Jin Ding

Jin Ding is Independent Media Business Consultant & Strategist focused on rethinking news consumption —and the products we create. She is the former Chief Executive Officer of Initium Media, the independent Chinese media outlet. Previously, Ding served as Chief of Staff and Operations at the Center for Public Integrity, one of the United States’ longest-standing nonprofit investigative news organizations, where she played a pivotal role in strengthening the organization’s fundraising and operations. Before that, Ding was part of the fundraising efforts for global newsgathering at the Associated Press, managed multi-million-dollar grant portfolios dedicated to supporting international reporting and journalists in distress at the International Women’s Media Foundation, and initiated diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Additionally, Ding was elected to the Asian American Journalists Association’s board of directors as Vice President of Finance in 2020, and won the AAJA Member of the Year Award in 2022.