Ingrid Sturgis is “fully connected.” Firmly rooted in traditional and digital journalism, she has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers such as the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Times-Herald Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal, as well as managing editor for magazine start-ups BET Weekend and Savoy.

Sturgis also has worked online in positions such as senior programming manager for AOL’s Black Voices, as editor-in-chief for Essence.com and as a web strategist for heartandsoul.com and fierceforblackwomen.com. She is part of a team that developed “Truthbetold.news,” a student-created digital network for fact-checking and investigating claims about the African-American community. She has taught courses such as Digital Media Literacy, Multimedia Storytelling, Interactive Editing and Mobile Journalism. Sturgis has a master’s in journalism from NYU and a B.A. in art from the City College of New York.