In Episode #7 of Better Leaders - The Podcast we'll dive deep into questions of education, leadership, media and transformation. I'm talking to my colleague Graciela Mochkofsky, dean at the Newmark J-School at CUNY, about her change efforts there. Graciela will share how she tackles transformation strategically; why the media industry needs a new generation of leaders; and how she experiences differences and similarities leading in academia versus a newsroom. We'll also discuss how it is to be the first Latina immigrant leading a major J-School in the U.S., and how she deals with expectations and prejudice.
About Our Guest:
Graciela Mochkofsky is the dean at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where she was previously the executive director of its Center for Community Media, and founding director of its Bilingual Journalism Program. The Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is located in Midtown Manhattan. It's the only public J-School in the Northeastern U.S. and is dedicated to training a diverse and innovative generation of journalists.
Graciela is a contributing writer for The New Yorker, and the author of seven books of nonfiction, including “The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land” (Knopf, 2022.) She is a native of Argentina and a recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting across the Americas.
About Your Host:
Anita Zielina is the CEO and founder of Better Leaders Lab. She's also an Executive in Residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she spent the last few years leading all continuing and executive education initiatives. Anita serves as the inaugural Board Chair of News Product Alliance (NPA) and is a member of the board of directors at the Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF.
For the past 15 years, Anita held senior executive positions focused on product, strategy and innovation in various media and education organizations as Chief Product Officer, Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Director Strategic Initiatives. She has worked with around 500 managers, leaders and entrepreneurs as a consultant, coach and educator.
She holds a Master in Law from Vienna University and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. Anita is an alumna of the Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship and the Oxford Reuters Institute Fellowship.
About Better Leaders Lab
Better Leaders Lab is a Do and Think Tank for good leadership and smart management in media and beyond and a boutique strategic advisory firm. BLL specializes in organizational change, strategy and scenario planning, leadership development and executive recruiting research. Its goal is to empower managers, leaders and organizations in the broader media, digital & innovation space to build successful, sustainable, modern and healthy businesses.
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