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High-Quality Original Reporting for Black America - Simone Sebastian
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High-Quality Original Reporting for Black America - Simone Sebastian

Simone Sebastian is the Editorial Director for Capital B - the newest Black News Nonprofit in the media world.  This groundbreaking news outlet came from a vision shared by its founders -- and delivers news to it's supporters and black audiences throughout the U.S. and across the globe. 

Simone started her career in the traditional newsroom -- writing her first piece for the Detroit Free Press at just 17 years old -- and jokes that it's those vintage news styles that has brought her to modern news delivery.  With verticals in climate, education, health and criminal justice -- Simone's team at Capital B is reporting about the issues with which they know Black America is incredibly engaged.  She is based in Atlanta, Ga., but the reach of Capital B is online and everywhere.  Listen in today to meet Simone and find out more about their year-old news organization.

And get on over to their site and support this tremendous news effort -- https://checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org_id=capitalbnews&campaign=7018Y000001a3D4QAI

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