The Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) has announced the 32 senior executives selected for its 2025 MTC Program: A Poynter Institute Executive Fellowship.
Since 2007, 400 senior media executives have realized critical performance results, built lifelong career skills and relationships, and made major contributions to industry transformation through this yearlong program.
Fellows learn and apply MTC’s well-known tools of performance-driven change, have yearlong access to a full slate of diverse executive coaches — Amanda Barrett, Lauren Gustus, Stephane Mayoux, Fran Scarlett, and Danyelle White — and will connect with a world-class set of MTC Alumni who share common language and program experiences.
The 2025 fellows are a rich blend of some of the largest media brands in the world, cutting-edge nonprofits and media network support organizations.
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One fellow is our very own Alex Sanz. As the deputy managing editor and politics director, Sanz oversaw a major expansion of the paper’s politics franchise. He also provides overall leadership and oversight to the politics teams, oversees the editorial strategy for state and national political coverage, and works with senior editorial leaders to develop the AJC’s video, podcast, newsletter and live events strategies.
“Thanks to very strong funder support and the well-known accomplishments of our alumni network, the 2025 class is our largest since our founding in 2007,” MTC Executive Director Charlie Baum said. “It’s remarkably diverse — both in the kinds of organizations and business models represented, as well as the Fellows themselves, including three veterans.”
Fellows kicked off the MTC program during an in-person session at the Poynter Institute today.
Throughout the program, fellows will identify and pursue their most significant business performance challenges with help from MTC’s trademark tools, concepts, coaches, peer group and alumni network. In years past, the program has focused on helping newer enterprises produce quality journalism to deliver audience impact, build capacity and gain financial strength; innovating new business models, service offerings and digital ventures; delivering more powerful audience-focused experiences and outcomes through integrating efforts across internal operations; and strengthening relationships and building audiences across fault lines of race and class.
Several fellows and the overall program are supported through the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Google News Initiative, the Asian American Journalists Association, and the family of Jeff Chambers and Andrea Okamura.
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