editors-in-chief throughout her time at The Marshall Venture: founding editor Invoice Keller, Susan Chira, and the present appearing editor-in-chief, Geraldine Sealey. Katrice Hardy, presently govt editor and vice chairman of the Dallas Morning Information, will take over as CEO on March 17.
