The nonpartisan nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute welcomes two dynamic leaders to its development and partnerships team as AJI deepens its commitment to next-gen political journalists working in the public interest.
Joy Lin will join AJI as director of strategic partnerships. She is a recognized news leader who previously served as Vice President of Journalism at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and covered U.S. politics as a reporter and producer for ABC News, Fox News, and CBS News. She currently sits on the board of Media Impact Funders.
Luba Mullen will join AJI as director of philanthropy. She is an accomplished fundraising professional who was senior manager of strategic development at the Partnership for Public Service. She previously held development roles at the National Forest Foundation, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and Independent Sector.
Lin and Mullen are responsible for building relationships that will help catalyze the careers of journalists from a wide range of underrepresented backgrounds, who are trained in the highest standards of accountability journalism and ready to bring fresh, new perspectives to the field.
“Joy and Luba share a longstanding commitment to nonpartisan public service institutions that improve lives,” said Kevin Grant, executive director of the Allbritton Journalism Institute. “They join AJI at a critical time for accountability journalism, and their presence is a testament to the real-world value of our work.”
Every year, AJI welcomes a cohort of early-career journalists to learn from AJI’s world-class faculty while covering government, policy and politics for NOTUS — soon to be The Star — in Washington, D.C.
After two years of intensive training in a working newsroom, every AJI fellow who has sought to stay in journalism has found employment in the industry, at organizations including Bloomberg, POLITICO, The Hill, The Miami Herald, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, TribLIVE, and Pew Research.
Fellows have broken consequential stories for NOTUS, including Emily Kennard and Margaret Manto’s viral scoop that the 2025 “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report included a range of erroneous, misinterpreted and fake citations – leading to an overhaul of the report – and Tinashe Chingarande and Calen Razor’s exclusive reporting on rising doubts among the Congressional Black Caucus about President Biden’s reelection candidacy, a critical tipping point that was soon followed by his decision to withdraw from the race.
The Allbritton Journalism Institute, founded with a $20 million commitment from Robert Allbritton in 2023, has been proud to receive additional support from institutions including Arnold Ventures, Google News Initiative, Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women, The Freedom Forum, Schmidt Family Foundation, Posner Foundation, Henry L. Kimelman Foundation and The Sandpiper Fund, as well as a group of more than 350 individual donors at various giving levels.
To learn more about AJI, email partnerships@aji.org.