Virtual Meeting with the Google News Lab's teaching fellows
Join four of Google News Lab's teaching fellows from around the globe, as they highlight great journalism from their regions. They'll discuss what Google tools were used in creating the stories, and will preview the upcoming sessions Google News Lab will provide for the Foreign Press Correspondents Association. You'll gain inspiration and a deeper understanding of what's possible in your daily work.
WHEN: TUESDAY, JULY 13 at 9 AM EDT | CLICK HERE TO REQUEST RSVP
SPEAKER BIOS:
Mary Nahorniak is Google News Lab’s U.S. teaching fellow, focused on collaborating with journalists and entrepreneurs to drive innovation in news. She was previously part of USA TODAY’s leadership team as the director of audience, responsible for the organization’s digital platforms and a 24/7 team of nearly 30 editors. Mary was one of the first journalists pioneering how newsrooms can directly connect with audiences through social platforms, beginning at The Baltimore Sun in the mid-2000s. She’s also an ACC-certified leadership coach and has helped clients at ESPN, Harvard Business Review and the U.S. Department of Justice define and realize their goals.
Trinna Leong is Google News Lab's first Southeast Asia teaching fellow. A former correspondent covering the triple beat of politics, economy and general news, her work over the past decade has appeared in Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal and The Straits Times. In her role at Google, she is running newsroom training across an incredibly diverse market spanning different cultures and languages.
Loes Witschge is a journalist based in the Netherlands. Before joining Google as a teaching fellow for Northern Europe, she worked as a fact-checking journalist for Agence France-Presse, verifying potential misinformation making the rounds on social media. As an online producer at Al Jazeera English's Doha headquarters, she covered stories including Nicaragua's protests and the effects of climate change on Fijian villages. Before that, she worked as head of digital for the UK-based Slow Journalism magazine Delayed Gratification.
José Heinz is Google News Lab's Latin America teaching fellow, based in Córdoba, Argentina. Previously, he worked as a writer and editor for the newspaper La Voz del Interior and has been featured in such publications as Anfibia, Rolling Stone Argentina, L'Officiel, Caja Negra, El Replicante and Deodoro, among others. He also teaches journalism and creative writing at a university in Córdoba.
