Media Mentors

Pete can coach on investigative reporting and editing techniques, source development, story formats and building news products.

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.

I can coach on social media content production and creation, homepage curation and editing, digital and social audience development, and increasingly, product management.

Rachel can coach on photojournalism ethics and portfolios from an editor’s perspective; advocating for yourself in the workplace; and, pivoting positions in a chaotic industry.

Molly can coach on growing audiences across digital platforms, managing small teams, and how to make the most of working remotely

Stephanie can provide insights into data journalism, local reporting and investigative projects. She can also give advice to students looking to secure internships or their first job.

Michael can coach others who have aspirations of working in the radio / audio industry in a variety of roles, such as News / Sports Anchor, Producer, Writer, Web Reporter and editing audio.

Caryl can advise on introductory journalism writing, business journalism, arts reporting, diversity-related reporting, basic data journalism, basic photojournalism, general editing, copy editing and layout design. I also have years of being an informal mentor to my younger peers at high school and college newspapers, so while I’m early in my post-grad career, I’m one to help.

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