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Marianna Bacallao Marianna Bacallao is WVIK Quad Cities NPRs 2020-2021 Fellowship Host/Reporter. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mercer Universitys Center for Collaborative Journalism and served as Editor-in-Chief for the student newspaper, The Cluster. After interning with Georgia Public Broadcasting in 2018, she was selected as a 2019 John M. Couric Fellowship Reporter at GPB, where she contributed to the statewide newscast. She was a spring 2020 intern, helping produce GPBs daily news tal...

Headshot of Kenya Young at the NPR offices in Washington, DC. In a note to newsroom staff Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director Nancy Barnes announced this staffing update: I am delighted to share the news that Kenya Young, the outstanding executive producer of Morning Edition, will be promoted to Managing Editor for Collaborative Journalism, effective June 1. Kenya emerged as the top candidate for this position after an extensive external and internal search. She fills the lead...

HamTECH solutions and Skullz are both web-based small businesses, but neither was prepared for a pandemic Author: Amyre Makupson Updated: 10:05 AM EST February 22, 2021 MACON, Ga. — With social distancing and shelter in place mandates happening throughout the pandemic, you may think that COVID-19 is a time for tech companies to thrive, but thats not necessarily the case. Through our partnership with Mercer Universitys Center for Collaborative Journalism, Amyre ...

The staff of The Cluster, the independent student-run newspaper at Mercer University, won nine awards at the Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Friday. The Cluster participates in the contest each year. Its staff competes among the largest student newspapers in the state, including Georgia State University’s The Signal, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s The Technique and the University of Georgia’s Red & Black. Editor-in-Chief Emily Rose Thorne, a senior, won f...

Black History in the Making: Bibb teen brings message of equality through music 17-years-old Christopher Timothy is an artist performing under the name Prxphecy – using his lyrics to push conversations about race and inequality. Author: Amyre Makupson Updated: 7:25 AM EST February 17, 2021 MACON, Ga. — In honor of Black history month, were highlighting some future Black history icons in the making. Through our partnership with Mercer Universitys Center for C...

"Im just not African-American. Im LGBT," Beckham said. As the southern field organizer with Georgia Equality, one of the largest organizations advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in the state, Beckham lobbies state representatives to bring LGBTQ+ issues forward. Georgia is one of three states that has no form of state level protection for people in the LGBT community. Last year mayor Robert Riechert vetoed a local anti-discrimination ordinance.  "I do not like to give up a fight very easily. Were goi...

Washington D.C., Feb 3., 2021 -- NPR announced today the creation of the Station Investigations Team. The team, led by Cheryl W. Thompson, an award-winning investigative reporter and 22-year veteran of The Washington Post who joined NPR in 2019, will work with stations to report ambitious investigative projects. The team, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, will include a producer and a data editor who will advise reporters whod like technical help with skills such as data collec...

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 2 The Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority reports companies are currently scouting the area for up to $500 million in investments and thousands of jobs Author: Liz Fabian (13WMAZ) Updated: 10:51 AM EST December 27, 2020 MACON, Ga. — After a difficult year for business and industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority reports companies are currently scouting the area for up to $500 mil...

Marianna Bacallao Marianna Bacallao is WVIK Quad Cities NPRs 2020-2021 Fellowship Host/Reporter. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mercer Universitys Center for Collaborative Journalism and served as Editor-in-Chief for the student newspaper, The Cluster. After interning with Georgia Public Broadcasting in 2018, she was selected as a 2019 John M. Couric Fellowship Reporter at GPB, where she contributed to the statewide newscast. She was a spring 2020 intern, helping produce GPBs daily news tal...