Erika Owens
Co-director at Self
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolErika Owens is a nonprofit leader and connector with 13 years of experience building sustainable organizations at the intersection of journalism and technology. As co-director of Open Parliament TV and former executive director of OpenNews, she has designed fundraising strategies that raised over $3.5M, launched individual donor programs, and adapted pricing and consulting models to expand access and diversify revenue. She specializes in facilitation, network development, budget planning, and inclusive event design, often helping small teams turn values-based goals into resilient operational plans. Rooted in community organizing in Philadelphia, her work blends practical program management with a research interest in “boundary spanners” who bridge communities to disrupt the status quo. Now based in Sheffield and slowly completing a Master’s, she’s eager to apply her facilitation and fundraising craft to new collaborations across continents.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Social Justice and Community Action, Social Justice and Community Action at The University of EdinburghBA, Political Science, BA, Political Science at The George Washington University
Github Skills (22)
tabula10
csv10
in-progress9
pdf-files9
pdf9
excel9
jekyll9
datatables8
datatable8
data-journalism7
california6
django6
hosting5
refactor5
ios4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OpenNews/opennews-website
Feb 2017 - Aug 2025
The website for the OpenNews project.
Contributions:190 PRs, 407 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 7 months
opennewsjekyll
erikao/opennews-website
Feb 2017 - Dec 2020
The website for the OpenNews project.
Contributions:50 pushes in 3 years 11 months
opennewsjekyll
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