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Mallary Tenore
Associate Director, Knight Center for Journalism
@mallarytenore
Mallary Tenore is the associate director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. In this role she helps oversee the Center’s staff, programmatic work, events, fundraising, and more. She’s also a faculty member at UT’s Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business.Prior to joining UT, Mallary was the executive director of Images & Voices of Hope (ivoh), a media nonprofit, where she focused on helping journalists uncover stories about solutions and resilience. Previously, Mallary was managing editor of The Poynter Institute’s world-renowned media news site, Poynter.org, where she edited, wrote and reported stories about the media industry. In this role she also led writing, reporting and social media trainings for professional journalists from around the world, and she continues to do so on a consulting basis.Mallary’s articles and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, and The Tampa Bay Times, among other publications. Mallary, who holds a master’s of fine arts in nonfiction writing, is the author of the forthcoming book “SLIP: Recovery, Sickness, and the Space In Between” about the under-discussed complexities of eating disorders and recovery from them.
Mallary Tenore
Associate Director, Knight Center for Journalism
@mallarytenore
Mallary Tenore is the associate director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication. In this role she helps oversee the Center’s staff, programmatic work, events, fundraising, and more. She’s also part of the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism and Media. She was previously executive director of Images & Voices of Hope (ivoh), a media nonprofit, where she created a reporting fellowship and oversaw event management, community engagement, partnerships, fundraising, and the organization’s website and social media presence. Prior to ivoh, Mallary was managing editor of The Poynter Institute’s world-renowned media news site, Poynter.org, where she edited and reported stories about the media industry. She also taught in Poynter seminars geared toward helping journalists use social media for journalistic purposes. In 2013, she was named one of the top 50 female innovators in digital journalism. In 2012, she was featured on a list of the top 100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow and was named a Mirror Award finalist for outstanding media reporting. Mallary’s articles and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, and more. Mallary holds a bachelor’s degree from Providence College and is pursuing a master’s of fine arts in creative nonfiction writing.
Mallary Tenore
Associate Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas at Austin
@MallaryTenore
Mallary Tenore is the associate director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication. In this role she oversees the Center’s staff, programmatic work, events, fundraising, and more. She’s also a lecturer in UT’s School of Journalism. She was previously executive director of Images & Voices of Hope (ivoh), a media nonprofit, where she created a reporting fellowship and oversaw event management, community engagement, partnerships, fundraising, and the organization’s website and social media presence. Prior to ivoh, Mallary was managing editor of The Poynter Institute’s world-renowned media news site, Poynter.org, where she edited and reported stories about the media industry. She also taught in Poynter seminars geared toward helping journalists use social media for journalistic purposes. In 2013, she was named one of the top 50 female innovators in digital journalism. In 2012, she was featured on a list of the top 100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow and was named a Mirror Award finalist for outstanding media reporting. Mallary’s articles and essays have been published in The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Austin Moms Blog and more. Mallary holds a bachelor’s degree from Providence College and has a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University.
