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Gabrielle Birkner has a diverse work experience in the media industry. Gabrielle has worked as a Features Editor and Fellowship Director at Chalkbeat, where they oversaw and edited features network-wide and developed a journalism education and essay-writing fellowship. At Chalkbeat, they also worked as a Story Editor, editing breaking news reports and scaling the First Person essay series.

Gabrielle is also a Co-Founder of Modern Loss, where they launched and served as the editorial lead for a website about grief and loss. Gabrielle assigned, edited, produced, and published personal essays and features on mourning in the digital age. Gabrielle also co-wrote and co-edited a book on grief.

Gabrielle has experience at 70 Faces Media, where they served as a Senior Editor, developing a cross-brand strategy for digital video and leading the editorial efforts on a website redesign. Gabrielle also held the position of Managing Editor at JTA, leading the editorial team and syndicating news stories to 65 publications.

Gabrielle has also worked as the Executive Digital Editor at The Real Deal, where they headed the digital team, and as the Director of Digital Media at The Forward, overseeing the organization's transition to a digital-first environment and launching new platforms. Early in their career, they worked as Features Editor and Staff Reporter at The New York Sun, overseeing coverage and managing a team.

Overall, Gabrielle Birkner has extensive experience in editing, producing, and leading editorial teams in various media organizations.

Gabrielle Birkner has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University.