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When her social activities came grinding to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, 16-year-old Plantation resident Halima Attah, like many teens, began to rely primarily on technology to communicate with her peers. But Attah wasn’t posting TikTok videos or pictures of her Starbucks order on Instagram.
Before anything else, Brooke Henderson is a woman of and for her community. Her latest article published by City Limits and titled “He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus,” details the story of Robert Lind, a 73-year-old man battling prostate cancer who has been incarcerated for decades at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York. Gov.
The seven Ida B. Wells Scholars are forging careers in the spirit of the late 19th century journalist and civil rights activist who battled sexism, racism, and violence throughout her lifetime. They have come from as far as California, Mississippi, and Florida and as close as Brooklyn and Maryland to study in the media capital of the world and to deliver accurate, informative and fearless journalism on subjects as diverse as women of color in venture capital, the connection between sports and business, and the black diaspora in New York.
PRINCETON, N.J. – Seventy-eight undergraduate and graduate students were selected to participate this summer as data and digital journalists, business reporters and multiplatform editors in internships at media organizations through the Dow Jones News Fund.