Professional Development
INN From The Field: Promoting your people & reporting with Mother Jones

INN From The Field: Promoting your people & reporting with Mother Jones — October 28, 2025, 1:00 PM; location/city TBA; Professional Development. This fast-paced, hands-on, interactive session helps newsroom leaders expand reach without staff burnout, build community visibility and credibility, pitch reporting and reporters, develop media contact lists, choose when/where to pitch, and represent a trusted community voice through partnerships with local TV, radio, civic groups, universities, and more. Bring questions for real-time pitching strategies and audience insights from Mother Jones’ Sean Wherley, plus INN member local-media collaboration successes from Planet Detroit and The Maine Monitor; hosts/moderators: Sean Wherley, Director of Communications and Impact, Center for Investigative Reporting, and Sharene Azimi, Director of Communications, Institute for Nonprofit News; guests: Nina Ignaczak, Founder, Planet Detroit, and George Harvey, Digital Editor, The Maine Monitor.
Hosted with: Psychedelic Writers Guild
