Karen Rundlet
(she/her)
Director/Journalism Program, Knight Foundation

Karen Rundlet joined Knight Foundation in November 2015. She is a Director in the Journalism Program. Rundlet invests in programs and projects that build a financially sustainable future for local news. Her portfolio includes grantees such as Report for America, NewsMatch, and Solutions Journalism Network. Before entering the field of philanthropy, Rundlet worked as a journalist/manager at the Miami Herald, where she built the newsroom’s first-ever video studio. She also produced business reports for various public radio newsrooms, including WLRN-Miami Herald News and American Public Media’s “Marketplace.” Rundlet spent the first part of her career working as a television news producer in Atlanta and New York City. She earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and was a Maynard Institute fellow. Most recently, she served on the board of the Lyric Theater in Overtown and is currently an Ambassador for Black Art at the Perez Art Museum Miami.

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