Jay Newton-Small

Experience

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  Bloomberg

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Reporter
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  Time Magazine

  Jun 2007 - Feb 2017

  Correspondent

  Jay Newton-Small is Washington correspondent for TIME and the author of Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works. She writes about everything from Washington politics to foreign policy and national trends. She has covered stories on five continents for TIME from conflicts in the Middle East to the earthquake in Haiti to the Scottish independence movement and the Charlie Hebdo and November 2015 terror attacks in Paris. She has written more than half a dozen TIME cover stories and contributed to dozens of others. She has interviewed numerous heads of state, including Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, as well as senators, governors and foreign dignitaries. Show less

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  MemoryWell

  Feb 2017 - Feb 2024

  Founder

  MemoryWell is a digital platform for elder storytelling. Our network of more than 500 professional writers works with families, senior living communities and home care providers to replace burdensome intake questionnaires with brief, intimate stories. MemoryWell's portraits build empathy and are poignant keepsakes for families. MemoryWell grew out of our founder Jay Newton-Small's experience with her father, who was living with Alzheimer's disease. When Jay moved him into a senior living community, she was asked to fill out a long, generic questionnaire about his life. This made no sense to her: who would remember pages of hand-written data points for 150+ residents? Instead, as a longtime journalist she wrote his story for his caregivers and it transformed his life. The stories we create are available on our digital platform for families to share and add to, and they can also be printed out to make for easy offline use. Our story has been featured in the Washington Post, CBS Evening News and on NPR, and we are telling new stories every single day. We put the person in person-centered care. Show less

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  PlanAllies™

  Sept 2022 - Aug 2024

  Chief Executive Officer
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  Storify Strategies

  Aug 2024 - now

  Consultant
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  The Albuquerque Journal

  Oct 2024 - now

  Executive Editor