Chief Project Officer / Dream Wrangler, Hearken
Bridget Thoreson is an award-winning journalist and the founder of MyCareerRiver.com, an online platform for professionals navigating nonlinear careers. Her own career journey started at a daily newspaper in southeastern Wisconsin, followed by a stint in marketing before guiding strategic initiatives for 145 newsrooms as a consultant and the first Director of Collaborations for the Institute for Nonprofit News. She now serves as an executive at social impact firm Hearken, connecting journalism with civic information initiatives to support a healthy democracy. Her work has been featured by outlets including Fast Company, the Associated Press, the Center for Cooperative Media, Nieman Lab at Harvard, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the News Product Alliance.