MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | Memphis, Tennessee
WEBMLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power and public policy — issues about which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cared deeply.
It’s been 4 years since MLK50 was born; lessons from the founder …
WEBApr 4, 2021 — We’ve forced institutions to change policy and raise workers’ pay.We’ve increased transparency, elevated the civic conversation around wages, rattled the status quo and of course, broken news. And now, we are 4. My initial plan was for MLK50 to be a one-year project that would end April 4, 2018. The headline on our first story: “The case for justice through journalism.”
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WEBMLK50 and its journalists continue to garner recognition for work that makes a meaningful, tangible difference in people’s lives. We are – as Dr. King was – committed to economic justice both in our journalism and in our employment practices. We’re aligned with the people he would have been aligned with had he not been assassinated more ...
A bitter tax to swallow - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEB2 days ago — Send news tips, questions and story ideas to [email protected]. This story is brought to you by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit newsroom focused on poverty, power and policy in Memphis. Support independent journalism by making a tax-deductible donation today. MLK50 is also supported by these generous donors.
Meet the MLK50 team - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBEmail her at [email protected]. Wendi C. Thomas, Investigative Editor & Publisher Emerita: Wendi C. Thomas founded MLK50: Justice Through Journalism in 2017 as a one-year project that grew into a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on poverty, power and public policy in Memphis. Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50 Editor and Publisher.
Neighborhoods - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBAfter the Poor People’s Campaign faded, Memphis tenant organizers carried the torch. Where did the movement go? by Justin A. Davis. Tyre Nichols’ death began with a traffic stop. Now, organizers want to rethink public safety. by Brittany Brown.
Elections Archives - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBOct 6, 2023 — MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power and public policy — issues about which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cared deeply.
An MLK50 celebration - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBJun 14, 2022 — Adrienne Johnson Martin is executive editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Contact her at [email protected]. Tagged: Downtown from the editor hidden. Some of the MLK50: Justice Through Journalism staff, past and present, at our fifth anniversary party on June 11, 2022 at Brickwood Hall in downtown.
MLK50 receives $2M grant from Ford Foundation
WEBJan 26, 2023 — Investment allows nonprofit newsroom to create ‘even more firm foundation’. MLK50: Justice Through Journalism announced today that it has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Ford Foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression team. The investment will be used to strengthen the digital news operation’s fundraising capacity and to ...
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.
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