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.
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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 ...
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.”
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.
Black mental health matters: And that goes for Black therapists …
WEBMay 27, 2021 · Folks come together to comfort one another on Cooper Street. The moment followed an evening of stressful interactions with Memphis police and dangerous encounters with motorists, two of whom attempted to drive their cars into the crowd during a June 5 protest in Cooper-Young.
‘Memphis Seven’ members are still at work and still fighting for …
WEB4 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 …
WEB2 days 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.
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."
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 · 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 ...
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