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Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) is proud to announce a new partnership with The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University effective for the 2026 cohort – MTC’s 20th.

During a recent Media Transformation Challenge virtual workshop, MTC Coach Stéphane Mayoux and 2019 MTC Alumni, Interim Executive Director of the Northwestern Medill Local News Initiative, and co-author of the State of Local News Project, Mackenzie Warren, explored a surprising insight emerging from the report: sometimes a news organization’s most powerful resource is not something it has, but something it doesn’t.

When Rupa Jha joined the Media Transformation Challenge at the height of COVID in 2021, she was logging on from Delhi at three in the morning. Still, she insists it never felt like a burden. “It was an oasis,” she said.

LONDON – Reuters’ Jane Barrett joined MTC months after confronting a newsroom-wide disconnect during the 2015 migrant-caravan story: text editors, photographers and videographers were working in silos.

Dozens of European MTC alumni and select journalism leaders from Reuters, The Associated Press, BBC News, Financial Times, News Corps, Zetland, Tamedia, and more, came together from across the European journalism ecosystem for the Media Transformation Challenge London Leadership Forum — a 24-hour intensive designed to reconnect, re-learn, and re-ignite the core adaptive tools that have shaped MTC leaders for nearly two decades.

The Media Transformation Challenge Class of 2025 gathered in New York City for four packed days of core concept deep dives, meaningful conversations, hands-on collaboration, and inspiring site visits.

In an industry where disruption is the norm and resources are tight, there’s rarely time for perfect. That’s why Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) fellows are embracing a mindset of experimentation known simply as “Design/Do.” More than a strategy, it’s a discipline—one that empowers newsroom leaders to turn bold ideas into measurable outcomes.

On the eve of receiving the National Association of Black Journalists’ Ida B. Wells Award, Two-time MTC Fellow and current MTC Coach, Amanda Barrett, Vice President of News, Standards and Inclusion at The Associated Press, sat down to reflect on her journey.

A core tool of the Media Transformation Challenge, RAOOI offers newsroom leaders a framework to connect their daily activities to their long-term goals.

As Managing Editor of Axios Local and a former CNN producer, Delano Massey’s been at the helm of some of the most dynamic shifts in journalism. But it was a personal and professional crossroads that led him to the Media Transformation Challenge (MTC).