Jahna Berry

Jahna Berry is a media executive, an expert on leadership, management, nonprofits, and diversity in the workplace, as well as Chief Operating Officer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, which was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2025. She has a decade of experience in management and has held senior level roles at major media companies with millions of online readers, including WIRED. As the Center for Investigative Reporting’s COO she oversees the integration of the organization’s 2024 merger, and several core departments, including revenue operations, human resources and public relations, and leads major strategic initiatives at the award-winning investigative news organization, which produces Mother Jones and the Reveal radio show. For the past five years, Berry has coached rising BIPOC and LGBTQ+ leaders who aspire to more senior level leadership roles. She previously served as president of NLGJA’s Phoenix chapter.

Berry is an award-winning journalist and has written about leadership for Harvard Business Review, Mother Jones, and OpenNews and was a featured speaker at events for NLGJA, WIRED, University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, and the National News Product Alliance. Jahna was named one of the Most Influential Women in Business and received the Inspire Award, both from the San Francisco Business Times. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife.