Danny McArthur is the community voices reporter for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, Mississippi. She writes about social issues and nonprofits. In her first year at the Daily Journal, she received the third place award for general news story from the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors and second place for general…
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“The Legacy of Ida B. Wells: A Conversation with the Co-Founders of the Society” Recap
In honor of Black History Month and its fifth anniversary, the Ida B. Wells Society hosted a special evening with co-founders Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ron Nixon and Topher Sanders reflecting on the lasting legacy of the organization’s namesake. The discussion, held Feb. 23, focused on what it means to have Wells as the Society’s namesake and…
February 2022 Membership Spotlight: Jonathan Custodio
Jonathan Custodio is a fellow for POLITICO based in Washington, D.C. He was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, and enjoys playing chess and proudly indulging in his Dominican heritage with some pastelitos, bachata, and merengue. Where is your work featured/what organizations are you affiliated with? In addition to POLITICO, my reporting has been…
The Society announces summer 2022 investigative internship partners
UPDATE: The application deadline for this program has been extended until March 12. The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting is excited to announce the expansion of its investigative internship program this summer, offering watchdog journalism skills-building with some of the country’s top newsrooms. This year’s internship program has expanded to include 10 internships…
The Ida B. Wells Society Partners with The Diversity Pledge Institute
The Ida B. Wells Society is teaming up with The Diversity Pledge Institute in a new effort to create a sustainable model of recruitment and retention of diverse talent in investigative reporting. The Diversity Pledge Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to research, analysis and education related to diversity in journalism with a goal of solving the…
Q&A with Sisi Wei
Sisi Wei is the Co-Executive Director at OpenNews, where she envisions and executes transformative initiatives for journalism, especially for journalists of color and local journalists. As part of her work, Sisi founded the DEI Coalition For Anti-Racist, Equitable, And Just Newsrooms in 2020, and led more than 100 members of the journalism community in co-creating…
Recap: Fall workshops with Riverside High
In September of last year, the Ida B. Wells Society launched a year-long partnership with Riverside High School’s journalism class taught by Bryan Christopher. The project, funded by a grant provided by Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand, allows for a class of 33 students to get hands-on experience in investigative journalism by working with two local reporters…
December 2021 Member Spotlight: Roxanne Scott
Roxanne Scott lives in Queens, NY and is an audio producer at Futuro Media. Before that, she was a public radio reporter for more than five years. She’s produced stories on everything from bourbon to e-scooters to immigration detention centers. In her spare time she likes to read, visit different neighborhoods and sew. Where is…
Miami Herald and Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting announce year-long investigative fellowship
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting has partnered with the Miami Herald to launch its second newsroom partnership program to recruit and retain more experienced journalists of color into investigative reporting. The Herald is currently seeking a seasoned journalist to join their storied investigative news team. The position is funded by the Society,…
Ida B. Wells Society 2021 Workshop Recap
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…
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