Janet Coats is the New Media Journalism Initiative Manager for The Patterson Foundation, based in Sarasota, Fl., where she focuses on developing networks that enable journalism innovators to connect. With her husband, Rusty Coats, she runs a consultancy company, Coats2Coats, that helps clients thrive in a media future. Coats is a 1984 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Prior to her work with The Patterson Foundation, she served as a managing editor of The Wichita Eagle and executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Tampa Tribune.
Janet Coats
2011-2012
- Reynolds Fellow
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Project: Emerging Networks Project
Document and map emerging networks that support innovation across journalism, creating connection for the institutions that want to provide support and to connect the work of RJI into these networks.
Articles by Janet Coats
100 days and a lesson: There IS a business model for local news
Jan 26th, 2012With a big year ahead, stopping to reflect on what we’ve learned
Jan 18th, 2012Journalism Accelerator builds momentum for collaboration
Dec 15th, 2011Using collaboration to accelerate change
Nov 29th, 2011
Articles about Janet Coats
Meet Janet Coats
Oct 4th, 20112011-2012 Donald W. Reynolds Fellows announced
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