Media Mentors

The mentors below have volunteered to offer free, half-hour one-on-one sessions for advice, guidance or general questions about navigating the media industry. Be sure to read our FAQs about the program ahead of booking a call.

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I can mentor on fostering inclusion, and celebrating diverse, meaningful storytelling.
Kaleah can coach on job hunting, networking, carving out a laeadership role when starting a new job and advocating for yourself as a black young woman in predominantly older and white newsrooms.
Adam can mentor on all aspects of data related to journalism: web scraping, API work, data analysis, FOIA requests, writing with data, interactive design, and auto-updating graphics.
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.
Hi there! I’m available as a sounding board for students and early-career journalists. I’ve covered national politics professionally for a decade, including at Talking Points Memo and currently at HuffPost, as a reporter on the national desk. I can offer advice on entering the profession, doing the work, and building your career, particularly in digital news.
I can help any up and coming journalist with navigating the first years of their career.
Vicky can coach on how to hone in your unique power, especially for nontraditional journalists. Reach out to learn how to navigate imposter syndrome, the value of self care (knowing your worth) and mental health, and how to pick yourself back up after losing or resigning from your job.
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!
Esther can coach on live news reporting,news anchoring, interviewing of guests, voice overs and voice editing. She can also coach on “piece to camera” for reports.

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Kaleah Mcilwain

Kaleah Mcilwain

Digital Content Producer
Kaleah can coach on job hunting, networking, carving out a laeadership role when starting a new job and advocating for yourself as a black young woman in predominantly older and white newsrooms.