Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Alumni: Full List
Note: From 2007 – 2018, the program operated as the original Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. Since 2019 the program and its challenge-centric approach became the Media Transformation Challenge program, now operating at the Poynter Institute.
- Akindtunde Babatunde, Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
- Clarice Bajkowski, The 19th
- Siobhan Bennett, Amsterdam News
- Thomas Brennan, Warhorse
- Deborah Caldwell, Religious Times
- Barbara Chai, New York Times
- Fiona Crack, BBC
- Ethar El-Katatney, Documented
- Andrew Fishman, The Intercept Brasil
- Margie Fleming Glennon, Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Abby Gingras, News Revenue Hub
- Mark Grant, Associated Press
- Esperanza Guevara, Latino Media Collaborative
- Alvaro Gurdian, La Noticia
- Etan Horowitz, Google
- Joshua Hoyos, ABC News
- Rania Khadr, Associated Press
- Vandana Kumar, India Currents
- Peter Kunz, ABC News
- Allison Levine, Local Journalism Initiative Delaware
- Abdelrahman Mansour, Matsadaash & Arabi Facts Hub
- Ashanti Martin, WURD
- Sheila McCann, Salt Lake Tribune
- Greg Mees, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Soraya Membreno, INN
- Aparna Mukherjee, Society of Environmental Journalists
- Lucy Nicholson, Associated Press
- James Reevell, BBC
- Alex Sanz, Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Will Schick, AAJA
- Maple Walker Lloyd, Block Club Chicago
- Nancy Yang, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Fisnik Abrashi, director of global customer engagement, the Associated Press
- Saeed Ahmed, vice president of news for digital platforms, the Associated Press
- Arturo Carmona, president, Latino Media Collaborative/Calo News Group
- Jos Duncan Asé, executive producer and publisher, Love Now Media
- Kristen Go, editor in chief, CalMatters
- Kimberly Griffin, publisher and chief revenue officer, Mississippi Free Press
- Andale Gross, managing editor, the Kansas City Star
- Benjamin Hallman, executive director, The Examination
- Karen Hawkins, story editor, The 19th
- Amanda Hickman, chief operating officer, MuckRock Foundation
- Lauren Johnston, executive editor, Yahoo News U.S.
- Michael Kreisel, vice president of newsgathering, ABC News
- Kensey Lamb, global director of platforms and distribution, the Associated Press
- Karen Mahabir, director of standards and talent development, the Associated Press
- Leigh Munsil, editor in chief, San Antonio Report
- Mirta Ojito, senior director of news standards, Telemundo Network
- Alberto Orso, senior broadcast producer/head of 8AM GMA, Good Morning America
- Emma Patti Harris, head of newsroom audience and digital experience, The Baltimore Banner
- Anna Pogarcic, director of content and communications, EdNC
- Damaso Reyes, investigative editor, The New York Amsterdam News
- Erica Schopmeyer, director of operations and finance, Outlier Media
- Angilee Shah, CEO and editor-in-chief, Charlottesville Tomorrow
- Maryse Sulimma, chief operating officer, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
- Darya Ushakova, senior vice president of consumer marketing, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Hannes Vollmuth, senior editor for digital strategy and innovation, Sueddeutsche Zeitung
- Danielle Bergstrom, Executive Director/Managing Editor, Fresnoland
- Natalie Collier, President and Founder, Black Girl Times
- Maritza L. Félix, Founder and Director, Conecta Arizona
- Conan Gallaty, CEO, Times Publishing Company
- Sara Gillesby, Director of Global Video, Associated Press
- Larry Graham, Founder, Executive Director, The Diversity Pledge Institute
- Katrice Hardy, Executive Editor, Dallas Morning News
- Lisa Heyamoto, Director of Programming, Member Education, LION Publishers
- Angel Jennings, Assistant Managing Editor for Culture and Talent, Los Angeles Times
- Jennifer Joseph, Executive Producer, George Stephanopoulos Productions; Senior Producer, 2020, ABC News
- Jonathan Kealing, Chief Network Officer, Institute for Nonprofit News
- Brendan Kinney, Senior Vice President of Development, Vermont Public
- Karen Leo, Director, Newsgathering Staff Development, ABC News
- Julie March, Director, Global Training and Development, Associated Press
- Karen Marshall, Executive Producer, GBH Educational Foundation
- Delano Massey, Managing Editor of Axios Local, Axios
- Oyekunle “Dapo” Olorunyomi, Publisher, Premium Times Newspaper/Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, Nigeria
- Anika Palm, Director, Off-Platform and New Audiences Programming, CNN
- Stacy Palmer, Editor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Paul Royall, Executive Editor, BBC News at One, Six, and Ten
- Ravin Sampat, Head of UK Insight, BBC News
- Norberto Santana, Publisher, Editor in Chief, Voice of OC
- Beena Sarwar, Founding Editor, Sapan News Network
- David Scott, Vice President and Head of News Strategy and Operations, Associated Press
- Paul Shanley, Senior Director of Revenue Strategy, Associated Press
- Andaiye Taylor, Editorial Director, URL Media
- Amanda Zamora, Publisher, Co-Founder, The 19th*
- Kelsey Ryan, The Beacon
- Candice Fortman, Outlier Media
- Michael Morisy, MuckRock
- Irene McKisson, Arizona Luminaria
- Sabina Allen, ABC Network News
- Kirit Radia, ABC News
- Linda Shapley, Colorado Community Media
- Linda Shaw, Solutions Journalism Network
- Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic
- Danyelle White, The Salt Lake Tribune
- Kenya Young, NPR
- Brian De Los Santos, Southern California Public Radio
- Mukhtar Ibrahim, Sahan Journal
- Annie Shreffler, GBH
- Jake Kreinberg, Associated Press
- Jessica Navarro, Poynter Institute
- Maria Reeve, Houston Chronicle
- Rigel Lugo, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
- Allison Hoffman, CNN
- Manav Tanneeru, CNN
- Joanna Webster, Reuters
- Jerome Vaughn, WDET
- Ronald Vample, Associated Press
- Troy Thibodeaux, Associated Press
- Anup Kaphle, Rest of World
- Sam Farah, BBC
- Katy Searle, BBC
- Tom Williams, AP
- Simon Peeks, BBC
- Shelley Acoca, AP
- Seniboye Tienabeso, ABC News
- Rupa Jha, BBC
- Becca Aaronson, News Product Alliance
- Penda Howell, New York Amsterdam News
- Pamela Johnston, WGBH
- Naomi Underwood, AAJA
- Margaret Coker, The Current
- Madeleine Bair, El Timpano
- Krishna Nair, CNN
- Jahna Berry, Mother Jones
- Felecia Henderson, Maynard Institute
- Emiliana Garcia, Centro Latino Americano de Investigacion Periodistica
- David Allan, CNN
- Cynthia (CJ) Benjamin, Gannett
- Catherine McKenzie, ABC News
- Carolyn Robinson, Solutions Journalism Network
- Alison McKenzie, The Ground Truth Project/Report for America
- Amanda Barrett, Associated Press
- Sean Cavanagh, Education Week
- Neil Chase, CalMatters
- Allan Donald, BBC
- Kevin Grant, The Ground Truth Project/Report for America
- John Hassell, Advance Local
- Lizzy Hazeltine, North Carolina Local News Lab Fund
- Cierra Hinton, Scalawag
- Evelyn Hsu, Maynard Institute
- Jim Iovino, West Virginia University
- Chris Krewson, Local Independent Online News Publishers
- Tristan Loper, News Revenue Hub
- Alberto Mendoza, National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- Katie Mercer, Glacier Media
- Margarita Noriega, CalMatters
- Martin Reynolds, Maynard Institute
- Mila Sanina, PublicSource
- Simone Swink, ABC News/GMA
- Lindsay Thomas, WUNC
- Lia Valero, Chicas Poderosas
- Sarah Ward-Lilley, BBC News
- Fara Warner, Solutions Journalism Network
- Ricardo Zuniga, ESPN
- Sally Lehrman, The Trust Project
- Morwen Williams, BBC
- Alex Watson, BBC
- Mackenzie Warren, Gannett/USA Today Network
- Tory Starr, WGBH
- Jeff Sonderman, American Press Institute
- David Smyrda, Google News
- Fran Scarlett, Institute for Nonprofit News
- Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor
- JJ Yore, WAMU
- Birgit Rieck, Knight-Wallace
- Erika Owens, Opennews
- Bill Nichols, Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity
- Maeven McGovern, YR Media
- Sam Lyon, ESPN
- Sara Lomax-Reese, WURD Radio
- Amy Kovac-Ashley, American Press Institute
- Mitra Kalita, CNN
- Anna Johnson, Associated Press
- Lee Hill, WNYC
- Nation Hahn, EducationNC
- Noreen Gillespie, Associated Press
- Ignacio Fidanza, La Politica Online
- Jason Farkas, CNN
- Katie Den Daas, ABC News
- Travis Daub, PBS Newshour
- Neal Carruth, NPR
- Neil Brown, Poynter Institute
- Ashley Alvarado, Southern California Public Radio
- Phil Alongi, NJTV
- Gavin Allen, BBC
- Jennifer Brandel, Hearken
- Jacqueline Cheng, Wirecutter
- Matt DeRienzo, LION Publishers
- Vicente Argudo Esteve, Prisa
- Lisa Gibbs, Associated Press
- Mark Hansen, Columbia Journalism School
- Jaime Holguin, Associated Press
- Therese Hurlbutt, ABC News
- Milind Kamlakar Khandekar, ABP News Network
- Marc Lacey, The New York Times
- George Lansbury, Fusion TV
- Ximena Leon de Campo, Grupo RPP
- Sophie Lyon, TVNZ
- Kristen Muller, Southern California Public Radio
- Jonathan Munro, BBC
- Manuel Delgado Nachtigall Grupo, RPP
- Sitara Nieves, Marketplace
- John Pullman, Reuters
- Michael Reilly, MIT Technology Review
- Heidi Robdrup, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
- Mona Sarantakos, Facebook
- Kevin Sullivan, Reveal, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Alan Whiston, BBC
- Jane Barrett, Reuters
- Amanda Barrett, Associated Press
- Steve Beatty, The Lens
- LaSharah Bunting, The New York Times
- Fiona Campbell, BBC
- Deborah Clark, Marketplace
- Max Da Silva, The New York Times
- Frida Delgado, Nachtigall Gruppo RPP
- Bill Elward, Bankrate.com
- Sam Feist, CNN
- Laura Frank, Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting
- Jim Giles, Timeline
- Jabari Gray, Youth Radio
- Aine Kerr, Facebook
- Teri Lamitie, WBGH
- Robin Pembrooke, BBC
- Betsy Reed, The Intercept
- Fernando Rodriguez-Vila, Fusion
- Joy Russo, ESPN
- Jag Sanger, AHG Pty, LTD
- Dan Silver, ABC News
- Rachel Smolkin, CNN Politics
- Michelle Srbinovich, WDET Radio
- Denise Vance, Associated Press
- Hugo Balta, ESPN
- Samantha Barry, CNN
- Paul Cheung, Associated Press
- Subrata De, ABC News
- Matt Ericson, The New York Times
- Erin Grau, The New York Times
- Zheng Huang, Viewfind, Inc.
- Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones
- Mike Melia, PBS Newshour
- John Mooney, NJ Spotlight
- Julie Moos, McClatchy
- Katie Nelson, Huffington Post
- Ellin O’Leary, Youth Radio
- Ian Phillips, Associated Press
- Sara Pratley, CNN
- Marianne Raphael, NBC News
- Dax Tejera, Fusion
- Michelle Vince, Magnet Media
- Mary Walter-Brown, Voice of San Diego
- Vickie Walton-James, NPR
- Irving Washington, Online News Association
- Adrian Zurbriggen, Tamedia
- Meredith Artley, CNN
- Monika Bauerlein, Mother Jones
- Andrea Bleicher, Tamedia
- Terence Burke, CNN
- Shannon Connolly, Viacom
- Sam Dolnick, The New York Times
- Michael Freeman, The Orlando Sentinel and Forum Publishing Group
- Heather Geisler ,MSNBC
- Dana Haller, MSNBC
- Lynda Hammes, Foreign Affairs
- Alex Hardiman, The New York Times
- Cathy Hogan, PBS
- Jena Janovy, ESPN
- Caro Kriel, Associated Press
- Derl McCrudden, Associated Press
- Camille McDuffie, Columbia Global Reports
- Claudia Milne, Bloomberg TV
- Scott Montgomery, NPR
- Will Pry, The Dallas Morning News
- Jon Sawyer, Pullitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- Charles Sennott, The Ground Truth
- Kerry Smith, ABC News
- Susan Smith Richardson, The Chicago Reporter
- Simon Matthias Bärtschi, Sonntagszeitung
- Andrew Braddel, Associated Press
- Brenda Breslauer, New York Public Media
- Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, The New York Times Company
- Scott Finn West, Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Andrew Hawken, Sky News
- Kerri Hoffman, PRX
- Gemma Hooley, NPR
- David Kraft, ESPN
- Susan Mercandetti, Salt Point Strategies
- Marjorie Miller, Associated Press
- Nicki Purcell, The Dallas Morning News
- Adrian Russell, The42.ie
- Christa Scharfenberg, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Michael Slackman, The New York Times
- Christine Souders, Columbia Journalism School
- Cheryl Sullivan, The Christian Science Monitor
- Benjamin Wagner, Facebook
- Peter Barthel, Welt Group
- Rick Berke, The New York Times
- Darren Burden, FairFax Media
- Susan Daly, TheJournal.ie
- Tamer Fakahany, Associated Press
- Elizabeth Fishman, Columbia Journalism Review
- Anya Grundmann, NPR
- Tom Huang, The Dallas Morning News
- Mark Katches, Center for Investigative Reporting
- Stacy Kennedy, Bloomberg LIVE
- Meredith Kokos, Boston Globe Media
- Christopher Ladd, The New York Times
- Lora LeSage, NBC Universal
- Nunzio Michael Lupo, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Patricia Mays, ESPN
- Bjarke Moller, Mondat Morning Denmark
- Amelia Newcomb, The Christian Science Monitor
- David Reiter, ABC News
- Madeleine Rey-von Holzen, Tamedia
- David Sikorjak, NBC Universal
- Eric Ulken, The Seattle Times
- Adrian Acosta, Journal Media Group
- David Albright, ESPN Digital and Print Media
- Leona Allen, The Dallas Morning News
- Jeff Bergin, Hearst Newspapers
- Glenn Burkins, Qcitymetro.com
- Clayton Collins, The Christian Science Monitor
- Brian Fallon, Distilled Media Group
- Dan Grech, OfferCraft
- Doris Hart, Gala Digital
- Sara Just, ABC News
- Baadur Koplatadze, The Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management
- Santiago Lyon, Associated Press
- Michael Manning, The Boston Globe
- Ellen McDonnell, Ellen McDonnell Consulting
- Torrey Oberfest, Hachette Book Group
- Sharon Otterman, MSNBC
- Chris Peña, NBC News
- Jim Roberts, The New York Times
- Jean-Paul Schwindt, Tamedia
- Blake Sell, Associated Press
- Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism School
- Amy Singer, American Lawyer
- Achilles Tsaltas, The New York Times
- Molly Bingham, ORBmedia
- Karen Bordeleau, The Providence Journal
- Neill Borowski, The Press of Atlantic City
- Sue Brooks, Associated Press
- Andrew DeVigal, The New York Times
- Peter Doucette, The Boston Globe
- Brian Hamman, The New York Times
- Rita Hibbard, Investigate West
- Marc Lemcke, The New York International Media
- Sandy MacIntyre, Associated Press
- Mark Medici, Cox Media
- Benjamin Monnie, The New York Times
- David Scott, The Christian Science Monitor
- Robin Sproul, ABC News
- Patrick Stiegman, ESPN
- Peter Waelty, Newsnetz
- Abi Wright, Columbia Journalism School
- Diego Zorrilla, ESPN
- Johannes Vitus Boege, Axel Springer
- Marco Boselli, 20 Minutes
- Jim Baltzelle, Associated Press
- Sally Buzbee, Associated Press
- Carlos Cabán, ESPN
- Brian Carovillano, Associated Press
- Thomas Cavallaro, The New York Times
- Megan Cunningham, Magnet Media
- David Keith Dahl, The Boston Globe and Freelance Contributor for BBC
- Soraya Gage, NBC News
- Kerrie Gillis, The New York Times
- Timothy Griggs, The New York Times
- Susan Hackney, The Christian Science Monitor
- Nicole Hollway, St. Louis Beacon
- Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor
- Steve Jones, ABC News Radio
- Robert Kempf, The Boston Globe
- Lisa Kresl, The Dallas Morning News
- Lauren McCullough, The Dallas Morning News
- Susan Neisloss, Big Bite, Productions
- Jennifer Preston, The New York Times
- Lynda Sachs, The New York Times
- Ernest Sotomayor, Columbia Journalism School
- Linda Austin, Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
- Paul Caluori, Associated Press
- John Cantarella, Time
- Alfredo Carbajal, Al Dia
- John DeAugustine, Hearst
- Jane Eisner, The Forward
- David Kellogg, Council on Foreign Relations
- Jason Kissell, The Boston Globe
- Andrew Morse, ABC News
- Jean Nadeau, Brunswick News, Inc.
- Shazna Nessa, Associated Press
- Sarah Nordgren, Associated Press
- Raymond Pearce, New York Times
- Shawna Leigh Richer, The News Brunswick Telegraph Journal
- Brian Scanlon, Associated Press
- Fiona Spruill, New York Times
- Peter Vandermeersch, De Standaard-Het Nieuswblad
- Jonathan Wells, The Christian Science Monitor
- Kenn Altine, Southern Oregon Humane Society
- John Daniszewski, Associated Press
- Jane Folpe, Columbia Journalism Review
- Michael Giarrusso, Associated Press
- Dennis Giza, Columbia Journalism Review
- Rosemary Goudreau, Tampa Tribune
- Gene Haddock, Jr., The Houston Chronicle
- Cheryl Hampton, National Public Radio
- Fran Hauser, People
- Mike Hoyt, Columbia Journalism Review
- Nels Jensen, Press-Enterprise
- Joseph Kolb, Gallop Herald
- Eliot Pierce, New York Times
- Jason Samuels, ABC News
- James Schachter, New York Times
- Michael Stoll, San Francisco Public Press
- Sandy Breland, Raycom Media
- John Yemma, Boston Globe
- Aaron Barlow, Epluribus Media
- Randolph Brandt, Racine Journal Times
- Louis Ferrera, Associated Press
- Thomas Heslin, The Providence Journal
- Robert Larson, New York Times
- Chopeta Lyons, Epluribus Media
- Daniele Manca, Corriere della Sera
- Jeffrey Price, Sports Illustrated
- Sergio Salinas, San Antonio Express
- Caleb Solomon, Boston Globe
- Marcus Wilford, ABC News
- Stephen Weis, The Houston Chronicle