Working Mothers
Ella Cerón, Lifestyle Editor at Apartment Therapy
Ella is a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California, now based in New York City. She is currently the Lifestyle Editor at Apartment Therapy, and has worked at Teen Vogue, MTV News, and The Cut. She specializes in interviews as well as the intersections of pop culture, entertainment, politics, and wellness. You've also seen her work at GQ, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, and other major outlets.
Ella can coach on:
Interviewing
Writing and reporting
Taking edits and feedback
Cristy Fajardo, Freelance Journalist
Cristy is an award-winning television reporter with 20 years of experience, most of which she has spent based in Los Angeles. She is proudly bilingual. She has reported from Latin American and Europe, including from Mexico, Peru, and Spain.
Cristy can coach on:
TV reporting
Investigative journalism
General assignments
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, Housing and Social Services Reporter at USA TODAY
From the moment Romina saw the Berlin Wall fall on TV, she was hooked. She just joined USA TODAY to cover housing inequities and social services nationally, by way of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald’s investigative team. She’s moved by stories about everyday people facing extraordinary things. She can parachute anywhere: the middle of a newsroom, an exploding volcano, or an island without internet, and get the story. She has worked in Paris, Cuba, and Israel for France24, El Mundo, and Haaretz. Previously, she was a foreign correspondent out of Central America for CNN and The Associated Press. She fervently believes that we owe ourselves to the public. Truth, nuance, and empathy are part of the job.
Romina can coach on:
Writing and reporting in English and Spanish
Building a coverage plan for your beat
Life as a foreign correspondent
Pitches and nut graphs
Susanne Ramírez de Arellano, Freelance Journalist and Cultural Critic
Susanne is a New York-based media professional with more than 30 years of experience, who has expanded into digital media and trans-media storytelling. She’s also a social media and streaming content specialist working across multiple bilingual platforms. Her work has appeared on Latino Rebels, The Guardian, Al Día News, Fox News, and NBC News, among other outlets. She’s the former news director of Univisión Puerto Rico—one of the largest Hispanic television markets in the U.S.—and a published author.
Susanne can coach on:
Writing and reporting
Newsroom management
Navigate the freelance world
Television producing
Laura Zommer, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief at Chequeado
Laura is the executive director and editor-in-chief at Chequeado, the first initiative of fact-checking and verification of public discourse in Latin America. She is a member of the Board of the International Fact-Checking Network, the Consultative Council of Sembramedia, and the Brazilian site Gender and Number. Laura has a bachelor’s degree in Communication Science at the University of Buenos Aires. She is also a lawyer as well as an access to information and transparency activist.
Laura can coach on:
Writing and reporting
Institutional communication
Funding
Mis and disinformation
Jennifer Medina, National Politics Reporter at The New York Times
Jennifer is a national politics reporter for the New York Times, covering how politics and public policy impacts peoples lives. She most recently covered the 2020 presidential campaign, focusing on voters' views of race, gender and immigration, particularly among Latino voters. A Southern California native, she previously spent several years reporting on that region for the Times' National desk. After completing several internships at large daily newspapers while she was a student at the University of Southern California, Jenny joined the Times as an intern and has spent her career there. In addition to national breaking news stories, she has covered a wide range of issues including healthcare, housing, criminal justice, gun control, religion, poverty, education, and immigration.
Jennifer can coach on:
Breaking news and politics reporting
Conducting interviews
Feature writing
Navigating large newsrooms