Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky is Resolve’s Executive Director and a Philadelphia native who believes strongly in  journalism’s vital role in creating an equitable and just society. In 2018, she and Cassie Haynes co-founded Resolve Philly, a nonprofit newsroom breaking the mold for local news. Jean is an internationally recognized expert on collaborative journalism and a force for solutions journalism in Philadelphia and around the world. Under her stewardship, Resolve has become one of the most highly regarded young news organizations in the nation. Resolve has also made its mark for its workplace culture that enables staff to show up as their whole selves, being named as a 2023 Best Workplace in by Philadelphia Business Journal. Jean and Cassie have received multiple awards for their co-leadership of Resolve, including the  2022 Al Día Women of Merit for Non-Profit Leadership Award, the 2023 INN Service to Non-Profit News Award, and the 2023 Online News Association (ONA) Impact Award. Prior to Resolve, Jean spent over a decade as an award-winning longform journalist reporting from dozens of countries and multiple continents. She has been published in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Vice, Cosmopolitan, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others.