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Lauren Everitt on Okta's Newsroom-Driven Content Strategy

August 12, 2025·42 min·4 clips
Lauren Everitt reveals why journalists have a natural edge in content marketing over pure marketers.
Lauren Everitt, former director of content marketing at Okta and Slack, discusses how her journalism background informs her approach to content strategy. She explains Okta's shift to a newsroom-driven model, the impact of AI on content creation, and the growing importance of video in B2B marketing.

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A focused look at Okta's newsroom effort and how it turns expertise into usable content.

Lauren Everett's conversation with Ty Magnin and Tim Mess treats content as a business function, but the episode stays grounded in something more practical: how Okta's newsroom effort uses AI, identity security, internal SMEs, threat intelligence, and customer videos to educate…

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Press play if you want a real look at Okta's newsroom-style content machine.

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