S. Mitra Kalita Explained

S. Mitra Kalita
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Rutgers University, Columbia University
Occupation:Author, journalist, media executive
Notable Works:Suburbal Sahibs, My Two Indias
Spouse:Nitin Mukul
Children:2

S. Mitra Kalita is a journalist, media executive and author of two books. Her first book 'Suburban Sahibs' is about how immigrants redefined New Jersey and thereby America and her second book 'My two Indias' is economic memoir about Globalization.[1]

From July 2018 to 2020, she was Senior Vice President for News, Opinion and Programming at CNN Digital and was the Vice President for Programming at CNN Digital from June 2016 to July 2018.[2] She has been on the board of The Philadelphia Inquirer since November 2020.

In 2020, Kalita started Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter to help New Yorkers get through the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She is also a 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow at Harvard University,[4] and co-founder and director of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets that share content and revenue.[5] [6] [7]

Career

Mitra Kalita was the managing editor for editorial strategy at the Los Angeles Times from 2015 to 2016.[8] [9] [10]

She went on to become the executive editor (at large) at Quartz after working as the founding ideas editor there. She helped launch Quartz India and Quartz Africa. She also worked at the Wall Street Journal[11] [12] [13] [14] where she directed coverage of the great recession [15] and helped launch Livemint, a business newspaper in New Delhi, India[15] along with founding editor Raju Narisetti.

She is a co-founder of URL Media along with Sara Lomax-Reese. She also served as a story consultant on Season 3 of Apple TV's The Morning Show.

Personal life

Kalita was born in Brooklyn and was raised in Long Island, Puerto Rico, and New Jersey. She lives in Queens and has two daughters.[16]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S. Mitra Kalita – ONA Community Profile. 2021-05-14. Online News Association. en-US.
  2. Web site: Mitra Kalita leaves L.A. Times for CNN. Ken. Doctor. politico.com. 31 May 2016. December 2, 2020.
  3. News: Kalita of CNN Digital to join Philadelphia Inquirer board of directors. Erin. Arvedlund. The Philadelphia Inquirer. inquirer.com. 19 October 2020. December 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: Nieman Foundation announces the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows. nieman.harvard.edu. 1 December 2020. December 2, 2020.
  5. Web site: In an unusual alliance, Jewish media and striking journalists are uniting to cover the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial . May 2023 .
  6. Web site: Women making history: 10 trailblazing leaders in local media . 29 March 2022 .
  7. Web site: Women to Watch: Our 2021 Year in Review .
  8. Web site: L.A. Times expands leadership, adds Mitra Kalita as M.E.. Deirdre. Edgar. Los Angeles Times. 18 March 2015. December 2, 2020.
  9. Web site: Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita leaving L.A. Times. Deirdre. Edgar. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2016. December 2, 2020.
  10. Web site: The Poachables: 10 Players in Media You Must Hire. Kara. Bloomgarden-Smoke. observer.com. 16 May 2016. December 2, 2020.
  11. Web site: Americans See 18% of Wealth Vanish. S. Mitra Kalita. The Wall Street Journal. 13 March 2009. December 2, 2020.
  12. Web site: A Tale of Two School Systems. S. Mitra Kalita. The Wall Street Journal. 26 May 2009. December 2, 2020.
  13. Web site: Desis in the (White) House. S. Mitra Kalita. The Wall Street Journal. 17 November 2020. December 2, 2020.
  14. Web site: Who's an Indian anyway?. S. Mitra Kalita. The Wall Street Journal. 15 December 2009. December 2, 2020.
  15. Web site: Mitra Kalita - IWMF. 2021-05-14. www.iwmf.org.
  16. Web site: about. December 2, 2020.
  17. Web site: New Jersey Masala. John S.. Major. The New York Times. 14 December 2003. December 2, 2020.

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