The Guardian has appointed Julie Mashack to vice-president, philanthropy, partnerships and events, the Guardian US. She was previously director. She’ll report to Jane Spencer, deputy editor and senior vice-president, strategy, Guardian News & Media, interim president of theguardian.org. Steve Sachs, managing director, US, the Guardian, made the announcement.
The US editorial philanthropy team has grown to be a core pillar of the Guardian US newsroom. In her expanded role, effective immediately, Mashack will oversee the relationships with current and new foundations. She will develop foundation and philanthropic strategy for the Guardian and theguardian.org, and collaborate with global and US philanthropy editors on concepts and proposals. She will work closely with the incoming philanthropy team leader to identify funding opportunities across subject areas including democracy, the climate crisis, human rights, healthcare, social justice and equity.
Mashack joined the Guardian in 2022, and has helped bring in numerous grants to fund editorial projects including a new series on democracy and justice, a global workers rights series called The Future of Work and an upcoming project on children and inequality. She also worked with editorial to build a live events series for The Fight for Democracy during the 2024 election, with events at Emory University, KQED, the University of Chicago and Howard University.
Before joining the Guardian, she served as the vice-president of strategy for the 92nd Street Y (92NY), a leading cultural center in New York City and was a founding member of 92NY’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact. A former public radio and television producer, Mashack has produced award-winning national programming for NPR and PBS across arts, culture, politics and current events.
She holds a bachelor of arts from Sarah Lawrence College.
Mashack said: “I’m honored for the opportunity to grow foundation support for the Guardian’s fearless, independent journalism. We repeatedly see the impact Guardian journalism has by elevating the most pressing issues of our time — from democracy to the climate crisis to human rights. I am excited to find new and innovative ways to expand philanthropic and strategic partnerships to advance the Guardian’s work at a time when it is more important than ever.”
Steve Sachs, managing director, the Guardian US said: “Julie brings an enthusiasm and purpose-driven expertise that is critical to working with our philanthropic supporters and institutional partners. Their funding helps us publish reporting on some of the most persistent and challenging issues of our time, while further validating our business model for journalism in the public interest. The projects she and the team support take these issues head on.”
About the Guardian US:
Guardian Media Group (GMG), a certified B Corporation, is the publisher of theguardian.com, one of the largest English-language news websites in the world. Since launching its U.S. and Australian digital editions in 2011 and 2013, respectively, traffic from outside the U.K. now represents around two-thirds of the Guardian’s total digital audience. None of the editions have a paywall.
The Guardian US has more than 100 members of editorial staff across bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Today, the Guardian has more than 300,000 recurring supporters in the U.S., plus roughly 200,000 annual one-time supporters. It draws an audience of more than 40 million U.S. readers every month, making it one of the top news sites in America. The Guardian is a global leader in reader-funded journalism, and contributions from readers are the publication’s largest source of revenue.
The Guardian US is renowned for its Pulitzer prize-winning investigation into widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency and for other award-winning work, including on the Paradise Papers. The Guardian US is known for its urgent coverage of the climate crisis, politics, race and immigration, guns, gender, the arts, sports, tech and more.
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