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
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
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.
March 29-30, 2015