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...
Mitra Kalita
S. Mitra Kalita is a veteran journalist, media executive, prolific commentator and author of two books. Recently, she launched Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter to help New Yorkers get through the pandemic. Mitra has also recently co-founded a new media company called URL Media, a network of Black and Brown owned media organizations that share content, distribution and revenues to increase their long-term sustainability. She's on the board of the Philadelphia Inquirer and writes a weekly column for TIME Magazine. Mitra was most recently SVP at CNN Digital, overseeing the national news, breaking news, programming, opinion and features teams.
Events IJF 2023
What happens to journalism now that Twitter is dying and Facebook doesn't care about the media any more?
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...
On non-news efforts building large audiences: how we do it and why the news industry should pay attention
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 ...
2015 saw a spate of women added to the roster of top editors in global journalism. One veteran is joined by three newcomers in a no-holds-barred conversation on how and why diversity at the very top...
How are news media investing in and fostering innovation? Does this work better when launching a new start up, such as Ze.tt from the Zeit Online publisher, or creating a separate unit within the p...
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