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Some personal *and* professional news: I'm leaving my position as @voxdotcom’s editor-in-chief in February.
The 6+ years I've spent helping to build Vox into what it is today have been the most rewarding of my career. I love Vox, and I love my team. There's only one thing that could compel me to leave: the opportunity to create something I've dreamed about for a decade.
So I’m thrilled to share that my friend @ko_616 and I are launching Capital B, a local and national nonprofit news organization serving Black audiences, in mid-2021.
Capital B will provide high-quality civic journalism tailored to Black communities across the country, aimed at serving audiences the essential information needed to live their lives.
I met @ko_616 in 2010 when we began working together at The Root. We developed a particular vision for a new and different kind of Black news outlet. Back then, it wasn't meant to be, and we weren't ready to lead something like that even if it was.
But a lot can happen in ten years. I ended up at Vox, where I went from managing editor, to executive editor, to editor-in-chief, to, finally, editor-in-chief and senior vice president, overseeing all editorial and business operations.
. @ko_616 became a JSK Fellow at Stanford University, where she focused on the challenges facing Black digital press and newsroom diversity. She then went on to be Managing Editor at @teamtrace.
This year, as #blacklivesmatter 
protests spread across the US, the election and pandemic roared ahead, and thousands of journalists lost jobs, we decided to retool our vision to match this crucial moment for our country, and for our profession. And this time, it was meant to be.
protests spread across the US, the election and pandemic roared ahead, and thousands of journalists lost jobs, we decided to retool our vision to match this crucial moment for our country, and for our profession. And this time, it was meant to be.
I’m so lucky to be doing this with @ko_616 — a wonderful friend and brilliant journalist — thankful to @JournalismProj for the incubator grant that’s made it all possible, and excited to work with the local nonprofit orgs that are already doing so much in this space.
Visit us at http://www.capitalbnews.org to sign up for email updates and become a founding member.
