Para la gente.
Con la gente.
Nuestro periodismo sin fines de lucro amplifica las voces en los vecindarios desinvertidos de Dallas y explora soluciones a las inequidades sistémicas de nuestra ciudad.
La galardonada periodista Keri Mitchell, que a pasado 15 años dedicada al periodismo comunitario y cívico en las revistas Advocate de Dallas, inició Dallas Free Press a principios de 2020 con la creencia de que todos los vecindarios merecen periodismo que valora a su comunidad y responsabilizará a los líderes.
Sin embargo, los modelos de negocios de noticias anticuados evitan esto. El modelo de negocio de el Advocate, por ejemplo, se basa en dólares publicitarios. Las revistas se entregan en las puertas de casa en cuatro vecindarios de Dallas de forma gratuita, y el contenido digital está disponible en línea para cualquiera que quiera leerlo. El problema con este modelo es que los informes y la narración de historias se limitan a las comunidades donde los anunciantes quieren gastar dinero para llegar a los residentes más ricos de la ciudad. Los modelos de suscripción enfrentan un dilema similar; el contenido está dirigido a personas dispuestas a pagar suscripciones.
Un modelo sin fines de lucro permite el retorno al periodismo para su propósito previsto: el servicio público. El enfoque de Dallas Free Press es permitir los esfuerzos de periodismo comunitario en los desiertos de noticias de Dallas, comenzando con South Dallas y West Dallas, y también construir una colaboración local de periodismo para abordar problemas cívicos complejos.
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Keri Mitchell
Founder + executive director
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Contact: keri@dallasfreepress.com
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Keri Mitchell has spent 20+ years as a community journalist, including 15 years dedicated to community and civic journalism at Dallas’ Advocate magazines. She launched Dallas Free Press in early 2020 with the belief that all neighborhoods deserve reporting and storytelling that values their community and holds leaders accountable.
Mitchell says she is energized by “knowing our work is making an impact — listening to people, telling their stories with strong narratives paired with compelling data that leads to change. I also love spending time in our neighborhoods and with our neighbors, learning from them and working to determine how journalism can be part of the solution to their challenges.”
Mitchell is proud to be the winner of multiple awards during her journalism career including: Finalist in Magazine Feature Reporting (2018) and Finalist in Magazine Investigative Reporting (2017) from Hugh Aynesworth Excellence in Journalism, Best Feature Story (2011) from Texas Community Newspaper Association and Best Magazine Feature (2011) from Dallas Bar Association Philbin Awards.
Sujata Dand
Senior Editor and Reporter
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Contact: sujata@dallasfreepress.com
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Sujata Dand is an award-winning journalist who is energized by change brought in communities in response to news stories. She lives in and has spent most of her reporting career in Dallas, with ample experience covering health care, education and public policy.
“I think it’s important to elevate voices that are often ignored,” Dand says. “For me, that means meeting the people in our communities. We need to see people and listen to them. It’s often a huge act of courage for people to openly share their lives. So, I feel an enormous responsibility in making sure my stories are authentic and fair.”
Dand worked at KERA for almost 10 years, where she produced several television documentaries, including “Life in the Balance: The Health Care Crisis in Texas” and “High School: The Best and the Rest.” She also headed the multimedia project “Boyfriends,” which examined the complex personal and cultural factors that contribute to the way adolescent girls form and maintain relationships. Her work has garnered several local Emmys and national awards including a Gracie for best reality program.
Prior to her work with KERA, Sujata was a reporter and anchor at the CBS affiliate in Wichita Falls, Texas. She has worked as a freelance reporter for NPR and Dallas Morning News. Dand is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio.
Jeffrey Ruiz
Report for America Corps Member
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Contact: jeffrey@dallasfreepress.com
Languages: English and Spanish
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Jeffrey Ruiz is a Dallas native who focuses on government accountability in his South Dallas and West Dallas reporting as a Report for America corps member. His journalist expertise lies in covering immigrants, the transgender community, the Latino community, poverty and the unhoused. He also enjoys diving into religion and its influence in the community.
When asked why Ruiz chose to write for Dallas Free Press, he says, “Being a part of a local newsroom that serves the community in any way possible with the readers’ best interest in mind is where I always dreamed of being a journalist. I look forward to the day I start writing news stories in Spanish to be translated into English.”
When Ruiz needs a break, you can find him enjoying lunch at his favorite go-to spots: La Tacotrona and Locura Small Bites.
Sona Chaudhary
Environmental Justice Freelance Reporter
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Contact: sona@dallasfreepress.com
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Sona Chaudhary is a Dallas-based geologist, writer and journalist working on environmental justice issues in Dallas and throughout the Southwest United States.
“I want to be involved in Dallas, and I want to help make it better,” Chaudhary says. “I think Dallas Free Press is the greatest learning opportunity there could be, amplifying the voices of people involved in some radical, empathetic and transformative work on the local level.”
In addition to writing for environmental change, Chaudhary is a physical scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency. They are a Cancer Sun, Aries Moon fueled by chai tea.
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Nuestros Socios de medios de comunicación
Entre los socios colaboradores de Dallas Free Press figuran:
– Dallas Weekly, una fuente de noticias de confianza para el público afroamericano de la ciudad con un legado que se remonta a la Era de los Derechos Civiles. Nuestras dos redacciones comparten y colaboran en contenidos que abordan temas en los que coinciden nuestros dos públicos, y también unimos fuerzas en eventos comunitarios.
– Las seis redacciones y las tres escuelas de periodismo de la Dallas Media Collaborative se centran principalmente en la vivienda asequible. Los reporteros y editores de las redacciones asociadas comparten y colaboran en los contenidos, utilizando los cuatro pilares identificados por la Solutions Journalism Network, para abordar juntos cuestiones cívicas complejas por el bien de Dallas.
– City Bureau, una innovadora redacción local nacida en el South Side de Chicago, que nos lidera, junto con otras ocho redacciones locales de la Red de Documentadores, en la labor de formar y pagar a los residentes de Dallas para que asistan y tomen notas en las reuniones públicas locales. Dallas Free Press se unió a la red a principios de 2023 para implicar directamente a los residentes de Dallas en los procesos públicos que afectan a su vida cotidiana y para crear un registro público sólido que exija responsabilidades a las personas en el poder.
