Marc is the director of technology product and strategy for the journalism program at Knight Foundation. Marc brings more than two decades of experience as a software developer and technology executive in the journalism industry to this role.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining Knight, Marc worked at The New York Times for over a decade, where he led cross-functional teams of developers, designers and product strategists in the newsroom and on the business side. In 2016, Marc launched a new research and development unit focused on applying emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and 5G in the service of journalism. <\/p>\n
Previously, he was a software developer and technology architect at various news organizations, including NPR, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and National Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Lavallee","title":"Director\/Journalism","organization":"Knight Foundation","website":"","twitter":"lavallee","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":""},"event":[],"class_list":["post-11596","ona_speaker","type-ona_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n