27 min
Dana Canedy on Goal Setting 9 to 5ish with theSkimm
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- Careers
Dana Canedy is a Pulitzer-winning reporter who’s set goals for herself since her first internship. But halfway through her career as a reporter Dana lost her fiancé, which shaped the rest of her life and her career. And Dana figured out how to keep going — becoming the first person of color, the youngest, and first female administrator of the Pulitzer Prize and the first Black person to head up a major US publishing imprint.
In this episode, Dana talks about:
How she set goals for herself early on
Switching roles throughout her career
How her personal life shaped her professional trajectory
How to recognize all your successes — even the small ones
Dana Canedy is a Pulitzer-winning reporter who’s set goals for herself since her first internship. But halfway through her career as a reporter Dana lost her fiancé, which shaped the rest of her life and her career. And Dana figured out how to keep going — becoming the first person of color, the youngest, and first female administrator of the Pulitzer Prize and the first Black person to head up a major US publishing imprint.
In this episode, Dana talks about:
How she set goals for herself early on
Switching roles throughout her career
How her personal life shaped her professional trajectory
How to recognize all your successes — even the small ones
27 min