Ashley Woods Branch
Executive Director
Fund for Equity in Local News
About Ashley Woods Branch
Ashley Woods Branch is the Executive Director of the Fund for Equity in Local News and a veteran consultant and coach for independent local news founders. Ashley founded the award-winning newsletter startup Detour Detroit, which she merged with Outlier Media in 2022. She was a visiting Nieman fellow at Harvard University and a Marshall Memorial Fellow. Before becoming a news founder, she led digital and audience strategy for the Detroit Free Press.