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.
Meet the MLK50 team - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBEmail her at adrienne.martin@mlk50.com. 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.
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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.
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.”
‘Memphis Seven’ members are still at work and still fighting for …
WEB1 day 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 …
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."
No Shelter: From the middle class to homelessness and back again
WEBMar 14, 2022 · NO SHELTER is a monthly series from MLK50 housing reporter Jacob Steimer, interviewing Memphians who either lack access to housing or previously did. Although the numbers are difficult to track, the Community Alliance for the Homeless estimates that on a given night in 2021, about 200 people were unsheltered in …
Underfunded for years, MATA’s woes continue to harm working …
WEB8 hours 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 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 ...