Emily Kassie is the director of visual projects. She has reported on conflict and human rights abuses for the New York Times and NBC and was formerly the Creative Director of Highline/HuffPost where she oversaw visual storytelling. She has received a National Magazine Award, an Overseas Press Club award, a World Press Photo award, a Front Page Award, an ASNE award and multiple NPPA awards for both reporting and multimedia. She is a graduate of Brown University and was a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge.