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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
Shirley Carswell
Director
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
Debbie Blankenship
Director
Dr. Benjamin Chavis
NNPA President and CEO
Nilea Cosley
Rhoden Fellow
Mira Lowe
Dean
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