MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | Memphis, Tennessee
WEBA nonprofit news outlet focusing on the intersection of poverty, power and policy, examining the systems that make it hard for workers to make ends meet.
About - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBMLK50: Justice Through Journalism follows the standards set by the Institute for Nonprofit News, including disclosing our largest donors.
Meet the MLK50 team - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBAdrienne Johnson Martin, Executive Editor: Adrienne Johnson Martin is the first executive editor for MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. She is the former managing editor of Duke Magazine, Duke University’s alumni publication. Martin spent five years as a copy editor and writer at the Los Angeles Times, where she was part of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning team for spot news for coverage of ...
It’s been 4 years since MLK50 was born; lessons from the founder …
WEBApr 4, 2021 · What the MLK50: Justice Through Journalism team has accomplished since April 4, 2017, has exceeded my wildest imagination.
- MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBMLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a different kind of newsroom. Our nonprofit news outlet in Memphis focuses on the intersection of poverty, power and policy. We examine the systems that make it hard for workers to make ends meet and interrogate those who profit from the status quo.
To the Harvard professor who said MLK50 wasn’t 'viable': Look at …
WEBApr 4, 2022 · As MLK50 celebrates its fifth birthday, its founder Wendi C. Thomas reflects on the journey from idea to award-winning newsroom.
MLK50’s Byhalia Pipeline stories win national award for …
WEBOct 14, 2021 · The national award “honors reporting that brought new understanding to an issue or topic affecting people or communities that are historically underrepresented, disadvantaged or marginalized, resulting in impactful change."
‘Memphis Seven’ members are still at work and still fighting for …
WEB2 days ago · The company has spent, perhaps, millions of dollars in legal fees to prove they shouldn’t have been reinstated. But if Starbucks’s goal was to break the union members or force them out, their efforts have backfired. Sanchez, a shift supervisor, and three other members of the Memphis Seven still work at Starbucks. The workers who remain at Starbucks sense their employer wishes they would ...
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From the editor Archives - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBNov 29, 2023 · We believe in the big ideas at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. We have a vision of a city, of a nation, where everyone has enough resources to thrive. This publication is pro-choice. We are pro-democracy. But we understand, as someone wise once said, you can’t eat democracy. That’s why we are, like our namesake, also […]
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