MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is an award-winning nonprofit digital newsroom based in Memphis and focused on the intersection of poverty, power and policy.
Launched in April 2017 during the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Dr.  Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we frame the news from the perspective of the people King would have been aligned with had he not been assassinated.
Through our three-year partnership with ProPublica, MLK50’s RFA fellows will have access to ProPublica training and may have the opportunity to collaborate on stories co-published with the national investigative reporting outlet.

 

Current Position

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Beat: Poverty, power and public policy in Memphis and Shelby County

Position:

This reporter will produce at least twice weekly stories—some on deadline, and also enterprise pieces—on topics including but not limited to worker pay, the COVID pandemic, housing instability and other issues that make it hard for low-income and Black and brown residents to get ahead.

Reporter: Carrington Tatum