Media Mentors
AUDIENCE EDITOR, QUARTZ
Molly can coach on developing audiences for newsroom startups and membership subscribers, social media, résumé and cover letters, and working remotely.
DIGITAL STRATEGIST AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
Eba can coach on developing nontraditional skillsets, freelancing, working remotely, building roles that excite/challenge you, being Black, queer or Muslim in a newsroom and working with a chronic illness.
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR, LOS ANGELES TIMES; ADJUNCT, USC
Adriana can coach on landing internships, navigating the digital media field, being black in the newsroom and breaking into teaching.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR AUDIENCE, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Bobby can coach on social media best practices, audience/engagement work in newsrooms, finding work-life balances and utilizing tools like CrowdTangle.
SOCIAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE, KQED INC.
Christopher can help mentor students on how to build a solid portfolio, develop skills for social media management/content curation and creation, as well as general professional development.
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Adrienne can help you with internship applications and procedures, all things digital and audience, and navigating diversity in workplaces.
JOURNALIST & SOCIAL/AUDIENCE STRATEGIST, FREELANCE
Kassy can help you with starting out in journalism, reporting and production for different digital mediums, social media and audience development and navigating newsrooms as a woman of color.
DIGITAL EDITOR, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Amy can coach on digital audiences, management, innovation, small newsroom challenges and resources, burnout, difficult conversations.
MANAGER OF ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT & DISTRIBUTION, GATEHOUSE MEDIA
Katey can provide support on social media, audience development, blogging, aggregation, entertainment journalism and all facets of digital media.
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR, ADWEEK
Kimeko can coach on project management, social media innovation, being WOC in media and feature writing.
DIGITAL PLANNER, USA TODAY NETWORK — FLORIDA/GANNETT
Megan can coach on digital content production, planning strategy, becoming a young leader and best practices for landing a job or internship.
SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST, BUZZFEED
Samantha can coach on perfecting your resume + LinkedIn profile and how to network your way to an internship or job.
AUDIENCE GROWTH PRODUCER, THE MIAMI HERALD
Forrest can coach you through all your cover letters + clip selection during internship app season, all things reader engagement, social media strategy, and being queer in today’s newsroom.
ENGAGEMENT EDITOR, THE TRACE
Gracie can coach on actually enjoying networking, working on a small team, advocating for the value of engaged journalism, and having tough conversations.