Hi! I’m Carolyn Gearig.

I'm a product leader working at the intersection of journalism, civic data, and public impact. I'm currently Director of Product at OpenSecrets, the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics.

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I'm currently Director of Product at OpenSecrets, where I'm working to make campaign finance and political influence data more accessible and actionable for journalists, compliance professionals, and the public.

Before that, I led non-subscriber product management and user research across 29 newspapers and 9 magazines at McClatchy Media. Before that, I was the first product manager at Prolegis, built experimental local news products at WhereBy.Us, and was an early product hire at Axios.

Outside work, I'm a documentary film photographer currently capturing New York City subway stations, a project I began in 2018. I love photographing weddings and using photography as a tool to explore New York City, my home of 8 years. I'm also a certified reiki healer, providing low-cost energy healing in Brooklyn.

I'm a regular meditator and frequent solo traveler — I’ve traveled alone on 5 continents. In 2023, I took a sabbatical and spent six months in India, Nepal, and Thailand, where I deepened my spiritual practice, completed a weeklong silent retreat and hiked to some very high altitudes.