Date and Time:
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.Location:
The Cronkite Executive Boardroom, room 444
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Downtown Phoenix campus
Day 2, Learning Circles Workshops, The Diversity Pledge Institute/URL Media
A full-time role is different from an internship, but you have to convince a hiring manager that you’re qualified for the role despite a lack of experience. What counts as experience, and how can you sell your skills when you don’t have much to draw from?
Facilitated by Sonali Kohli. Sonali is a Senior Recruiter at URL Media and has spent her career at newspapers, digital startups, and online news organizations. At the Los Angeles Times she covered education and breaking news, and was part of the Times staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting. In 2020 she was named the best education journalist in the U.S. by the Education Writers Association and was a Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting at Columbia University from 2020-21, working on a young adult nonfiction book that will be published by Beacon Press in 2024.
The Diversity Pledge Institute at the Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) dedicated to research, analysis and education related to diversity in journalism. Our goal is to solve the diversity pipeline problem; improve retention rates associated with diversity, equity and inclusion; and support journalists’ career growth. We prioritize peer-to-peer training and career learning for journalists while offering ongoing organizational support for diversity and inclusion efforts in media.