Journalism Archives - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Melonee Gaines

Local writer, educator joins MLK50 as audience engagement manager

by MLK50 Staff February 13, 2023August 17, 2023

She was one of the freelance journalists who helped launch MLK50: Justice Through Journalism in 2017 and now communications and outreach maven Melonee Gaines has returned to the nonprofit newsroom as its first audience engagement manager. Her first day is Feb. 13. Gaines is a writer, abolitionist educator, and co-host of two podcasts: On The […]

Lupita Parra

California-based nonprofit newsroom leader joins MLK50 as development director

by MLK50 Staff February 1, 2023May 11, 2023

MLK50 receives $2M grant from Ford Foundation

by MLK50 Staff January 26, 2023September 11, 2023

MLK50 staff takes a break until January

by MLK50 Staff December 21, 2022September 21, 2023

Now Hiring: MLK50’s first audience engagement manager

by MLK50 Staff September 20, 2022November 30, 2023

MLK50 takes break for self-care

by MLK50 Staff August 26, 2022September 21, 2023

When student loans and the housing crisis force journalists out of the business

by Wendi C. Thomas June 13, 2022September 22, 2023

To the Harvard professor who said MLK50 wasn’t ‘viable’: Look at us now

by Wendi C. Thomas April 4, 2022October 26, 2023

MLK50 receives $200,000 from Ford Foundation to expand its staff

by MLK50 Staff January 24, 2022November 30, 2023

Must-read stories from 2021 that made us proud

by MLK50 Staff December 27, 2021November 30, 2023