Media Mentors

I can mentor on handling daily job stress, finding fulfillment in journalism, and strengthening investigative reporting.

I can coach on career planning, navigating the product-editorial relationship, negotiating

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

Jeremy can coach emerging reporters on managing early-career workloads, building expertise on a beat and sharpening investigative skills.

I can offer advice on investigations, political, environmental and GA reporting.

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

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.

Mollie can coach on engagement, social strategy, audience building, trust, credibility, ethics. She can also provide guidance on being a first-time reporter, managing up, and avoiding burn out starting out in newsrooms.

Meena Thiruvengadam can coach on building a freelance career, what students can do now as freelancers and making travel a way of life.