On this episode we’re joined by Kaela Roeder. Kaela is the lead reporter in Washington D.C. and Virginia for Technical dot LY, a national news organization that reports on local innovation economies in the United States, a newsroom that has done so since 2009.

Kaela has been with them for 2 years. Prior to that she’s had a few different jobs, including one as deputy editor for Street Sense Media, covering homelessness in the DC/Baltimore region and LGBTQ issues for the Washington Blade.

Kaela is a graduate of American University with a journalism degree where, among other things, she won an award for aspiring LGBTQ journalists.

Kaela explained Technical.ly’s purpose and the kind of stories she reports on. She shared how she learned on the fly so that she could cover this beat. And she detailed important things for young journalists to know as well as those she’s recently learned that help in the job.

Kaela’s salute: Street Sense Media

Kaela’s LinkedIn– https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaela-roeder/

Kaela’s Instagram– https://www.instagram.com/kaelacoverstech/

We also heard from Anita Pinto, filing her monthly update as advisor to The Gateway Times, the school newspaper at the Urban Assembly for Gateway Technology in Manhattan. This is done in conjunction with Press Pass NYC, a non-profit that helps advisors start journalism clubs and programs in schools that don’t have them.

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