The Ida B. Wells Society is partnering with OpenElections to support HBCU student interns this summer helping to obtain precinct-level election results and convert them into data. The interns — who each receive a $2000 stipend from the Society and OpenElections — are Jasmine Davis from Savannah State University; Kelsey Johnson and Morgan Minix at Howard University;…
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Annual $1,200 stipends go to two Howard University student journalists
The Ida B. Wells Society awards $1,200 stipends each year to two members of its chapter at Howard University. The funds support the students’ journalistic work with The Hilltop, Howard’s student newspaper. This year’s recipients are Donovan Thomas and Ahmari Anthony. Thomas, president of the Howard chapter of the Society and news editor for The…
Recorded virtual workshops for society members
Members of the Ida B. Wells Society may access recordings of recent virtual workshops via the society’s website at https://idabwellssociety.org/training/. Please share with your colleagues and in your networks who may wish to join the society and access these resources. The Society is preparing to launch our next series of virtual workshops, including a COVID-19…
Ron Nixon becomes AP’s global investigations editor
The Associated Press promoted Society co-founder Ron Nixon — acclaimed reporter, editor, data journalist and Ida B. Wells Society cofounder — to become its global investigations editor. Nixon now oversees teams of reporters around the world and helps to infuse the AP’s global news report with accountability reporting and a strong investigative ethos. Poynter’s Mark…
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells awarded 2020 Pulitzer Prizes
Ida B. Wells Society cofounder Nikole Hannah-Jones – a 2003 (M.A.) graduate and Park Fellow of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media – was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary for the The New York Times Magazine’s ‘The 1619 Project.’ Hannah-Jones was recognized “for a sweeping, deeply reported and personal essay for…
Q&A with Akilah Johnson
Akilah Johnson is a health policy reporter for ProPublica who co-presented (with Kat Stafford, national race and ethnicity reporter at the Associated Press) a virtual workshop on covering COVID-19 and race for the society’s recent workshop series. Previous to ProPublica, Johnson was a reporter for The Boston Globe and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. She shared…
Virtual workshop series sharpens reporters’ tools to cover COVID-19 disparities
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold on the United States, it became clear the virus was having disproportionate effects on communities of color in a variety of ways – from higher death rates to disparities in educational access. As journalists began to report on the issues and find ways to bring context to the numbers,…
Topher Sanders helps launch program providing gifts to journalists facing financial challenges
Ida B. Wells Society cofounder Topher Sanders of ProPublica joined fellow ProPublica reporters Robert Faturechi, Ryan Gabrielson and OpenNews program director Sisi Wei to launch Microloans for Journalists, a way for journalists to help other journalists as the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies financial strife in the industry that have personal financial consequences for individual reporters. Though…
Poynter recognizes Ron Nixon in commentary about diversity in investigative reporting
Poynter’s Mark J. Rochester highlighted the work of Ida B. Wells Society Co-Founder Ron Nixon in his recent article, “Investigative journalism, long criticized for a lack of diversity, has made significant developments since March.” “I’ve overseen investigative reporting in newsrooms from New York to California for the last 25 years. Until recently, I held out…
NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame to induct Hannah-Jones in 2020 class
The NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame will induct Nikole Hannah-Jones into its 2020 honorees April 3 at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, NC. The gala event benefits the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media in its critical role developing future leaders in our professions and includes a reception, dinner and ceremony.…
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