Kim is assistant director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University and director of the Pittsburgh Media Partnership, a collaborative of more than 40 news outlets serving a 10-county region of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The partnership, housed within the Center for Media Innovation, works to strengthen local journalism through collaboration, shared reporting initiatives and training opportunities for journalists entering the profession. She believes that solving problems requires an en an entreprenuerial approach

Prior to joining Point Park, Kim was the owner and CEO of Postindustrial Media, a multimedia company focused on telling the stories of people working to build stronger and more sustainable communities in postindustrial regions. Founded in 2018, the company did business in a 13-county region spanning the Rust Belt and Appalachia.

As CEO, Kim led the company’s day-to-day operations and drove its business strategy, editorial vision, and brand identity. With an emphasis on multimedia storytelling, Postindustrial published quarterly print magazines featuring original reporting and earned recognition for its photography, writing, and design. During her tenure, the company also helped usher Season 1 of “Extremely American,” a podcast distributed through National Public Radio. In addition, Postindustrial’s custom audio podcasts created for businesses and organizations received both local and national awards.

Earlier in her career, Kim worked as a reporter and editor covering a wide range of beats including crime, federal courts, politics from the local to national level, education and health. She supervised election coverage for a regional daily news organization — an experience she still loves and even misses, including the cardboard pizza that fueled late nights waiting for election returns.

She has also worked with journalists covering issues outside the U.S., in hotspots around the world. As a reporter, she’s interviewed killers - sometimes before they were arrested, elected leaders, and, people on the extremes of the political spectrum.

One constant: Kim enjoys talking to strangers. She encourages others to do the same.

You’d be surprised how much you can learn about someone in just a few minutes. And that chat just might the connection that another person needs.