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.

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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.
Sara can coach on project management, boosting productivity, giving/accepting feedback and collaboration.
Broadcast Journalist / Host
Loud & Clear Media (formerly WFAA)
I can mentor on building an authentic media presence and leveraging journalism to impact change.
Natasha can coach on strategic planning, building high performance teams, resource management, crisis communications and devising campaigns that sell. I can additionally coach on crafting compelling narratives and creative writing. Also, how to get work done by using the armour in your arsenal.
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.
Jeremy can coach on bridging engineering and newsrooms, product / engineering interactions, managing technical teams, interactives / graphics / news applications, and data journalism.
Jodie can coach on various aspects of broadcast journalism including investigations, story development, reporting, writing, and delivery. She can also share expertise in managing people and projects, including multi-platform collaborations.
Michelle can mentor on working well with stakeholders across the business and newsroom (bridge role), developing high-performance teams, using product/design thinking frameworks in the newsroom, working on transformation to audience-first journalism, and engaging audiences using social media, newsletters and community.
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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David, an expert in freedom of information, can provide strategies and tips for overcoming denials, coming up with record-based story ideas and elevating your reporting through public records.