Hosokawa Journalism Lecture

The annual Hosokawa Journalism Lecture takes place in conjunction with the Student Journalism Awards.

This year’s speaker will be Versha Sharma, editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, where she leads a team of editors, reporters, social media managers, video producers and more in covering all things fashion, politics, culture and identity for young audiences. Since joining in May 2021, she has won several leadership awards and a National Magazine Readers’ Choice Award for Best News & Politics Cover.

While previously working as the managing editor and senior correspondent at NowThis, she interviewed high-profile figures such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and covered global issues with a digital- and social-first mindset. She and her team received an Edward R. Murrow Award for their documentary work on Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico, with Sharma leading audience growth across the outlet’s social platforms.

Sharma currently serves on the boards of the Online News Association and International Women’s Media Foundation and has been interviewed by MSNBC, The New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review and more. She has continually rallied for diversified voices across the media landscape and in newsroom leadership positions and pushes the conversation forward on any and every issue affecting young people today.