About Our Guest: 

Irving Washington dedicated his career to promoting diversity and encouraging media integrity within media organizations. As a Senior Fellow at KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation), he leads a new initiative focused on identifying health misinformation to improve understanding of critical health news and research and build trust among communities. As the former CEO of the Online News Association (ONA) — the world's leading digital journalism association — Irving's leadership prioritized innovation in digital journalism. 

His commitment to representation and equity began from his impactful roles at both the National Association of Black Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Foundation. With a career spanning more than two decades at the intersection of journalism, technology, and diversity, equity and inclusion, Irving's leadership continues to play a pivotal role in shaping a more inclusive and trustworthy media and technology landscape.

About Your Host: 

Anita Zielina is the CEO and founder of Better Leaders Lab. She's also an Executive in Residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she spent the last few years leading all continuing and executive education initiatives. Anita serves as the inaugural Board Chair of News Product Alliance (NPA) and is a member of the board of directors at the Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF.

For the past 15 years, Anita held senior executive positions focused on product, strategy and innovation in various media and education organizations as Chief Product Officer, Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Director Strategic Initiatives. She has worked with around 500 managers, leaders and entrepreneurs as a consultant, coach and educator.

She holds a Master in Law from Vienna University and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. Anita is an alumna of the Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship and the Oxford Reuters Institute Fellowship. 

About Better Leaders Lab:

Better Leaders Lab is a Do and Think Tank for good leadership and smart management in media and beyond and a boutique strategic advisory firm. BLL specializes in organizational change, strategy and scenario planning, leadership development and executive recruiting research. Its goal is to empower managers, leaders and organizations in the broader media, digital & innovation space to build successful, sustainable, modern and healthy businesses.

Learn more:

https://betterleaderslab.com

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