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Lou Kreps, Executive Director

Lou Kreps

Executive Director

Lou, a veteran newsman, succeeded founding director Cy Kurmansky in March 2017. Lou has concentrated on expanding CPIR’s support for independent journalists.
Madeline Ahn, Deputy Director

Madeline Ahn

Deputy Director

Madeline divides her time between the administrative chores required to keep CPIR running and overseeing the Center’s grant-making work.
Peter Pitt, Senior Editor and Webmaster

Peter Pitt

Senior Editor and Webmaster

Peter has spent his career straddling the aesthetic and the technological sides of the news business. He does that today as well, dividing time between managing CPIR’s online presence and editing the work of CPIR-funded reporters.
Maureen Walker, Editor

Maureen Walker

Editor

Maureen is committed to lucid and elegant writing. She started out as a fact checker, so make that factual, lucid and elegant writing. She takes pleasure in seeing projects through from the initial proposal through publication.
Jill Sarang, Editor

Jill Sarang

Editor

Jill's commitment to journalism has its origin in her undergraduate honors thesis on Charles Dickens' early work as a reporter. She is a meticulous line editor, bringing the sensibility of a poet and playwright to her work for CPIR.
Sam Green, Editor

Sam Green

Editor

Sam brings his experience as a photographer and videographer to the unique challenges confronting reporters who work in visual or auditory media.
Sue Olson, Community Liaison and Fund Director

Sue Olson

Community Liaison and Fund Director

Sue, the sole non-journalist on the staff, has made it her mission to bridge the gap in the public mind between reporter and reader or listener. She believes watchdog journalism is essential to democracy.

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