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Dawn Kissi is an American journalist and founder of the New York-based digital media company Emerging Market Media.

Early Life and Education
Kissi was born in New York City and graduated from Queens College, City University of New York in 2001. Her first job in journalism was as a desk assistant for WABC-TV, where she worked on the weekly show Like It Is hosted by Gil Noble. During her senior year of college, she was an intern in the corporate communications division of ABC News. She received a master of science degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2005. While attending Columbia, she interned at Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) and continued to work for the outlet after graduating.

Career
Kissi has worked as a journalist for CNN, Reuters, and Securities Industry News. She was a financial and foreign affairs correspondent for the Global Association of Risk Professionals covering financial developments in the Middle East. Kissi was a member of the Dow Jones FX reporting team in 2011. She wrote for CNBC.com on a freelance basis from 2015 to 2018.

The Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York named Kissi a fellow in entrepreneurial journalism for its seventh cohort from January 17 to May 19, 2017.

Kiss founded digital media company Emerging Market Media, which launched the site Emerging Market Views in 2016 to focus on "business and economic coverage of the world's developing economies." Economist Steve Hanke was an early contributor to the site. In 2017, the City of New York called Emerging Market Media a "startup to watch" on the Digital.NYC online hub for startups and technology. Folio, a magazine professionals publication, named Kissi to their 2018 Class of Top Women in Media in the Entrepreneur category, which included Sharon Waxman, Sheila Brooks, and Katherine Power.