S. Mitra Kalita an award-winning journalist, media executive, prolific commentator, and author of two books. During the pandemic, Mitra founded two media companies to ensure communities of color are centered: Epicenter-NYC, which started as a newsletter to help New Yorkers navigate Covid and is now a multiplatform community journalism company, and URL Media, a growing network of Black and Brown owned media organizations that share content, distribution, and revenues to increase their long-term viability. She’s on the board of the Philadelphia Inquirer, penned a regular workplace column for Time/Charter, was a consultant for season 3 of The Morning Show on Apple TV, and is a co-producer on the documentary, Vice is Broke. Mitra served as CNN Digital’s SVP, overseeing the national news, breaking news, programming, opinion, and features teams. Her background also spans the LA Times, where she was managing editor, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and the Washington Post.