Emily Ristow is the Director of Journalism Strategy at the American Press Institute, where she helps news organizations develop solutions to their most pressing problems.
Previously, she managed the Major Market Table Stakes program and coordinated efforts across the various Table Stakes programs. Table Stakes is an innovative yearlong program that helps news leaders transform their organizations' journalism and business through intensive change management training.
Before coming to API, Emily was the Loyalty and Engagement News Director for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, her hometown newspaper. She helped develop and oversee the Journal Sentinel's strategy to grow its loyal audience and to increase its number of digital subscribers.
She also coaches journalists on audience-focused thinking, social listening and digital storytelling techniques.
Previously, Emily was the Journal Sentinel's social media editor. She has also worked as a digital producer, copy editor and print designer. She graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and political science.
