Terry Parris Jr is Engagement Director for THE CITY, a non-profit news organization covering New York City. He leads THE CITY’s community engagement, crowdsourcing and social media efforts. Prior to THE CITY, he was a Deputy Editor at ProPublica. He’s won multiple awards for this work in crowdsourcing and engagement. He was also part of the team that was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for the work they did on ProPublica’s Machine Bias project. He teaches as an adjunct professor in the engagement journalism program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Prior to ProPublica, he led digital production and engagement at WDET 101.9 FM, NPR’s affiliate in Detroit. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Terry Parris Jr.
