Summary
- Tasneem Raja, co-founder of the Cityside Journalism Initiative in the San Francisco Bay Area, receives the 2024 Gwen Ifill Award for her work mentoring young reporters and improving community news.
- The Initiative aims to amplify community voices, investigate systems, and not just symptoms, while running Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside.
- Raja is dedicated to creating spaces for underrepresented communities and supporting new journalists to cultivate a new generation of women of color in media.
- Cityside sets up a hotline for communities during the pandemic and is now focused on engaging with the community for election coverage.
