Sherry Skalko is the director of the Amplify News Project, a pilot program designed to raise the visibility of work produced by Institute for Nonprofit News members in the Midwest.
A veteran digital news leader, Skalko has a record of creating and leveraging quality journalism to drive audience growth for news outlets, nonprofit organizations and niche publications. She specializes in using technology and data to shape editorial content, audience development and monetization.
Her career spans more than 25 years and across several platforms at national organizations, such as ESPN.com, AOL’s Patch and Tribune Interactive, as well as at local and regional organizations, such as The Chicago Reporter and South Florida SunSentinel. Skalko also worked for the Online News Association, the world’s largest nonprofit membership organization for digital journalists.
A native of Cranston, R.I., she graduated with a degree in journalism from Boston University and began her career at her hometown newspaper, The Providence (R.I.) Journal. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.