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Los Angeles needs Black news that isn’t one-size-fits-all

AfroLA is a new digital newsroom trying change L.A.’s media landscape.

Sep 1, 2022

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Sep 1, 2022

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TikTok, please don’t go

The possible ban of TikTok made me reflect on why I love the app so much. TikTok has altered the information landscape information…

May 22

TikTok, please don’t go

May 22

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How we reported on California’s ER wait times and shared residents’ stories

An AfroLA reporter details how she wrote her story, How do we treat L.A.’s overwhelmed emergency medicine system?

Mar 13

How we reported on California’s ER wait times and shared residents’ stories

Mar 13

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How (and why) we reported on incarcerated people’s issues with food and forced labor inside…

Eliza Partika is a reporter with AfroLA. She details how she reported her story ,“Canteen prices in California prisons skyrocket…

Nov 1, 2023

How (and why) we reported on incarcerated people’s issues with food and forced labor inside…

Nov 1, 2023

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AfroLA turned one! But, we’re far from done.

We celebrated one year since we announced AfroLA was coming to disrupt Los Angeles’s local news landscape. Here’s how it’s been going.

Apr 14, 2023

AfroLA turned one! But, we’re far from done.

Apr 14, 2023

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Your news needs (and wants), Part 2: What we’ll cover, and how we’ll do it

Your feedback helped us refine our editorial strategies going forward. We’re ready to share them with you.

Dec 30, 2022

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Dec 30, 2022

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Your news needs (and wants), Part 1: How we plan to address them

Our news needs survey aimed to help us inform our editorial strategy going forward. You shared your thoughts, and didn’t hold back.

Dec 30, 2022

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Dec 30, 2022

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Meet AfroLA’s Board of Directors

Our first board brings diverse talents and professional experiences to serve AfroLA

Oct 17, 2022

Meredith D. Clark looking left out a window, with her reflection in a glass building front to the right.

Oct 17, 2022

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How To… Be Unapologetically Black

AfroLA’s leader reflects upon gatekeeping Blackness and widening the lens toward inclusivity.

Sep 29, 2022

How To… Be Unapologetically Black

Sep 29, 2022

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Better Black news is key in LA, and beyond

AfroLA’s first community engagement fellow explains why local news is key to “radical change” in media, no matter where you live.

Sep 26, 2022

Portrait of AfroLA’s first community engagement fellow, Heather Wang. She’s smiling at the camera in a white top with stone columns in the background.

Sep 26, 2022

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AfroLA

AfroLA covers greater L.A. through the lens of the Black community. We celebrate and share intersectionality, universality in Black experiences. afrolanews.org

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