Balancing Work and Life: Journalist Karen Yi on Setting Boundaries in Media

About this episode

Karen Yi discusses the importance of setting boundaries in journalism and how motherhood has influenced her career.

Gift: Subscribe to Fran's newsletter and receive a FREE Toolkit: Calm Your Anxiety Instantly . Designed to give you 5 tools to quickly regulate your emotions and nervous system. About: Welcome to Its Messy, But It's So Good — real stories of growth, courage, purpose, and transformation. Host Fran Medina shares tools and conversations to help you move from stress to self-trust. Each episode helps you calm your mind, find clarity, and create a life that truly feels good. Subscribe for your FREE "Calm Your Anxiety Instantly" Toolkit and start feeling more grounded and confident today. Bio: Karen Yi is a reporter with WNYC and Gothamist, currently covering homelessness and poverty. Before that, Karen covered Newark for the Star-Ledger and spent a decade working for newspapers in New Jersey and Florida. She grew up in Miami and has a dog named Cashew and a walking one year old. If you would like to read Karen's articles, click on the Gothamist link in the show notes. Podcast Highlights: Power of Local News Karen discovered how local decisions—from school board zoning directly impact daily life, shaping her focus on community reporting. Building Confidence Facing layoffs and pressure…

People in this episode

Host: Fran Medina

Guest: Karen Yi

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• journalism
• setting boundaries
• motherhood
• local news

Keywords

• work-life balance
• journalism
• boundaries
• motherhood
• local news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WNYC, Gothamist, Star-Ledger

Places: Miami

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