Summary
Heather Bryant is a writer, consultant, and founder with 11 years of experience building products and collaborative infrastructure for local news and journalism innovation. She co-founded the Tiny News Collective and led it as interim executive director while incubating programming and membership services through News Catalyst, where she served as deputy director of product focusing on partnerships, training, and workflow research. A former journalist and software engineering fellow, she blends reporting, design, and technical skills to create tools and processes that help newsrooms collaborate, adapt, and diversify ownership. Based in Mountain View, she consults, coaches, and writes about media stewardship, confidence-based frameworks for institutional relationships, and equitable alternatives to traditional leadership. Notably, she founded Project Facet, an open infrastructure effort to help news organizations coordinate production across teams and partners.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Fellow, Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineering Fellow, Computer Software Engineering at Hackbright Academy
Journalism, Photojournalism, New media, Print, Art, Journalism, Photojournalism, New media, Print, Art at University of Alaska Fairbanks
English