Mel Grau is the director of program management at The Poynter Institute. Mel was formerly the senior product specialist, focusing on Poynter's training experiences and newsletters. She also edited The Cohort, Poynter's biweekly newsletter for women in media, and has taught at Poynter's Leadership Academy for Women in Media. Grau graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. She spent five years in business and marketing roles outside of the journalism industry before taking her audience-centric approach to Poynter.