Suppose this is a good time to mention that the application period for our Fall 2021 reporting fellowship is now open. Apply by Aug. 15! For details, go to

Feeling all the feels this AM after @EjaazMason & I were named in this year's @The_Gambit's 40 Under 40 for our work with @ledeneworleans. Humbled & inspired to be a part of this group, especially after such a challenging year. Keep going, yall.

@ledeneworleans was awarded a $15k grant to support our reporting fellowship and keep our newsroom looking something like this 👇🏼

Thrilled @ledeneworleans is in this group. S/o to @4pt0schools and @VelaEdFund for supporting work in our community. Read on for a look at ventures that are rethinking what learning looks like amid a pandemic.

NEW: A conversation with @ronshine about the approach to recruitment, hiring, and training that has helped @milwaukeenns build one of the most racially diverse local newsrooms in the country. https://t.co/BHBeTcGZdN

"I write to help people be able to tell their story if they’re not able to say it or if they do not vocalize it. I want to be that medium to get people’s stories out." Meet @forestgainesjr, a Spring '21 Lede New Orleans Fellow https://t.co/SUN4MUN55t 🖊@nikka_troy 📷@BTarnowski

"I’m proud that I’m here on this Earth. Proud that I’m finally making steps towards my goals and what I’m going to do in my life." Read our profile of @msmallywelch, part of a series highlighting the Spring '21 reporting fellowship cohort. https://t.co/bcEySQccXZ 📝@thamwtan

Always inspired by our reporting fellows... 👏🏼

"The public school system needs us... It's not about the money. It's about my city and these kids. It's our job to do for them what was done for me." -Matt Brown, on his work as a Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports specialist at Mary D. Coghill Elem in Gentilly

Changes could soon be coming to the Claiborne Expressway. The overpass has been viewed as an intrusion, a barrier, a destroyer of Black businesses and an example of racist urban planning. But how did it get that way? @nolacampanella explains 🔻

Loved sharing in @ledbylex's excitement as we hit publish on her engaging Q&A w/ Big Chief Victor Harris. "Harris takes care of the real New Orleans culture... He helped me find something I needed," she observed. Great work, Alexis.

When @NTOxVeinte joined the Fall 2020 @ledeneworleans cohort, he said he was intent on "getting out of the fellowship exactly what he put in." I think the work speaks for itself. Kudos, Trevon. 👏🏼

Super proud of the 2020 Lede New Orleans fellowship alumni. These cohorts learned, worked and reported on their community amid a pandemic, nationwide protests over racial injustice and a national election. We couldn't be more proud of this crew! 👏

Curious about graphic journalism? Check out this @ledeneworleans workshop next Monday at 6pm.

"We have to start becoming the change that we want to see. We have to start in our #community." This week on Lede Voices, we profile Morgan Walker, #entrepreneur, organizer and fndr of Bike N Vote, an effort to mobilize young #Black voters in #NewOrleans.

"My ancestors paved the way for me to be able to #vote. With that in mind, I feel like it is my due diligence to go out and vote." Perspectives from young local voters gathered by @ledeneworleans Fellows 👇🏼

I spoke with @gabemschneider, a @MinnPost reporter and cofounder of @ObjectiveJrn, about non-profit newsrooms, objectivity, and the future of journalism –– one of my favorite interviews, by far! https://t.co/se0qUoM3V4

1. We are unprepared to do something for the first time, always. (Stolen from @ThisIsSethsBlog); 2. Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.

In late July, I tweeted a thread about my experiences with elitism in journalism. It got a huge response and I'm glad to say an editor at @Poynter reached out to me to see if I could turn it into an essay. https://t.co/zOHCTzYthd

Spent the last few weeks talking to NO restaurant workers and asking one question: What would it look like if the pandemic could fix this industry?