Andrew Rockway joined API in February 2020 as Senior Community Manager for Elections, following six years at the Jefferson Center, where he managed the statewide news collaboration, Your Voice Ohio. Established in the lead-up to the 2016 election, the project convened reporters and leaders from a dozen newsrooms across the state to engage Ohioans and direct reporting resources to the priority issues and information needs identified by the electorate.
Since 2016, Andrew has led the collaborative to address new topics and grow to more than 50 news media and J-school partners, including print, radio, television, and online organizations, helping busy journalists strengthen their reporting to better serve residents’ needs. Andrew is based in Wisconsin.
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