Carroll Bogert is stepping down on Feb. 28 as president of The Marshall Project, the award-winning, nonprofit media organization that covers the U.S. criminal justice system.
Bogert arrived at The Marshall Project when it was barely a year old, with a budget of just over $4 million and a staff of two dozen. Under her leadership, The Marshall Project became a major and enduring player in the world of nonprofit journalism, with a budget of more than $18 million and a staff of 85.
During her tenure, The Marshall Project set up local newsrooms in three cities and began offering resources to local reporters across the country. The Marshall Project began publishing more visual work, including video and animation. Staff members reporting to Bogert built news products for incarcerated audiences that are distributed in more than 1,600 prisons and jails across the country. In 2024, they launched a film festival inside Sing Sing prison.
“We’re grateful to Carroll for her role in taking The Marshall Project to a new level during a time of unprecedented challenges for journalism,” said Liz Simons, board chair of The Marshall Project. “Carroll set us up for success in our next chapter, when the stories we tell of a broken justice system are more urgent than ever.”
The Marshall Project’s newsroom won two Pulitzer Prizes and a host of other top journalism awards during Bogert’s nine years as president. It also enjoyed annual growth of roughly 10%every year during her tenure. The staff became considerably more diverse, with non-White employees currently 56% of the workforce, and formerly incarcerated people accounting for 6%.
“It’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work with such a terrific group of people,” said Bogert. “At a time when the media business is in virtual free-fall, I’m proud that The Marshall Project has offered a port in the storm.”
Bogert worked in close partnership with three editors-in-chief during her time at The Marshall Project: founding editor Bill Keller, Susan Chira, and the current acting editor-in-chief, Geraldine Sealey. Katrice Hardy, currently executive editor and vice president of the Dallas Morning News, will take over as CEO on March 17.
