Is an associate professor and chief librarian at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she runs the research instruction program. She is the former director of news research at the New York Times.

Gray has presented topics on research for reporting at the Investigative Reporter and Editors Conference, NICAR, American Public Radio, WNYC Studios, Gulf States Newsroom, Summer Global Investigative Reporting Workshop at Columbia University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, School of The New York Times Summer Academy at Fordham University, American Society of Journalists and Authors Conference, Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Investigathon New York (sponsored by Google and OCCRP), Investigathon London, and the Magnum Social Justice Fellowships Program.

Gray holds an MS in Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School and an MA in Liberal Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. She is writing a book on why research skills are a superpower.