Media Mentors

Khalil can coach individuals and team on bringing newsrooms closer to audiences, with focuses on user needs, product and AI.

Matt can coach on leading teams through difficult times, strategizing for platforms, building community, and collaborating in a newsroom

Sara can coach on project management, boosting productivity, giving/accepting feedback and collaboration.

I can mentor on building an authentic media presence and leveraging journalism to impact change.

I can help any up and coming journalist with navigating the first years of their career.

I can inspire my mentees to pursue meaningful, impactful work focused on equity and community empowerment.

Abdulaziz can advise on career navigation, diversifying skills, managing burnout and stress; building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, building team culture, presenting to senior stakeholders, having difficult conversations with colleagues and management, leading during times of crisis; getting started in journalism, working at a news agency, newspaper, or magazine; reporting or editing; being an editor as your first job or anyone moving into their first management roles, particularly anyone keen to bring about innovation in their organisations; managing resources, story development, story structure and planning, editorial strategies, editing for style and grammar, utilising tools, and editing technical copy. He has extensive experience in energy journalism and can advise those who want to pivot into this beat.

Jack can coach on reporting, editing, pagination, production and being a team player.

I can mentor on anchoring, MMJ reporting and newsroom leadership.