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Alex Ip

Publisher, and Editor

Ali Jackson-Jolley

Assistant Managing Editor

Amanda Bright, PhD, MJE

Clinical Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Ashton Edmunds

Internal Communications Specialist

Cynthia DuBose

Senior Vice President for Products and Experience

Eden Turner

Reporting Fellow

Gary Green

Executive Director

Jim Trotter

Award-winning Journalist and Author

Kamille D. Whittaker

Assistant Professor of Journalism and Digital Media

Kari Cobham

Founding director of fellowships

Kristen B. Reed

Director of Content

Mark S. Luckie

Director of Innovation and Audience Engagement

Priska Neely

Training Manager

Rhema Bland

Deputy Director of Talent, Culture and Training

Stephen Adams

Talent Acquisition Partner

Theodore (Ted) Kim

Director of Newsroom Career Programs

Brandon Graves

Director of the Newsroom Collective

Mike Nicolas

Special Projects team

Ron Nixon

Director, Local Investigative Journalism

Dr. Benjamin Chavis

NNPA President and CEO

Nilea Cosley

Rhoden Fellow

Justin Rushing

Co-Founder

Michael Grant

Co-Founder

Najja Parker

Multimedia Journalist

Dr. Robbie Morganfield

Executive Director

Eric Stirgus

Education Editor

Ryan Restivo

Founder, YESEO

Mike Jordan

Senior Editor