Careers in Journalism and New Media Alumni Panel
Hoping to work in journalism, media, or publishing after college? The annual Careers in Journalism and New Media alumni panel — co-sponsored by the Daily Pennsylvanian and the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize — focuses on how you can prepare for first jobs and careers in print, broadcast and online media, publishing, and related fields, as well as how to make decisions about extracurriculars, internships, and grad school in these areas. The conversation will feature past winners of the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize. For more info about the prize and a full list of winners, visit the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize page.
Matt Flegenheimer (C'11) is a correspondent at the New York Times, focused on long-form profiles of political figures and other subjects for the paper and the magazine. He has been at the Times since 2011.
Jessica Goodman (C'12) is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish They Were Us , They’ll Never Catch Us , and The Counselors. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost , and her work has been published in outlets like Glamour, Condé Nast Traveler, The Cut, Elle, Bustle, and Marie Claire.
Joel Siegel (C'79) is the Managing Editor of the Spectrum News Washington bureau, supervising 10 reporters who cover Congress, the White House and breaking news in Washington for Spectrum News channels across the U.S. Before that he was the Managing Editor at NY1 News, the Managing Editor/Politics at the N.Y. Daily News and a Senior Editor, Head Writer and Producer on the ABC News programs “World News Tonight” and “Weekend World News.” He also worked as the Senior Political Correspondent of the N.Y. Daily News, and as a Reporter and Editor with The Associated Press in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Trenton. He has written for “New York” and other magazines, and is the recipient of one Edward R. Murrow, three Emmy and four Writers Guild of America awards.
Isabella Simonetti (C'21) is the David Carr fellow in business reporting at The New York Times. Previously, she was a media reporter at Observer where she covered technology and social media and launched her own newsletter on the business of the creator economy. She has interned at publications including Bloomberg News, Vox, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Post. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021 and served as president of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Stephen Fried (C'79) is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author who teaches at Penn and Columbia. He is the author of six nonfiction books, including the acclaimed biographies RUSH: Revolution, Madness and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (a finalist for the 2019 George Washington Book Prize), Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West—One Meal at a Time, and Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia, and co-author with Patrick Kennedy of A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction. A two-time winner of the National Magazine Award, Fried has been a staff writer at Vanity Fair, GQ, Glamour, and Philadelphia Magazine.