Kae Petrin

Kae Petrin is co-executive director of the Trans Journalists Association and a data and graphics reporter at Civic News Company. They are a data journalist and media educator whose work crosses the intersections of government accountability reporting and LGBTQ+ communities coverage. In 2020, they co-founded the Trans Journalists Association with several dozen fellow journalists. Through four years of volunteer work as a board member and interim executive director, they oversaw the organization’s formalization into a 501(c)(3). Petrin now supports the association part-time as a co-executive director. In their work on Civic News Company’s visuals team, they collaborate with local reporters to tell policy and accountability stories about education, voting rights and public health. Throughout their career in local news they have contributed analysis and visualizations to reporting recognized by regional and national awards. They also served on the board of directors for the St. Louis Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists from 2017 to 2023. Petrin presents on queer and trans coverage best practices, data reporting and visualization tools, and the collision of these topics for universities, industry conferences, and newsrooms around the United States.