Meghann Farnsworth is the director of distribution and engagement at the Center for Investigative Reporting. She manages a team dedicated to distribution, communications, online and on-the-ground engagement, outreach, and marketing for CIR content. Previously, Farnsworth was the senior digital media manager at Home Front Communications in Washington, D.C., where she worked in digital media management, interactive development and outreach for nonprofit and government clients. She also served as the associate editor of forums at PBS NewsHour where she created interactive online forums that helped grow and engage the NewsHour's online audience. She has presented at a number of conferences including SXSW, the Online News Association, Logan Symposium, Knight Digital Media Center, LearningLab 2013, Journalism Education Association, National Scholastic Press Association and others. She earned her master's degree in journalism from University of California, Berkeley, in 2007 and an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in 2003.