![]() ![]() ![]() Cole, Cole world, yeah Let me take y’all back, man As I do so well Wasn’t nothin’ like that Man, it wasn’t nothin’ like that first time, she was in my math class Long hair, brown skin with a fat ass Sat beside me, used to laugh, had mad jokes The teacher always got mad so we passed notes It started off so innocent She had a vibe and a nigga started diggin’ it I was a youngin, straight crushin’, tryna play the shit cool But a nigga couldn’t wait to get to school ‘Cause when I seen them thighs on her And them hips on her and them lips on her Got me daydreamin’, man, what I’m thinkin’ how she rides on it, if she sits on it, if she licks on it Make it hard for me to stand up As time goes by, attractions gettin’ deep and Wet dreamin’, thinkin’ that I’m smashin’ but I’m sleepin’ I want it bad, and I ain’t never been obsessed before She wrote a note that said, “You ever had sex before?” Damn… And I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, nooo I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, no And I ain’t never did this before, no I wrote back and said “Of course I had sex before,” knowin’ I was frontin’ I said, “I’m like a pro, baby,” knowin’ I was stuntin’ But if I told the truth, I knew that I’d get played out, son Hadn’t been in pussy since the day I came out one But she don’t know that, so she done wrote back and told me “Oh, you a pro, homie? Well, I want you to show me My mama gone for the weekend So Saturday, baby, we can get to freakin’.” That’s when my heart start racin’ and my body start sweatin’ Baby, you done woke my lil’ man up I’m thinkin’ how that body look naked when you layin’ on the bed Teacher, please, don’t make me stand up I wrote back like, “Yeah, baby, sound like a plan.
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Mel: Mitra, you were at CNN during your time in MTC. ![]() And our business partnership was one of the most affirming, life-sustaining aspects of COVID. I remember one of our meetings with Doug and I was like, “I don’t know her! And I’m a little nervous about going into business together.” But I’ll tell you, we started this business in January of 2021, still in the depths of COVID. But when you go into business with someone, it’s like getting married. I emerged out of that first week three feet taller. I was just grinding it out, head down, trying to survive. Not to be dramatic, but what MTC did for me at that moment was that it put me in an environment of high-achieving, amazing people in the media world who looked at what WURD was doing - what I was doing - and were excited and almost reverent. And then (executive director) Charlie (Baum) or (founder) Doug (Smith) calls me and says, “Hey, do you want to be in this program?” And I was like, “What? And Knight’s going to pay for it?” I talked to Charlie, and we bonded. Out of the blue I received an email from LaSharah Bunting, who was at Knight at the time, inviting me to apply to MTC. I couldn’t see doing the hard work at WURD for much longer because I was so burnt out. And to be frank, right before MTC, I was on the precipice. It was special.įor me personally, I was going through a lot that year. ![]() Sara: I don’t remember that breakout, but I do remember that first week. In that first breakout session, I remember vividly being like, “Oh, wow, this woman.” The thing about MTC is that you don’t meet people like, “Do you have siblings? Are you married? Do you have a dog?” You meet them like, “What are you all about? What are you trying to do?” That’s where Sara impressed me. ![]() But it feels like that’s overstating “meeting” because we got close at MTC. Mitra : We actually met in Phoenix at Google Newsgeist. Mel: You two first met during MTC, correct? Related training: Apply for the 2022 Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Program In this conversation, edited for length and clarity, we talk about the value of connecting at MTC, why they chose a for-profit business model for a mission-driven company and how all news organizations must redefine their value to the audience. Initial funding for URL Media comes from sponsorships, ads, paid partnerships and grants, with some big name supporters like Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation. WURD and Epicenter-NYC are network members, along with Documented, Scalawag, the Haitian Times, TBN24, ScrollStack, palabra and Sahan Journal. Shortly afterward, Kalita and Lomax-Reese launched URL Media, a network to share money, resources and power with Black and Brown-owned media outlets. Lomax-Reese was the president and CEO of WURD Radio, a Black talk radio station in Philadelphia.īy the end of 2020, Kalita announced she was changing her career path to focus on community media ventures, starting with her newsletter Epicenter-NYC. At the time, Kalita was senior vice president of CNN Digital. The two women connected during the yearlong Media Transformation Challenge Program, which moved to Poynter in early 2020 (it was formerly operated as the Punch Sulzberger Program at Columbia). Today, Kalita and Lomax-Reese are business partners, an intense relationship they compare to marriage and an experience that they both describe as transformative. Something - perhaps the presence of other people of color in a largely white space, perhaps the shared passion for disruption - drew them together. ![]() The other was at an emotional fork in the road. Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese found themselves in the right place at the right time. ![]()
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