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โญ 4.5/5 NPA-rated session ยท 2026 INMA World Congress

Sruthi Gottipati, founder and publisher of Spot On.

What we help solve

Clarify the strategy

Define the audience promise, editorial territory and platform role before more time is spent executing the wrong plan.

Build formats people choose

Turn reporting, expertise or mission-driven work into repeatable, platform-native formats people choose to watch, share and return to.

Make the model viable

Align team structure, investment and revenue choices so audience growth strengthens the organisation.

Ways to work

Create clarity and momentum around a real strategic question โ€” not generate a long report that sits unused.

Best starting point

Advisory session

A focused 90-minute working session for one priority decision. Bring three to five questions and the relevant context; leave with sharper options, clearer risks and practical next steps.

For teams that need alignment

Team workshop

A practical session for editorial, audience, product or leadership teams building usable approaches to social-native storytelling and young-audience growth.

For major decisions

Strategy day

A deeper working day for senior teams making a consequential shift: a new editorial product, vertical, platform plan, audience strategy or creator model.

EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE ADVICE

Sruthi Gottipati is the founder and publisher of Spot On.

She's previously launched and scaled social-first media businesses in India and North America and brings expertise in digital transformation, revenue strategy and newsroom innovation.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ BuiltSpot On ยท Brut India

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Advisory BoardWAN-IFRA Future Audiences ยท FT Strategies / Google News Initiative

๐ŸŽ“ Taught atSciences Po Paris

๐ŸŽค Spoken atWAN-IFRA World News Media Congress ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท International Journalism Festival ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น INMA World Congress of News Media ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Trust Conference ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น

๐ŸŽฅ HostedDocumentary series on young people across China, India and Indonesia

โœ๏ธ Reported forReuters ยท The New York Times

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