Cristi Hegranes is the CEO of Global Press. She founded Global Press in 2006 to create a new form of dignified, precise global news. Her values-driven approach to journalism prioritizes newsroom representation and journalist security.

In her role as CEO, Cristi leads the business side of the organization, which is committed to keeping editorial processes 100 percent independent. Cristi is an expert in local journalist security. She created the award-winning, industry-leading Global Press Duty of Care program to provide for the physical, emotional, digital and legal security of its journalists. Cristi is also the lead author of the Global Press Style Guide, which is now used by dozens of other media outlets.

Cristi has a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University. Cristi has taught courses in entrepreneurship and journalism at Georgetown, San Francisco State and California State University. Cristi was the Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University in 2017.

Cristi has received a wide range of prestigious social entrepreneurship and journalism
accolades. She is the recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists Journalism
Innovation Prize, the Jefferson Award for Public Service and the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism, the Emerson Collective Dial Fellowship, among others. In 2019 Global Press was named one of Inc. Magazine’s best places to work and received a Stevie Award for the Best Women-Led Business.

Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cristi now lives outside of Washington D.C. with her
two-year-old son Henry and their mischievous English Bulldog, Louise.