A Minute With Cristi Hegranes, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Press Institute

I recently took a minute to sit down with Cristi Hegranes, founder and executive director of The Global Press Institute (which wasn't easy since she was traveling through Africa). Cristi recently was named the winner of the prestigious Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize from Grinnell College.

GPI is an award-winning, high-impact social venture that uses journalism to educate, employ and empower women in the developing world to produce high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change. Its annual operating budget is $380,000, and it relies on the philanthropic contributions of individuals, foundations and institutions. The large majority of its funding comes from major gifts, though it also has a robust set of grassroots donors who contribute through events, online campaigns and a Web-based Social Investment Center.