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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WEBOur Supporters. MLK50: Justice Through Journalism follows the standards set by the Institute for Nonprofit News, including disclosing our largest donors.
‘Memphis Seven’ members are still at work and still fighting for …
WEB2 days ago · It’s been over two years since Sanchez and six colleagues — dubbed “the Memphis Seven” — were fired after they tried to unionize their Poplar-Highland store. At the request of the National Labor Relations Board, the District Court of the Western District District of Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction against their …
Underfunded for years, MATA’s woes continue to harm working …
WEB1 day ago · Kema Mosby checked the MATA app early one morning while waiting at a bus stop on her way to work. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50. As the remnants of Hurricane Francine brought high winds and rain into Memphis on Sept. 12, Kema Mosby waited at the bus stop a few blocks from her South Memphis home.
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.
MLK50’s Byhalia Pipeline stories win national award for …
WEBOct 14, 2021 · The national award “honors reporting that brought new understanding to an issue or topic affecting people or communities that are historically underrepresented, disadvantaged or marginalized, resulting in impactful change."
MLK50 moves to co-leadership model
WEBMay 14, 2024 · MLK50 is moving to a co-leadership model as founder Wendi C. Thomas transitions back into the newsroom as an investigative editor. Executive Editor Adrienne Johnson Martin will be promoted to co-executive director, and we are working with executive search firm Koya Partners to hire her co-pilot.
Profiting from the Poor - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBProfiting from the Poor: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Debt Collection. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare sued more than 8,300 people – many of them low-income – over a five-year period for hospital bills they could not afford to pay. In 2019, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, working with ProPublica, documented how the nonprofit’s ...
MLK50 receives $2M grant from Ford Foundation
WEBJan 26, 2023 · 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 ensure that even more community-focused, investigative reporting is available to residents for free.
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