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Feb 3 2023

Why a crossing guard will suggest Charlottesville’s City Council install speed cameras near schools

Substitute crossing guard Adrienne Dent writes that drivers too often go too fast and that it’s time the city takes further action to slow them down.

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Dec 22 2022

We need your help to diversify Charlottesville’s media

We’re raising $10,000 for 2023 to keep paying writers, visual artists, producers and storytellers fairly for their work. Your support will also show foundations and grant makers how valuable it is to build an inclusive media ecosystem.

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Nov 29 2022

Podcast E1 First Person Charlottesville: Katrina Spencer

Today’s episode features writer and librarian Katrina Spencer and is based on the essay she wrote for First Person C’ville called, “Public Violence, Our Trusty Companion.”

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First Person C’ville

Let’s tell the story of our community together. Here’s how you can share your perspective with Charlottesville Tomorrow, Vinegar Hill Magazine and In My Humble Opinion.

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Black Truths/White Truths

Recognizing that audiences are gravitating to talk format video shows that are easy to consume and archive on social media and responding to audience feedback that there are few media “spaces” in our market that unify Black and white lenses on news, events, and policy initiatives, Charlottesville Tomorrow is producing a one-hour video talk show […]

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Still Determined: contextualizing and exploring the immediate impacts and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

This multimodal storytelling project employs art by Sahara Clemons, audio-visual content by Lorenzo Dickerson, and journalism to explore the realities of the pandemic, highlight stories of resilience and struggle, and examine the possibilities and difficulties of building a stronger and more inclusive community.

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In My Humble Opinion Radio Show

Airing weekly live on 101.3FM, the show focuses on being a sounding board for issues that affect the local Black community and creating opportunities to effect positive change, and have honest, thought-provoking conversation.

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Determined: Stories of resilience in a broken ecosystem

This series uses the Social Determinants of Health as a foundational framework and guideposts to bring you stories of how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted some of our local African American communities.

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The stories of Black Charlottesville have been underrepresented and often misrepresented by local media for ages.

It’s time for a change.

The Charlottesville Inclusive Media project was formed by Charlottesville Tomorrow, In My Humble Opinion Radio Show, and Vinegar Hill Magazine with the goal of bringing more inclusive representation to local media.

These Are Our Stories. Our Media. Our Charlottesville.

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Partners

The founding partners of the Charlottesville Inclusive Media project include Charlottesville Tomorrow, a nonprofit public service news organization; In My Humble Opinion Talk Show, an African American female-owned digital production company; and Vinegar Hill Magazine, an independent African American publishing company. We work together to create community connections, lift up important conversations, ground our work in service to African American communities and audiences, and build capacity for independent Black media companies and professionals.

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Vinegar Hill Magazine

Vinegar Hill Magazine is a space that is designed to support and project a more inclusive social narrative, to promote entrepreneurship, and to be a beacon for art, culture, and politics in the Central Virginia region.

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In My Humble Opinion Radio Show

In My Humble Opinion talk radio show is the brainchild of Maxicelia Robinson and is the most popular African American talk radio show in the local Charlottesville area market..

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Charlottesville Tomorrow

Charlottesville Tomorrow is 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing in-depth journalism that serves our neighbors by connecting them to each other and to the issues that affect them most.

Sponsors

Operational, programming, and financial support for CIM comes in part from these organizations, along with individual philanthropic support.

Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Invest for Good
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CIM is supported by funding from the Google New Initiative, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, and local sponsors, underwriters and donors.

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