Spring 2021 Virtual Career Mentoring Series
Investigative Journalism Session- Registration Page
Friday, April 2, 2021 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM EDT
Zoom Online Sessions, registration required
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Gain career advice and network with some of the nation’s leading communication professionals. Online, interactive small-group mentoring sessions offer an opportunity to speak with professionals representing a wide range of career paths – organizational communication, media production, journalism, public relations, sports communication, and more.
Hosted by Insight Committee member: Danny Selnick
Investigative Journalism Session
List of Mentors:
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, Associated Press- Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak is the Investigations Editor for the Associated Press. She previously reported for the AP from 1997 to 2000. She formerly worked for National Public Radio, where she led the science desk, the Center for Public Integrity, and at Bloomberg News for 10 years,[4] and has also worked as a reporter for newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award one of journalism's most prestigious honors.
Amy Brittain, Washington Post- Amy Brittain has been on the investigative team of The Washington Post since 2013 and has specialized in reporting on topics of criminal justice and sexual assault, harassment and misconduct. In 2016, she was part of a team of Post reporters to win the Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for a groundbreaking database effort to track fatal police shootings across the country. She has also been awarded a Polk Award for Metropolitan Reporting, a Mirror Award for reporting on sexual misconduct and a James Beard Award for investigative reporting. She has twice been named a finalist for the Livingston Awards, which honor the top young journalists in the United States. She broke the story of a pattern of sexual misconduct by longtime T.V. news journalist Charlie Rose, which resulted in his firing just hours after publication. Amy's new podcast, "Canary: The Washington Post Investigates" examines an allegation of sexual assault against a longtime judge in the District of Columbia.
