Transitioning from Academia to Journalism

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Exploring the speaker's journey of shifting from academia to journalism, fueled by a passion for storytelling and media creation. They discuss the impact of working in a youth newsroom predominantly composed of young people of color, queer youth, and system-engaged youth, emphasizing the power of diverse voices in shaping conversations and storytelling.

Lissa Soep is an audio producer, editor and author whose latest book is Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End.

“I am so keenly aware of how much my own voice is a product of editing relationships and co-producing relationships with other people's words. … I will forever feel indebted to those then young people who are now writers and educators and therapists. … I feel like my voice is sort of a product of that time.”

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