S. Mitra Kalita is an award-winning veteran journalist, media executive, prolific commentator, and author of two books. At the height of the pandemic, Mitra founded two media companies to ensure communities of color are served, supported, and centered: The first, Epicenter-NYC, which started as a newsletter to help New Yorkers get through Covid, is now a community journalism multiplatform 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, has written 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, just debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. Before launching her companies, Mitra served as SVP at CNN Digital, overseeing the national news, breaking news, programming, opinion, and features teams. Her media background also spans the LA Times, where she was managing editor, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, and the Washington Post.