(C) Verite News New Orleans This story was originally published by Verite News New Orleans and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Fox 8 interview: Launching a partnership [1] ['Verite News'] Date: 2022-07-27 Verite Editor-in-chief Terry Baquet and Managing Editor Tim Morris spoke Tuesday morning with Fox 8 reporter and anchor Meg Gatto about the launch of Verite, a new nonprofit digital newsroom that will be serving the New Orleans area. You can watch the complete interview here. Verite is a Black-led nonprofit news organization with a twofold mission to: Provide coverage and crucial information to under-served communities in the greater New Orleans area to help address systemic issues in education, health care, criminal justice, housing, the environment and more while providing a platform for unheard and overlooked voices, especially among culture-bearers and those in the arts community. in the greater New Orleans area to help address systemic issues in education, health care, criminal justice, housing, the environment and more while providing a platform for unheard and overlooked voices, especially among culture-bearers and those in the arts community. Train, mentor and educate the next generation of minority journalists to bring diverse perspectives and life experiences to news coverage and storytelling. As a Black-led news operation in a city that is attractive to young and creative talent, Verite’s targeted recruiting and focused fellowship program will create a unique pipeline for minority journalists seeking to work in essential roles and leadership in an industry that has long struggled to achieve diversity. Verite is partnering with Fox 8 to collaborate on reporting important stories, launching in-depth investigations and helping to train and educate young staffers and members of the Verite fellowship class. Fox 8 is known as a leader in local journalism, winning a total of 96 regional Edward R. Murrow awards in the past 12 years, including the prestigious “Overall Excellence” award nine times in that period. Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Close window X Republish this article This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, you can republish most of Verite’s stories for free under a Creative Commons license. For digital publications: Look for the “Republish This Story” button underneath each story. To republish online, simply click the button, copy the html code and paste into your Content Management System (CMS). You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. You can’t sell or syndicate our stories. Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization. If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @VeriteNewsNola @VeriteNewsNola For print publications: You have to credit Verite. We prefer “Author Name, Verite News” in the byline. If you’re not able to add the byline, please include a line at the top of the story that reads: “This story was originally published by Verite News” and include our website, veritenews.org You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. You cannot republish our photographs, illustrations or graphics without specific permission (contact our managing editor Tim Morris Our stories may appear on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories. You can’t sell or syndicate our stories. You can only publish select stories individually — not as a collection. Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization. If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @VeriteNewsNola on Facebook @VeriteNewsNola on Twitter. If you have any other questions, contact managing editor Tim Morris. Fox 8 interview: Launching a partnership

Fox 8 interview: Launching a partnership

by Verite News, Verite
July 27, 2022

Verite Editor-in-chief Terry Baquet and Managing Editor Tim Morris spoke Tuesday morning with Fox 8 reporter and anchor Meg Gatto about the launch of Verite, a new nonprofit digital newsroom that will be serving the New Orleans area.

You can watch the complete interview here.

Verite is a Black-led nonprofit news organization with a twofold mission to:

Provide coverage and crucial information to under-served communities in the greater New Orleans area to help address systemic issues in education, health care, criminal justice, housing, the environment and more while providing a platform for unheard and overlooked voices, especially among culture-bearers and those in the arts community.
Train, mentor and educate the next generation of minority journalists to bring diverse perspectives and life experiences to news coverage and storytelling. As a Black-led news operation in a city that is attractive to young and creative talent, Verite’s targeted recruiting and focused fellowship program will create a unique pipeline for minority journalists seeking to work in essential roles and leadership in an industry that has long struggled to achieve diversity.

Verite is partnering with Fox 8 to collaborate on reporting important stories, launching in-depth investigations and helping to train and educate young staffers and members of the Verite fellowship class.

Fox 8 is known as a leader in local journalism, winning a total of 96 regional Edward R. Murrow awards in the past 12 years, including the prestigious "Overall Excellence" award nine times in that period.

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