Digital Democracy Project Manager

Digital Democracy is an open-source civic information platform that helps journalists and the public understand state legislatures through data, video, AI-powered analysis, and original reporting tools.

The Connecticut Mirror, Connecticut’s free, digital, nonprofit, nonpartisan trusted source for news about Connecticut public policy, politics and government, and the winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, is looking for a Project Manager to serve as the primary owner of our Digital Democracy implementation.

This role will ensure the platform works effectively for the CT Mirror newsroom, coordinate with the Digital Democracy team in California on implementation and improvements, maintain the accuracy and quality of the platform's Connecticut-specific information, and help CT Mirror journalism staff and external partners make effective use of the platform.

This is a highly collaborative role that combines cross-functional project coordination, content and data management, and management, and marketing and outreach. The ideal candidate understands newsroom workflows, website functionality, the legislative process, and how to communicate effectively with tech and non-tech colleagues.

Responsibilities

Project Coordination

• Serve as the internal subject-matter expert for Digital Democracy, helping reporters, editors, and new staff understand how to use the platform and incorporate its data into their work"
• Serve as the primary point of contact for CT Mirror’s Digital Democracy implementation.
• Ensure the platform is functioning in a way that supports the newsroom's editorial priorities and audience needs.
• Document requirements, decisions, and workflows and manage the product plan to support initial integration of the platform onto the CT Mirror site and ongoing platform improvements.
•  Work with editors and reporters to manage troubleshooting and new feature requests.
• Assist with user acceptance testing and quality assurance before new features are released.
• Gather feedback from reporters, editors, and other stakeholders, translate it into product requirements, and prioritize enhancements.
• Work with editorial, design, and engineering teams to determine the best user experience for embedded legislative data, videos, bill information, legislator profiles, and other interactive components.
• Track milestones and deliverables.

Content Creation:

• Solicit, edit, and periodically update legislator bios and leadership positions.
• Maintain and update curated pages.
• Collaborate with reporters and editors to improve explanatory content and contextual information throughout the platform.
• Maintain evergreen legislative information based on CT Mirror editorial standards and workflows.
• Field Digital Democracy questions related to cleaning up AI transcriptions of legislative proceedings.
• Clean up transcriptions / data as they’re scraped (including speaker identification).

Data Quality and Management:

• Coordinate updates during legislative transitions, elections, committee reorganizations, and special sessions.
• Monitor and update the database regularly to ensure legislative information within the platform remains accurate and current.
• Manage the process of classifying company industries or sectors as they enter the database and consolidating the myriad ways of referring to the same organization into one keyword per organization.
• Review platform content regularly to ensure information is complete, accurate, and reflects changes in the legislature.

Marketing and Outreach:

• You will be the external face of Digital Democracy, evangelizing the benefits and impact of the platform to external newsrooms, advocacy groups, civic organizations, and the public at large through one-to-one outreach, convenings and events, social media campaigns, and other forms of promotion.
• Onboard and train new groups on how to best utilize Digital Democracy.
• Serve as a resource to outside groups as questions emerge about how to best use the platform, including troubleshooting tech or data issues for external users.
• Monitor the impact of Digital Democracy for use in future fundraising efforts.

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years of experience in project management, newsroom operations, digital publishing, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working across technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Familiarity with WordPress or other content management systems.
• Comfort learning new software platforms and content management systems.
• Ability to translate editorial needs into clear product requirements.

Preferred

• Experience working in a newsroom, nonprofit news organization, or civic technology organization.
• Experience working with software development teams using Agile or similar project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of state government, legislatures, or public policy.
• Experience with website launches, product implementations, or digital publishing projects.
• Live in Connecticut

What Success Looks Like After Six Months:

• Be the trusted owner of CT Mirror’s Digital Democracy implementation.
• Ensure the platform consistently reflects the newsroom's editorial priorities.
• Coordinate successful feature rollouts between CT Mirror and the Digital Democracy platform team.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive legislative reference information that journalists can rely on.
• Help shape how Digital Democracy integrates into your CT Mirror’s broader digital products.
• Build strong working relationships with reporters, editors, engineers, and product teams.
• Identify and onboard other newsrooms, advocacy groups, and civic organizations into Digital Democracy on CT Mirror.
• Manage a marketing campaign to engage with the public at large with Digital Democracy.

Why This Role Matters

Digital Democracy is building the next generation of legislative journalism infrastructure. This role helps ensure that CT Mirror’s newsroom can adapt the platform to the unique needs of Connecticut while benefiting from shared technology developed across the network.

You'll help transform complex legislative information into accessible, trustworthy tools that strengthen accountability reporting and help the public better understand how Connecticut’s government works.

This full-time position pays $75,000 annually and is based in CT Mirror’s Hartford, Connecticut newsroom. Some remote work will be considered.

Please apply by Monday, September 21, 2026, by using this form. https://airtable.com/appmPgbUU6FJ7IgXB/shrDUbVdIHvuIlLmw  Please include a resume, a cover letter that describes your interest in this role, and any additional pertinent information to advance your candidacy.

Questions? Contact Publisher Bruce Putterman via email at [email protected]. No phone calls please.

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