Despite a second year of the pandemic – and with it more social distancing and little to no gathering – the Society had an unprecedented year of connecting with our 6,000-plus members through a record number of workshops. In 2021, we hosted over 30 workshops with more than 1,000 participants. The majority of the workshops were for the Society’s general membership, but also included even more trainings that were exclusively for minority-led organizations and newsrooms, students from Riverside High School and our summer 2021 investigative interns. Members Choice series: "Steps to Organize Your Story" workshop with Nicole Carr of ProPublica...

Kamesha Laurry is a legal fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a nonprofit legal services organization located in Washington, D.C. Before joining the Reporters Committee, she worked as a student attorney at the Wrongful Convictions of Youth Clinic and the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic. Kamesha also previously worked as a certified mediator, assisting parties in negotiating settlements to legal disputes. Where is your work featured/what organizations are you affiliated with? I am the first Borealis Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Legal Fellow at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — a nonprofit organization that...

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and Ida B. Wells Society co-founder Nikole Hannah-Jones has released two books that further expand on the New York Times essays of her acclaimed 1619 Project. Hannah-Jones marked the official launch of both books with star-studded celebrations at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the legendary Apollo Theater. In the first book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Hannah-Jones elaborates on the specific depiction of how the authentic history of slavery has inherently impacted America today. Her second book, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, is geared towards a younger audience. The 1619 Project:...