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I first reported this story for The Black Wall Street Times.
It started with code. Nothing fancy. No hack. No breach. Just one Black woman, Kiandria Demone, using a basic tool of the internet—“inspect element”—to follow a digital breadcrum...
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Today, I’m announcing a brand new addition to my Substack publication: Off the Record subscriber chat.
This is a conversation space exclusively for subscribers—akin to a group chat or live hangout. I’ll...
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My journey into journalism wasn’t a traditional one; instead, it was a winding climb, filled with unexpected lessons. Learning AP style felt like scaling a steep mountain, and navigating the conventions o...
As a poet and journalist, if I don’t write anything at all in a day I at least journal three pages. In those pages, I often reflect on the unexpected influences that shaped my path as a journalist. One such influence was a childhood animat...
The first time I drove into Lawton, Oklahoma, in December 2023, the Wichita Mountains caught me off guard, chills running up my spine. I’d heard about them, but I didn’t expect them to rise so suddenly from the flat southern plains.
That e...
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I am a poet and multimedia climate solutions, environmental justice, and culture journalist. I like to do journalism on industrial impacts on communities, wildlife, and culture. I also like to roller skate and write poetry.
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