Daytona Times photojournalist Duane C. Fernandez Sr. has been awarded a grant through the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) that will allow him to create a documentary about COVID-19 and its impact on the Black community in Daytona Beach and beyond.
The funding from NABJ is supporting journalists at Black-owned media outlets through the organizationâs âBlack Press Grant Program.â The program is supported by a $300,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
NABJ is an organization of 4,000 journalists, students, media-related professionals and educators. It aims to provide innovative, quality programs and services on behalf of Black Journalists worldwide.
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Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer|April 12, 2021
When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin forced his knee upon 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, my family gathered around the flat screen in the living room of our suburban townhouse to see what happened.
Wide-eyed and on edge, we sat close together, flipping from channel to channel, absorbing every detail reported by the pressed and polished news anchors.
It took less than a day for public outcry for justice to erupt at unimaginable volumes.
From news outlets that attempted to portray peaceful protests as riots to trolls on social media who tried arguing that Black Lives Matter affiliates were violent, the public discourse around Blackness was skewed by misinformation, which exacerbated the destructive ways we think, talk and write about race and racism.
Philadelphia law enforcement explain challenges of living black and blue
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw s first year on the job has been filled with challenges.
There was a budget crisis made worse by the pandemic and then a summer filled with protests about social justice and police reform.
As the city s first Black woman to hold the position, she also finds herself weighing the issues of race and law enforcement as it pertains to the high profile deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks among others.
Living black and blue as it has been called has raised questions in her mind but has also incentivized her to be a stronger leader for change amongst her peers.