Speeches/Appearances

Mitra’s public appearances are managed by Creative Well. To book her, reach out to George Greenfield

NOTE: These are in reverse chronological order. 

June 17, 2024 – New York University Kimmel Center

“What Does Digital Media Mean Today?” Keynote for Dow Jones News Fund

May 19, 2024 – Jackson Heights, Queens

Author and actor Sheetal Sheth and City Councilman Shekar Krishnan in conversation on the Open Streets

May 8, 2024 – Virtual

State of community media, Strengthening Democracy Learning and Action Cohort, convened by the National Center on Family Philanthropy in collaboration with Panorama Global

May 3, 2024 – New York, N.Y. 

The Newsletter Conference; speaking on local newsletters

April 18, 2024 – Perugia, Italy

Communication as culture: how journalists can use their story-telling skills to improve their organisations; International Journalism Festival

April 11, 2024 – New York 

New York Cares’ Rising Leaders Speaker Series

April 10, 2024 – Queens, N.Y. 

The Queens Conversation: Culture, Community and Economic Development

April 8, 2024 – Canadian Embassy in New York

Navigating the New Normal: Media and Democracy in Challenging Times

April 4, 2024 – Sausalito, Calif.

The Changing Landscape of Tech Coverage: A Discussion with Newsroom Leaders; Aspen Digital and Hewlett Foundation’s Verify

March 26, 2024 – Virtual

Strengthening Democracy Through Transformative
Journalism; Giving Pledge Learning Session, The Giving Pledge

March 13, 2024 – New York, N.Y. 

Fireside Chat with the Newswomen’s Club of New York

March 1, 2024 – Cambridge, Mass.

Speaker at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism

Feb. 27, 2024 – Bronx, New York

Moderating a discussion on “Style Wars” at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School 

Feb. 29, 2024 – New York

Speaker, Business of Journalism, Columbia School of Journalism

Feb. 21, 2024 – Miami, Fla.

“Empowering Local Journalism,” Speaker at Knight Media Forum

Feb. 13, 2024 – Virtual

Speaker at board meeting of Journalism Funding Partners

Jan 26, 2024 – Columbia University, NY

The local news landscape ahead of the 2024 election

Jan. 21, 2024 – Boston, Mass

Keynote speaker for Northeastern University’s Asian American Community Conference

Dec. 6, 2023 – Miami, Fla. 

Panel at Art Basel on Origin Stories, hosted by Epicenter NYC at the South Asian House

Nov. 14, 2023 – Reykjavík, Iceland

Democracy in Focus: Panelist at Reykjavík Global Forum

Nov. 9, 2023 – Queens Museum, N.Y. 

Panel sponsored by Epicenter and Citizens Bank on night markets survey

Nov. 8, 2023 – New York, N.Y.

The New School – Journalism Ethics & History class

Nov. 1, 2023 – New York, N.Y. 

New York Media Entrepreneur Meetup – keynote speaker on “Owning your niche media”

Oct. 18, 2023 – New York, N.Y. 

Digital Disruptors: Meet the Black and Brown voices redefining media; Advertising Week adjacent event on the rooftop of Infillion

Oct. 5, 2023 – New York, N.Y. 

“She Innovates: Empowering Conversations with Female Founders,” SALUTE Conference

June 30, 2023 – King of Prussia, Pa. 

In conversation with Assamese actor Adil Hussain

April 2023 – Perugia, Italy

Spoke on four (!) panels about URL Media’s origins, democracy and the platforms, what to learn about audience growth from non-journalism outlets; International Journalism Festival

Jan. 9, 2021 – NAHJ. “Are Diversity Committees Worth Your Time?” Zoom registration here

Nov. 16, 2020 – University of Iowa, with Stephen Bloom Media Ethics in a Digital Age & Diversity Issues in Journalism

Oct. 29, 2020 – The Canadian Journalism Foundation: Changing Media Business Models

Oct. 23, 2020 – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Journalism and Mass Communications

Oct. 21, 2020 – Columbia University, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship

Oct. 15, 2020 – ONA: [BLANK] is the Future of Journalism

Oct. 3, 2020 – SAJA annual awards (virtual) – “New Journalism Normal” panel

July 23, 2020 – Virtual

Asian American Journalists Association (Atlanta)

“How to be a newsroom leader”

July 20, 2020 – Virtual

WAN-IFRA: “Reimagining the distributed newsroom”

June 23, 2020 – Virtual

Betaworks Studios: Misinformation

June 15, 2020 – Virtual

Veritas Group for Knight Foundation

Informed and Engaged

May 11, 2020 – New York

Columbia University/Newsroom management

Feb. 5, 2020 – New York

Newswomen’s Association of NY

Feb. 23, 2020 – New York

WarnerMedia

Oct. 12, 2019 -New Orleans

Women’s Media Center

Oct. 5, 2019 – New York

South Asian Journalists Association

Oct. 10, 2019 – New York

Columbia University

Nov. 11, 2019 -Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

WAN-IFRA, World Association of News Publishers

Media innovation

Aug. 1, 2019 – AAJA annual conference panel

Women in Media

April 29, 2019 – New York

Coverage of race in an era of Trump; Anne O’Hare McCormick reception

April 18, 2019 – New York

Women in Media
 
April 17, 2019 – New Yok
Asian American Journalists Association
Executive Leadership Program speaker
 
April 16, 2019 – New York
Panelist for Economic Club of NY
 
April 16, 2019 – New York
Luncheon speaker for Skift series
 
Nov. 4, 2017 – Washington, D.C. 
National Asian Pacific America Bar Association
 
Oct. 5, 2017 – Washington, D.C. 
Howard University Social Media Week
 
Oct. 4-6, 2017 – Washington, D.C. 
Online News Association
Diversity recruitment seminar
How to get sh*t done
 
Sept. 11, 2017 – New York
The future of news
 
Sept. 7, 2017 – United Nations
Panelist on efforts to fight fake news
 
July 2, 2017 – Toronto
Assam Association of North America
 
May 19, 2017 – Dublin, Ireland
Online News Association Keynote Speaker
 
May 13, 2017 – New York, N.Y. 
CUNY Homecoming
 
May 6, 2017 – Queens, NY
Receiving award from Central Queens Academy
 
April 29, 2017 – New Brunswick, N.J. 
Cap & Skull Society Tap Day speaker
 
April 14
Pencil Group
 
April 4, 2017 – New York, N.Y. 
New York University Journalism School
 
March 3, 2017 – Cambridge, Mass. 
Nieman Foundation, Harvard University
 
August 3-7, 2016 – Washington, D.C. 
NABJ-NAHJ Joint convention
Panel: Where are the Shonda Rhimes of the news media? The state of women of color in news media
 
July 16, 2016 – Washington, D.C. 
South Asian Journalists Association Awards Banquet
Panel: Diversity and what’s next in the newsroom
 
April 6-10, 2016 – Perugia, Italy 
International Journalism Festival
About time: Digital women bosses take charge
 
March 2016 – Austin, Texas 
SXSW (South by Southwest)
 
Oct. 16, 2015 – Washington, D.C. 
Power&Policy, New American Leaders Project
 
Oct. 10, 2015 – Whitefish, Montana
JAWS (Journalism & Women’s Symposium) Camp
Keynote speaker: The women feminism forgot
 
Sept. 24-26, 2015 – Los Angeles
Online News Association
The Changing Nature of Leadership: Managing for organized chaos
 
 

Aug. 14, 2015 – San Francisco

Asian American Journalists Association Convention

Women and Leadership: A conversation with women news executives to discuss the unforeseen challenges and rewards of managing a newsroom, the role of mentorship, and how we can create a pipeline for future women leaders.

 
April 30, 2015 – Brooklyn College
Speaking to a journalism class
 
April 22, 2015 – CUNY
The global landscape of social media
 
April 12-17, 2015
Faculty member
 

March 29-30, 2015

Dissecting Engagement