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TEDxPortofSpain 2019 Speaker: Kari Cobham

Kari Cobham

Kari Cobham is a leader in the digital news space with over a decade of experience in journalism, digital storytelling, and newsroom leadership. She has mentored some of the most accomplished women in journalism after attending and serving as faculty at the ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media. She is the senior associate director of The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism and Media at The Carter Center where she oversees programme development in the United States and abroad. She was previously Cox Media Group’s senior manager of digital content, leading their newsrooms’ content strategy and training.

Throughout her career, Kari has covered government and women’s issues in the Caribbean and Florida as a reporter, worked on tools to aid refugees in Italy, and managed media relations for former Philadelphia 76ers president, Pat Croce. Kari is a graduate of Yale University’s Thread media storytelling program. She holds a Master’s degree in mass communications from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor’s degree in public relations and advertising from Bethune-Cookman University, where she was also an adjunct professor. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her spouse and two children.