Todd Olmstead
Studio 20 2011
Job: Senior Audience Editor at The Wall Street Journal
Location: London, U.K.
Hometown: West Hartford, CT
What I Do Now
I help run our social media and audience engagement strategy.
Before Studio 20
I worked for an independent music festival in Iowa City, where I did a variety of jobs, such as bartender, barista, and substitute teacher to support myself.
During Studio 20, I worked directly with…
Mashable, ProPublica
Final Project Partner
Mashable
Problem I helped solve…
I focused on how to improve engagement by optimizing quality contributions in the comments section.
Professional hops since graduating…
I went from Studio 20 to Mashable where I worked on the community engagement team. After about 2 years, I jumped to the Wall Street Journal.
Why Studio 20
Studio 20 gave me the skills to succeed in a competitive digital media market. But more than that, it helped me understand how to navigate this world from a professional standpoint. Come out of grad school understanding what it takes to work with a variety of different people across newsrooms was immensely valuable.