Media Mentors

Anahita has rich expertise in social media and audience engagement, offering invaluable guidance for emerging leaders in newsrooms, particularly young journalists of color. She has experience working across multiple teams in newsrooms and can help mentees navigate the complexities of cross-team collaboration. She excels in editing resumes and cover letters. Anahita specializes in framing stories for diverse platforms, ensuring that content resonates and engages effectively by thinking through audience preferences, platform algorithms, and visual impact.

I can help with finding your niche, creating networks and refining pitches.

Jessica can mentor on freelance/independent journalism careers, communications strategy, how to have a career that honors the stories that you want to tell, relationship building with editors and publications, how to be an ethical journalist while prioritizing narratives/stories that make the world a better place, and how to have a dual career in journalism and comms.

As an experienced journalist, I can help others manage stress and avoid burnout. I also leverage my expertise in investigative reporting to advise aspiring journalists on building a career in data investigative reporting, including acquiring coding and machine learning skills essential for today’s evolving media landscape.

Natalie can help you with everything from visuals to copy editing and figuring out the best way to diversify your skills.

I can coach on how to make the next big move to management and how to overcome barriers as a journalist of color.

Happy to connect on building meaningful news products/experiences, leading culture change in legacy newsrooms, workflow/automations, photojournalism, local reportingediting. Or anything else that’s applicable!

I can coach on marketing to diverse audiences, crisis management and managing international teams.

I can coach on narrative storytelling, investigations, tough interviews, mental health & work/life balance.