RSC Grad Natoria Carey Will Talk About Work at The Times and Overcoming Self-Doubt to Build Dream Career

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As operations manager for The New York Times’ Politics and Metro desks, Russell Sage College graduate Natoria Carey is the organizing force behind the paper’s political coverage and city-related beats. 

That means anything related to logistics falls on her plate, from budgets and timecards, to making sure the 30-plus journalists on her teams are safe and accounted for, to overseeing the buildout of The Times’ onsite newsrooms for the Republican and Democratic parties’ 2024 national conventions. 

On March 3 at 6 p.m., she’ll offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her work at The Times and share how RSC prepared her for it during a talk at Bush Memorial on the college’s Troy campus. 

Carey, who entered Russell Sage with the Class of 2014 and finished her bachelor’s degree in English, Writing, and Culture in 2021, will also share her experiences with the performance, financial, and social pressures that are familiar to many college students and young professionals. She will talk about building personal resilience and a mentor’s exceptional generosity, which helped her overcome self-doubt, complete her bachelor’s degree, and build her dream career. 

Carey’s talk, titled “The Power of Humanities in Media,” is the college’s 2025 Sherman David Spector Lecture. Saadé White, who earned a bachelor’s in Public Health from Russell Sage in 2024, will facilitate a Q&A with Carey. 

Her March 3 talk is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested; register here

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