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Katie Hawkins-Gaar
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Freelance Writer and Journalist, Freelance
Atlanta
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Biography
Katie Hawkins-Gaar is the editor for CNN iReport, the network's global participatory news community. Based in Atlanta, Hawkins-Gaar is responsible for leading the editorial team of producers that manages user-generated content for CNN. Hawkins-Gaar joined the company in 2007 as an associate producer of interactives for CNN Digital. Before being named senior producer of user participation for the iReport team in 2011, Hawkins-Gaar worked as an associate producer in 2010. Throughout her career, she has produced several standout projects, including Katrina: Then and Now, Connected by 9/11 and Meet the 99%. Hawkins-Gaar has also coordinated iReport's on-the-ground presence at South by Southwest. Prior to CNN, Hawkins-Gaar also split her time as a research assistant at Georgia State University and a program assistant at The Carter Center. Hawkins-Gaar obtained her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in Journalism.
Covers: user-generated content participatory storytelling citizen journalism
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Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States