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Digital Women Leaders: New Mentor Interest Form
Hi! Thank you for your interest in becoming a mentor as part of the
Digital Women Leaders
initiative, powered by the Online News Association. This form should take around 15-20 minutes to fill out. If you have questions along the way, please feel free to reach out to the Online News Association team at support@journalists.org.
The Basics
Your Full Name
(This is how you'll appear on the site if selected)
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Email
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Current Job Title
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Current Organization
(Where do you work? If you are a freelancer or otherwise self-employed, please indicate that here.)
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What makes you a good DWL mentor candidate?
Why do you want to become a DWL mentor?
(600 characters max. Will not appear on the site and is only for ONA staff use.)
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DWL is a resource for those working in journalism and media. Please describe your experience within those fields.
(600 characters max. This information will not appear on the site and is only for ONA staff use.)
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We ask all DWL mentors to dedicate at least an hour per month — two one-on-one half-hour calls — to mentoring. Can you make that time commitment?
(This information will not appear on the site and is only for ONA staff use.)
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Yes
B
No
Please describe any relevant previous experiences as a mentor or coach.
(600 characters max. This information will not appear on the site and is only for ONA staff use)
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Additional Information
If accepted as a DWL mentor, the below information would appear on your profile. For examples,
please see current mentors’ profiles
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Your Bio
What do you want people to know about you? These bios will appear on mentors' individual pages. Please write them in the third person. (Note: This is in addition to the topics you'll coach on. We'll get to that in a bit!) 1,400
characters max.
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Do you speak any language fluently besides English? If so, share below.
What country do you live in?
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What is your time zone? (For U.S.-based respondents only)
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Eastern
B
Central
C
Mountain
D
Pacific
E
Hawaii
F
Alaska
Topic Categories
What can you coach on? This list helps us to create a searchable database of coaching topics. There are a lot of items to choose from, but please limit your selection to the six topics that you feel most equipped to address during your one-on-one sessions.
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Big Decisions
Career planning
Considering graduate school
Crafting an exit strategy
Creating a new position
Entrepreneurship
Fellowship and scholarship applications
Interview skills
Job hunting
Leveraging journalism skills outside of traditional media
Moving overseas
Resumes and cover letters
Switching career paths
Unconventional career paths
Winding career paths
Challenges + Opportunities
Being the only POC/WOC in the room
Breaking down silos
Collaborating across teams
Collaborating across time zones
Corporate communication
Delivering presentations
Improving workflows
Leading remote teams
Leading through transition
Navigating ambiguity at work
Public speaking
Sexual harassment
Training colleagues
Working at startups
Working cross-departmentally
Working in a legacy newsroom
Working in large organizations
Working in local media
Working in public media
Working in trade media
Digital Expertise
A/B testing
AI and journalism
Audience engagement
Community engagement
Data journalism
Data science and personalization
Digital strategy
Navigating the product-editorial divide
News analytics
Newsletters
Online harassment
Product management
Product strategy
Social media best practices
Social newsgathering
U/X
Website relaunches
Industry Expertise
Breaking news
Building bilingual and global audiences
Business development and sales
Consulting/self-employment/freelancing
Editing and copy editing
Hosting events
International journalism
Investigative journalism
Lifestyle journalism
Membership
Newsroom operations
Photography
Podcasts
Political journalism
Subscriptions and paywalls
Video journalism
Visual journalism
Leadership
Advocating for others
Boosting morale
Developing relationships and finding allies
Diversity and inclusion in your coverage
Diversity and inclusion in your newsroom
Fostering innovation
Leadership styles
Leading cross-functional teams
Leading effective teams
Leading from anywhere
Leading happy teams
Leading in male-dominated newsrooms
Leading innovative projects
Leading technology teams
Mentoring younger journalists
Moving into executive leadership
Strategic thinking
Taking on bigger leadership roles
Management
Being a new manager
Effective communication
Giving and receiving feedback
Having difficult conversations
Managing a large team
Managing a small team
Managing an intergenerational team
Managing change
Managing creative people
Managing different personalities
Managing down
Managing global projects
Managing sideways
Managing up
Middle management
Motivating employees
Transitioning from a doer to a decider
Productivity + Organization
Boosting productivity
Breaking down big problems into doable projects
Creating systems and workflows
Design thinking
Goal-setting
Leading brainstorms
Running better meetings
Time management and organization
Self-Worth
Boosting confidence
Facing imposter syndrome
Navigating life after a layoff
Navigating work when life is hard
Personal branding
Personal finance
Pitching your ideas
Salary negotiation
Saying ‘no’ more often
Self-care
Work/Life
Avoiding burnout
Caregiving and working in news
Finding hobbies
Finding work/life chemistry
Parenting and working in news
Your Calendly
If you don’t have a Calendly, you can sign up for a free account (
calendly.com
), set 30 minutes as your default meeting time, and sync it with your work calendar. You’ll want to figure out your own availability (likely busy most of the time, and only offering a few free slots for coaching each week), but that’s totally up to you.
If you use another scheduling tool besides Calendly, please submit that link instead.
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Your LinkedIn Profile
(Please include this link only if you want your LinkedIn to be accessible from your DWL page.)
Submit Your Headshot
(Please upload a square image below that’s
a minimum of 500x500 pixels.
)
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