The Media Resilience Network

Building a Culture of Care for Journalists

We officially launched the Media Resilience Network, and we’re still holding the energy from that room. We are so grateful to the Miami Foundation for their generous hosting.

Twenty-five people joined us to mark this beginning — a gathering that reflected the breath and diversity of the U.S. media ecosystem. Journalists, editors, media leaders, and advocates showed up with intention, curiosity, and care. We know how much effort it takes to step away from relentless news cycles and heavy workloads, and we’re deeply grateful to everyone who made the time to be there.

This wasn’t just an event. It was a conversation. We listened. We reflected. We asked hard questions about what it truly takes to sustain journalists in a moment when the pressures on our field are not only professional, but deeply personal. There was honesty in the room. There was vulnerability. There was also laughter — the kind that reminds us that connection and community are essential forms of resilience, too.

Our panelists Jacqueline Charles, César Miguel Rondón, Tre’vell Anderson, José Zamora, and Samantha Ragland helped set the tone with their openness and sincerity, sharing what it really means to carry the weight of this work over time. Together, we began laying stepping stones toward new journalistic spaces — ones where care and wellbeing are recognized not as luxuries, but as necessary infrastructure.

Because the truth is clear: U.S. journalists need support, and they need it now. Too many are navigating burnout, trauma, financial instability, and isolation without systems designed to hold them. Media Resilience Network exists to help change that.

We are here to serve the U.S. journalism community — especially those who have been historically underserved and underrepresented. Our model is rooted in cultural competence, community partnership, and the belief that resilience grows through connection, not endurance alone.

If you joined us at the launch, thank you for being part of this beginning. If you’re just learning about us now, we invite you to be part of what comes next.

Please share our work with your colleagues, your networks, and the journalists in your life. Help us spread the word as we work to move our field from a culture of endurance to a culture of care.

This is just the start — and we’re ready!