Annie Flanzraich is a versatile journalist and newsroom leader.
From writing a national trend story about elephant care for the Associated Press or organizing local election coverage in Incline Village, Nev., she voraciously tackles the task.
She believes journalism isn’t just about words or photos, web or print — it’s about telling stories. It’s about helping people lead better lives with accurate information and effective communication. She keeps that goal in mind for each story she writes, edits or assigns. To that end, she strives to stay in touch with readers' concerns and issues.
She’s a critical thinker, who believes fairness isn't telling “both sides.” Fairness is understanding how a story affects different segments of the population, and how to communicate that story with transparency and clarity.
She believes in standards and quality, from a large investigative opus to a short community brief. She believes in the First Amendment and journalism’s role to enable and excite democracy. But most of all, she believes journalism isn’t dying. It’s changing. Changing media, changing definitions, changing tactics, changing business models.
And she’s ready to change with it.
