As Director of Innovation Kat Duncan leads RJI’s innovative initiatives, programs and workshops. This includes the Professional Fellowship program, the Student Innovation Competition, and the Student Innovation Fellowship program. She founded the Community-Centered Symposium and the Women in Journalism Workshop and runs them annually. She also manages the innovation team, student staff and leads partnership projects with local newsrooms, organizations and individuals. She teaches Emerging Tech & Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Her mission is to move journalism forward through collaborations that can provide free, accessible, open source, practical and timely resources for journalists, newsrooms and the communities they serve.

Duncan came to RJI from the San Francisco Chronicle where she was a photo editor, photographer, videographer and manager.