Website founder for millennials of color; personal interests in culture and feminism.
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Website founder for millennials of color; personal interests in culture and feminism.
Beenish Ahmed
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- How One Country Deals With Anti-Vaxxers: Arrest Them (ThinkProgress)
- Confronting a Sexual Rite of Passage in Malawi (The Atlantic)
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Jonquilyn Hill
Jonquilyn Hill is a graduate of Howard University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Political Science. Her interest in journalism began when she started volunteering at her local public radio station her sophomore year of high school. Since, she has worked with multimedia news and television production through various blogs and internships, including the United States Senate, ABC’s “This Week,” NBC, and Fox News. She has served on the Executive Board for the Howard University Association of Black Journalists and participated in the 2013 National Association of Black Journalists North Carolina A&T Multimedia Short Course. While attending Howard she was the Multimedia Editor for TheHilltopOnline.com, and Executive Producer of Spotlight News, the university’s student-run television station. And worked at NBC News Washington as a Desk Assistant after graduation. She currently is a Washington producer for Time Warner Cable News.
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- As GOP Courts Black Voters, Is Showing Up Enough? (NBC News)
- Congress Tackles Unions in College Football (NBC News)
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Suzy Khimm
Formerly at MSNBC, The Washington Post, and Mother Jones.
I’ve also spent years reporting overseas, covering everything from war crimes and sex trafficking in Cambodia to police brutality in Brazil.
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- Austerity Deals Harsh Blow to Already Stricken Land (MSNBC)
- Occupy the Regulatory System! (The Washington Post)
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Yesha Callahan
Currently writing and pitching television series with the creator of The Daily Show.
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Sabrina Hersi Issa
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Rigoberto Hernandez
http://nprinterns.tumblr.com/
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Janessa E. Robinson
Janessa E. Robinson is a Chicago native. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication with a minor in Philosophy from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. She is a Black feminist and social justice activist. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
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- Open Letter to Kanye West: Ferguson Is Happening. Where Are You? (Huffington Post: Black Voices)
- Mass Incarceration: The Latest System Of Social Control Over Blackness (Ravishly)
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Rosi S. Phillips
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- About Me (Mibba Creative Writing)
- Books by Rosi S. Phillips (Amazon)
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
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- Washington Post: Author Archive (Washington Post)
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Jasjit Singh
executive director of SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
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- The NFL And Its Lack Of 'Sportsmanship' (Talking Points Memo)
- "Mohammed Raghead"" and Fighting the Anti-Turban Bias that Plagues Our Land of Liberty (Huffington Post)
- Robert Bergdahl's Beard Is Not the Threat (Huffington Post)
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Jasbir (Jesse) Kaur Bawa
I’m a civil rights advocate, lectures on racial profiling at Howard University’s law school, and a board member of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
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- Suspicious Citizens In The Land Of Justice And Liberty (Talking Points Memo)
- My Sexy Sikh American Valentine (The Daily Beast)
- Motherhood when your child is different (Huffington Post)
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Adriana Y Monsalve
I’m a Latin American girl. I’m Colombian. I’m black. I’m white. I’m Latina.
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Jessica Estepa
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- 'Blackfish' casts long shadow as aquarium weighs retirement for dolphins (E&E Publishing)
- NATIONAL PARKS: NPS, advocates on mission to undo ‘troubling’ lack of ethnic-minority park visitors (E&E Publishing)
- INVASIVE SPECIES:'I don't think I'm afraid of snakes anymore (E&E Publishing)
- Sean Duffy Helps Return Veteran’s Keepsake (Roll Call)
- ‘It’s Like Falling in Love’ (Roll Call)
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Tasneem Raja
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Deron Snyder
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- The Washington Times archive (Washington Times)
- News Press archive (News Press)
- The Root archive (The Root)
- USA Today archive (USA Today)
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Fabiola Ching
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- ABS's Black-ish Revolutionary-ish (Style)
- The Foreign and the Familliar (The Coalition)
- Thursdays Were Reserved for Falling In Love All Over Again (The Coalition)
- Gyrl Gaze (Polyester Magazine)
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Israel Daramola
I’m currently a freelancer and contributer to smaller blogs in the DC area. I intend to write a book of essays as well as more screenplays.
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- On Coming to Terms With the Fact that I Actually Like the New Lupe Fiasco Album (Noisey)
#Film: The Big Deal about Linklaters 12-Years-in-The-Making Drama, "Boyhood" (Obsessed)
Israel Daramola (the cakes and crown blog)
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Kalyn Banks
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Raquel Brown
I am an Alpha woman.
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Alex Laughlin
I’m half korean and half white– identify strongly as “hapa”
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Heather Barmore
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- Story archive
- Patricia Arquette wants people of color to fight for women. What have I been doing? (The Guardian)
- I Discovered I Loved Women (And Myself) At Girl Scout Camp (YourTango)
- Why Don’t My White Friends Talk About Race? Here’s What They Told Me (TueNight)
- Hi, My Name is Heather and I’m a Recovering Lobbyist (The Toast)
- Status update: Dear white people, it's OK to talk about Ferguson. Isn't it on your mind? (The Guardian)
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Briana Younger
I’m open to opportunities and assignments of any sort. I also have experience in radio broadcasting/podcasting.
Thank you!
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- Young Poets Confront Racism, Homophobia, and Teen Pregnancy on D.C. Slam Team (Washington City Paper)
- Shy Glizzy Interview (The Fader)
- "Ladies First" and the Best All-Female Posse Cuts of the Last 25 Years ("Freedom"; "Da Ladies In Da House"; "My Chick Bad"; "Bitchy") (Pitchfork)
- Rising Producer Chris McClenney: "Music Production Is Too Ubiquitous" (Bandwidth)
- New R&B Duo April + VISTA Just Released Its Moody Debut EP (Bandwidth)
- A3C, Atlanta's Hip-Hop Festival, Expands (NPR Music)
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Carmen Rios
I’m a lesbian-identified Latina in her twenties. Down for interviews, writing things, and more!
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- Fuck “Burqa Swag”: Why Lady Gaga and I Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together (Autostraddle)
- These Brands Will Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Super Bowl Today for the Following Feminist Messages (Autostraddle)
- Rebel Girls: Our “False Rape” Hysteria is Bullsh*t (Autostraddle)
- Rebel Girls: Police Violence Happens to Black Women, Too (Autostraddle)
- Street Harassment May Never Disappear, But You’ve Got Rights Too (Autostraddle)
- If We Divide, We Don’t Conquer: 3 Reasons Why Feminists Need to Talk About Race (Everyday Feminism)
- Stop Asking Already: 6 Reasons Why Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Stay in Their Relationships (Everyday Feminism)
- Building Supportive Communities: How We Can Make Every Space Safe for Survivors (Everyday Feminism)
- Personal Site
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Vaidehi Mujumdar
I’m a soon-to-be medical student who tries to write stories that allow complex science and medicine to be more accessible to the general public.
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Elizabeth Acevedo
Lauren McEwen
I currently work in the Washington Post’s Style section as a digital editor/editorial aide. My main areas are classical music and dance and I am basically a cross between a web producer and editorial assistant. I produce stories for online, add multimedia elements to features, create content for the web and conduct photo research. I also schedule all concert reviews, serve as the liaison between the paper and freelancers and manage the editorial budget.
In addition to writing, I also have social media management experience. I served as a podcast intern for the Black Girl Nerds podcast, doubling the number of Twitter followers within a few months. I also started the Black Girl Nerds Newsletter, which I designed and wrote twice a month. I also update the Post Style Facebook page.
In 2014, I launched a newsletter called All Black Girl Everything with my friend, Niesha Miller. We send out the newsletter three times a week and it contains stories that are by, for and about black women and girls.
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- No Room in the Cipher for Female Hip Hop Fans (Ebony)
- DC groups help female cyclists, others learn how to handle street harassment (Washington Post)
- How Shonda Rhimes gets away with changing the TV landscape (Washington Post)
- #YesAllWomen, a short fuse between rejection and violence (Washington Post)
- 'American Dad': One of the most sophisticated mainstream shows on African-American culture (Washington Post)
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Jenny Chen
Awards and Honors
Metcalf Institute Climate Change Adaptation Fellowship, 2015
Awarded a fellowship to train on issues of climate change adaptation is St. Louis, Missouri.
New America Media Voter Rights Fellowship, 2014
Awarded a fellowship to report on voter’s rights in the Asian American community in the Washington, DC area.
GSA Journalists in Aging Fellowship, 2014
Awarded a fellowship to report on mental illness in the Asian American community.
Humanities Council of DC – DCCHP grant, 2014
Awarded a grant to a multimedia documentary series on mixed race Asian Americans in the DC area.
PRX STEM Story Grant, 2014
Awarded a grant from the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) to produce a story on stylometry (math) and art.
Jon Davidoff Scholarship, 2014
Full scholarship to the 2014 Wesleyan University Writer’s Conference for creative writing.
Davis Projects for Peace, 2010; 2012
A two time recipient of the Davis Projects for Peace – a $10,000 grant to launch projects that promote peace in communities.
Elijah Lovejoy Summer Internship Award, 2010
Funding awarded to Colby students to pursue an internship related to journalism in the spirit of investigative journalist Elijah Parish Lovejoy.
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- Childhood Guilt, Adult Depression? (The Atlantic)
- The Dangers of the Appearance-Driven Diet (The Atlantic)
- Disappointment the next time around (New York Parenting)
- 7 Ways to Help Your Kid Get Over Self-Consciousness About Exercise
- Lin's House Provides Refuge for Elderly (The Gaithersburg Town Courier)
- Suffering in Silence—The Dilemma for Older Asian-American Immigrants (Asian Fortune)
- Kentlands Landscaping Chemicals Issue Remains Unresolved (The Gaithersburg Town Courier)
- Extreme Weather Displaces Far More People Than War — And It's Getting Worse (Vice)