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0:00 Pre-event
4:25 Program
40:08 Q&A
Hoping to work in journalism, media, or publishing after college? The annual Careers in Journalism and New Media alumni panel - co-sponsored by the Daily Pennsylvanian and the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize - focuses on how you can prepare for first jobs and careers in print, broadcast and online media, publishing, and related fields, as well as how to make decisions about extracurriculars, internships, and grad school in these areas. Moderated by Isabella Simonetti of the Wall Street Journal, the conversation will feature past winners of the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize: Maddie Ngo of The New York Times, Ashley Parker of The Washington Post, and Jason Schwartz of Sports Illustrated. For more info about the prize and a full list of winners, visit the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize page.
ASHLEY PARKER is Senior National Political Correspondent for The Washington Post. She covered all four years of the Trump presidency, as well as his 2016 campaign, and served as the White House Bureau Chief under President Biden. Parker is also a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. She was part of The Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2018, for their coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. And she was part of The Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2022, for their coverage of the causes, costs and aftermath of the Jan. 6.
JASON SCHWARTZ is the senior editor for investigations and enterprise at Sports Illustrated. Previously, he worked as a media reporter for POLITICO, a senior editor for ESPN The Magazine and in ESPN’s Outside the Lines investigative unit, and as an editor and writer for Boston magazine. His writing has also appeared in Grantland, Slate, and the Boston Globe, among other places.
ISABELLA SIMONETTI is a media reporter at The Wall Street Journal where she covers cable news, streaming and sports media. She joined The Journal from The New York Times where she was the David Carr Fellow in Business Reporting. At The Times, Isabella covered breaking business economics news and wrote a number of enterprise stories on topics ranging from media to personal finance. Over the course of her fellowship, she wrote half a dozen stories for the front page of The Times Previously, Isabella was a media reporter at the New York Observer. Isabella is originally from New York City and is a 2021 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, she served as president of The Daily Pennsylvanian.