Last week I shared an excerpt from our new URHired video series, where Chief of Recruitment and Workforce Development Leonor Ayala Polley and I, share insights on the workplace and hiring. Last week’s question: is Gen Z ready for the workplace?

We always want to bring you additional perspectives in the newsletter, so I asked Trans Journalists Association Executive Director Tre’vell Anderson for their thoughts and approach as a hiring manager.

“I think what most people term as Gen Z’s lack of workplace readiness is as much a comment on most workplaces as it is on younger people,” they said. “As I build my team, I’m not interested in reproducing the same workplace culture I’ve spent my entire career challenging and resisting.”

So then, what can workplace culture look like?

“My Black trans imagination has always offered many other possibilities for how to think about ‘professionalism’ and authenticity in the workplace, and every generation can benefit from that because of the ways our collective humanity is centered,” Tre’vell said.

We’re hoping to delve deeper into this topic at a 2027 South by Southwest panel, along with Trans Journalists Association Executive Director Tre’vell Anderson. But we need your help — vote for our panel: Breaking the Code(Switch): Is the Workplace Ready? — now through Aug. 23.

Job Board

URL Media is recruiting for or supporting recruitment of these open roles and opportunities. Contact sonali@url-media.com if you’re interested in learning more about any of them.

Position: Executive Director
Company: National Association of Hispanic Publications
Compensation: $180,000
Location: Remote

Position: News Director
Company: KUNC
Compensation: $100,000 – $120,000
Location: Greeley/Fort Collins, CO

Position: Senior Director, Membership
Company: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Compensation: $130,000 – $150,000
Location: Portland, OR

Position: Director of Corporate Support
Company: All Classical Radio
Compensation: $130,000 – $160,000 OTE
Location: Portland, OR

Position: Freelance Writer, URWealth
Company: URL Media
Compensation: $3,000/month
Location: Remote

URL NETWORK JOBS
The following are opportunities with URL Partners & friends of URL. We encourage you to apply directly!
Position: Content Director
Company: Pulso
Compensation: $90,000 – $125,000
Location: Remote

Position: Development Associate
Company: Baltimore Beat
Compensation: $30/day, 30 hours/week
Location: Baltimore, MD

Position: Development Officer
Company: Capital B
Compensation: $70,000 – $80,000
Location: Remote

Position: Augusta Editor
Company: Capital B
Compensation: $90,000 – $110,000
Location: Augusta, GA

Position: Caribbean Community Correspondent
Company: Documented
Compensation: $30/hour, 20 hours/week
Location: New York, NY

Position: Media Sales Account Executive
Company: WURD Radio
Compensation: Dependent on experience
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Position: Technical Producer
Company: WURD Radio
Compensation: Dependent on experience
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Sonali Kohli is the Director of Recruitment & Workforce Development at URL Media, where she works with newsrooms and media-adjacent organizations that want to find fantastic candidates and treat them well. She has worked at newspapers, digital startups, and online news organizations as a reporter, editor, and mentor to new talent.