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.

Categories

Reese can coach on product thinking, product management, career growth, career hunting, working remotely, and work-life balance.
Maureen can coach on running large projects, moving into management, working across multiple groups and establishing goals for your team.
Editor and Publisher
Malheur Enterprise/Salem Reporter
Les is a veteran investigative reporter who can mentor on interviewing techniques, public records, project organization, story framing and editing and fact checking. He is a two-time Pulitzer finalist and an SPJ Fellow.
I can coach on marketing to diverse audiences, crisis management and managing international teams.
Data reporting, some data vis, editing, interviewing, leading a team, writing
Meena Thiruvengadam can coach on building a freelance career, what students can do now as freelancers and making travel a way of life.
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.
Business journalism, tech journalism, reporting, editing, management
I can help coach creative writing and storytelling and evolving in this transforming industry.

How was your mentoring session?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tem por incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua ut enim ad minim veniam, qui.
Jeremy Bowers

Jeremy Bowers

Global Chief Technology Officer
Jeremy can coach on bridging engineering and newsrooms, product / engineering interactions, managing technical teams, interactives / graphics / news applications, and data journalism.