Summary
Kalani Gordon is a journalism-tech leader with 11 years of experience who now directs editorial product and strategy for MediaNews Group/Tribune Publishing while teaching front-end design, data journalism, and graphics at the University of Maryland. She blends newsroom instincts from roles across The Baltimore Sun—covering breaking news, social, analytics, and audience strategy—with hands-on product leadership to drive audience-focused digital experiences. Comfortable at the intersection of code and storytelling (journalism <> tech), she leverages analytics and design to turn complex data into compelling visual narratives. Based in Baltimore, she pairs a photojournalism background from the University of North Texas with practical newsroom product expertise, often surfacing editorial opportunities hidden in audience data.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Journalism/News - Photojournalism, BA, Journalism/News - Photojournalism at University of North Texas