Investigative Reporters & Editors Archives

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Jeremy Turley

Omaha reporter

Flatwater Free Press

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

Caitlin Ostroff

Data Reporter

Wall Street Journal

Caitlin can coach on getting starting in journalism, using math and/or programming for journalism and reporting abroad.

Mike Canan

Senior Director of Journalism Strategies

Scripps Howard Fund

Mike can mentor on a variety of topics related to digital, print and broadcast journalism.

Stephanie Lamm

Data Journalist

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.

Justin Sayers

Senior Staff Writer

Justin can coach on time management, managing burnout, navigating beat changes, building sources and advocating for yourself.

Kat Duncan

Director of Innovation

Kat can coach on leadership, management of news teams and projects, practical innovation and experimentation in newsrooms, project management, video and photo journalism.

Sara Swann

Staff Writer

Sara can coach on navigating your first job, combatting imposter syndrome, starting a new beat and breaking into political and/or fact-checking reporting.

Meghan Mangrum

Managing Editor

Meghan can coach on local and beat reporting, building sources, including young or underrepresented voices in your coverage, newsletter writing and navigating searching for a new job – including interviewing and negotiating.

Millie Tran

Chief Digital Content Officer

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

Matt Dempsey

Senior Investigations Editor

Matt can coach and mentor on being a positive and effecitve manager, editing and organizing investigative projects, public records, preventing burnout, data journalism, and maintaining work-life balance.

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