Michael D. Bolden

CEO, American Press Institute

At ISOJ 2025, Michael is the chair of the panel “How to rebuild trust in journalism after years of attacks and declines in credibility,” happening on Thursday, March 27, at 9:45 a.m.

Michael D. Bolden is CEO of the American Press Institute, a nonprofit that supports local and community-based media through research, programs and products that foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations. Previously, Michael was a managing editor at The San Francisco Chronicle; a lecturer at Stanford University; managing director of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford; and editorial director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For 13 years, he was an editor at The Washington Post. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Alabama. He also was a Maynard Media Academy Fellow at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Press Club and the Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society. He is a mentor for the University of Alabama MASTHEAD journalism program and an ambassador for the Stanford University OVAL admissions program. He lives in Northern Virginia.