Sisi Wei

Sisi Wei is the Chief Impact Officer at CalMatters and The Markup, where she pioneers innovative strategies to equip readers, serve communities, and drive meaningful real-world change through journalism. Previously, Sisi served as Editor-in-Chief of The Markup from 2022 to 2024, during which she spearheaded a pivotal update to the organization's mission: challenging technology to serve the public good. Her leadership led to transformative impact, including the removal of privacy-invading Meta Pixel trackers from dozens of websites across multiple industries, reforms by local and state governments nationwide to address or discontinue the use of biased algorithms, and the filing of multiple class action lawsuits in response to investigative reporting. Under her tenure, The Markup won the prestigious ONA General Excellence award, after the newsroom expanded its journalism to be directly responsive to the public's needs — publishing story recipes for journalists, step-by-step research and accountability guides for the public, and skills workshops for communities.