Distinguished Journalist in Residence at @PSR_Memphis, @Report4America corps member | Southerner except @Mizzou | #Habesha🇪🇹
Memphis, TN
Joined September 2010
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Just after attending #AEJMC24 panel "Studying the Past through Modern Podcasting," I found out "Civil Wrongs: The Memphis Massacre" that was produced by my students in spring 2023 is a finalist for Online News Association Student Journalism Award! #OJA24 awards.journalists.org/2024/…
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Outrageous, heartbreaking and maddening reporting by @cassandrajar on the "horrific" preventable death of Josseli Barnica. An absolute must read. propublica.org/article/josse…
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New: Guns haunted two friends’ childhoods. Now they navigate a world awash in them.
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From a pool of 931 applications whittled down to 205! Incredibly excited for the impact that will be produced at @psr_memphis because of this grant.
We’re thrilled today to receive funding from Press Forward, the nationwide movement strengthening communities through local news! 205 newsrooms across the U.S. are sharing $20M to help cover communities that have traditionally gone uncovered: pressforward.news/grantees #PressForward
MATA's proposed cuts to bus routes will leave people stranded // via @psr_memphis' Erika Konig psrmemphis.org/bus-riders-sa…
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Three former Memphis police officers have been found guilty of various charges in the Tyre Nichols trial. Only Demetrius Haley was guilty of civil rights violations, but a lesser charge that said the force didn’t result in Nichols’ death. commercialappeal.com/story/n…
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Super excited to announce that Civil Wrongs Season 4 is now live! I had so much fun last semester working on this project, and I'm so glad I finally get to share it.
psrmemphis.org/civil-wrongs-… @psr_memphis #Elaine #TheElaineMassacre1919
On this day in 1919, Black farmers in eastern Arkansas gathered for a union meeting that they knew was a threat to power structures looking to maintain racial hierarchy and cheap labor. Two law enforcement officers showed up and a shootout left one of them dead.
What happened next ballooned into one of the deadliest race massacres in American history that is not widely known. Descendants of victims and survivors say the massacre’s effect is still felt in Elaine, Arkansas.
Listen to the newly released season of Civil Wrongs to learn more.
psrmemphis.org/civil-wrongs-…
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Our @Report4America program’s recent reporting project, “Agents of Change" includes stories from:
@kebedefaith of @psr_memphis
@GabriellaPaul8 of @WUSF
@BriHatch1 of @WYPR
@LucilleLannigan of @Albany_Herald
@civillalonga of @Record_Journal
🗞️ 👇
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I have enjoyed getting to know the folks at Weakley County Reconciliation Project and the ups and downs of this really important work. This story is a collaboration with @Report4America
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'My family died in front of my eyes’: Harrowing tales from a Myanmar massacre bbc.in/4dSboaH
Remember when M&Ms slogan was “melt in your mouth, not in your hands” when *everyone* knew they melt in your hands? Wild times.
So excited about @psr_memphis grant from @ScrippsHowardFd to start an open-source investigative reporting program at @MemphisJRSM! If you’re at #AEJMC24, find me to talk about our upcoming visual investigations position editorandpublisher.com/stori…
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As one of the few Black journalists at Civic News Company, it feels demoralizing to work at a place where there is a clear mismatch between value & practice.
The only people that have my back is my union b/c they always fight for me and the contract proposals prove it. #1u
I’m no longer there but as a founding member of this union, I know how important it is to make sure workers’ concerns are heard in management decisions. Cheering on my @civicnewsguild colleagues in their pursuit of a new contract (and their demands are super reasonable too!)
