Priska Neely is a journalist, leader and mentor based in Birmingham, Alabama. She is currently the training manager for Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to strengthen communities and our democracy. Previously, she was the founding managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, a public radio collaborative across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. She's worked in public radio as a NPR producer, reporter for KPCC/LAist and a reporter and producer at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.