Emma Carew Grovum is a multiplatform storyteller, product thinker and media diversity advocate based in New York City. Emma has worked in every corner of newsrooms large and small as a researcher, reporter, social media editor, homepage manager, and assistant managing editor. Emma has worked to shape storytelling workflow and audience engagement strategy for The New York Times Opinion section, Foreign Policy magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
As a high school student, Emma attended the Urban Journalism Workshop at St. Thomas University (now called ThreeSixty Journalism) and she has remained an active alumna with the program ever since. Emma was chosen for and completed both the Asian American Journalists Association’s Executive Leadership Program (2017) and Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media (2018). In addition to trying to save journalism with technology, she has also done significant work on media and newsroom diversity initiatives across the industry. Emma has trained journalists across the country on data journalism, social media reporting, diversity issues, project management and bridging the gap between newsrooms and technology. She is an active member of AAJA, the Online News Association, Tech Lady Mafia and Women in Product.