Based around the ideas in Ros Atkins' book The Art of Explanation (Wildfire, 2023), this session will explore how, sometimes, we pay more attention to communicating with our audience than we do with...
Mitra Kalita
S. Mitra Kalita is an award-winning veteran journalist, media executive, prolific commentator, and author of two books. At the height of the pandemic, Mitra founded two media companies to ensure communities of color are served, supported and centered: The first, Epicenter-NYC, which started as a newsletter to help New Yorkers get through Covid, is now a community journalism multiplatform company, and URL Media, a growing network of Black and Brown owned media organizations that share content, distribution, and revenues to increase their long-term viability. She’s on the board of the Philadelphia Inquirer and writes a weekly column for TIME Magazine and Charter. Before launching her companies, Mitra served as SVP at CNN Digital, overseeing the national news, breaking news, programming, opinion, and features teams. Her media background also spans the LA Times, where she was managing editor, Wall Street Journal, Quartz and the Washington Post.
Eventi IJF 2024
Non solo notizie: come far crescere il pubblico e perché interessa l’industria dell’informazione
Content from non-“news” venues is increasingly attracting significant audiences, especially around areas such as business and economics, which is also a critical topic for mainstream media. Given ...
Rightly or wrongly, a lot of journalists and publishers have come to rely on Twitter and Facebook to promote their work, reach audiences, respond to criticism, and in some cases generate revenue. Twit...
In conversation with S. Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax, the founders of URL Media, which boasts 16 community news outlets owned and run by Black and Brown journalists. In two years, URL Media has grown i...
Nel 2015 un’ondata di donne è andata ad aggiungersi alle fila dei principali direttori nel mondo del giornalismo globale. Una veterana e tre nuove arrivate in una conversazione senza regole su come...
In che modo i media stanno investendo e promuovendo l'innovazione? Funzionerebbe di più lanciare una nuova startup, come Ze.tt di Zeit Online, creare un'unità separata all'interno della testata, com...
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