Media Mentors

Christina can coach on internships, fellowships, early career jobs and networking.

Jacob can coach source-building, covering national and local government, finding the best stories and navigating the job market.

Karina can coach on navigating internships, finding the big picture in local stories and fighting imposter syndrome.

Sara can coach on navigating your first job, combatting imposter syndrome, starting a new beat and breaking into political and/or fact-checking reporting.

Meghan can coach on local and beat reporting, building sources, including young or underrepresented voices in your coverage, newsletter writing and navigating searching for a new job – including interviewing and negotiating.

I can coach on how to build contacts in the community and how to find great, local stories.

I can coach people on audience metrics, Mailchimp, product development for small newsrooms and how to sell it. I was also newsroom chief for 3 years and can teach about editorial planning and tools that help

Sam can coach about finding career paths in journalism outside of the newsroom, managing cross-functional projects and leading through uncertainty.

Ibrahim can coach on human rights, climate change, disinformation and hate speech, and visual storytelling.