A woman who formerly served as ProPublica’s Data Editor has been hired to serve as the new head of ABC Owned Television Stations’ Data Journalism unit.
It’s a role that will see her take on her new duties April 1, reporting to the President/GM of KGO-7 in San Francisco, Tom Cibrowski.
Ryann Grochowski Jones was introduced to staffers via an email sent by ABC Owned Television Stations President Chad Matthews on Wednesday morning.
Grochowski Jones spent seven years at ProPublica, an independent non-profit newsroom where under her leadership expanded the data team from two to a staff of ten. Grochowski Jones also oversaw all of ProPublica’s data journalism efforts in the national newsroom and regional news outlets.
Before joining ProPublica, as a data reporter, Grochowski Jones worked on print, radio, and television reports at KPBS-FM in San Diego, the market’s NPR Member station.
“Ryann joins our great team of data journalists who have been producing excellent work at each of our stations and collaborating daily with our newsrooms,” Matthews said.
While Grochowski Jones will report to Cibrowski, she will remain based in New York and work from WABC-7’s facilities.
The data journalism unit provides “critical data and context” for reporting across ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC News.
