Keri Mitchell has spent her career as a civic and community journalist, 20 of them in Dallas, Texas. She launched the nonprofit newsroom Dallas Free Press in early 2020 with the belief that all neighborhoods deserve reporting and storytelling that values their community and holds leaders accountable. Dallas Free Press focuses community journalism efforts in South Dallas and West Dallas, including student journalists they teach at local high schools and citizen journalists they train to be Documenters at public meetings. Dallas Free Press was named a 2024 "INNovator" by the Institute for Nonprofit News, and this year is a finalist for Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers' financial health and product of the year awards.
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LVR LandesMuseum
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With Keri Mitchell and Sam Brukhman
Sam Brukhman and Keri Mitchell teamed up to tell West Dallas’ story of environmental injustice through music, film, and storytelling. In this session, they share how their unique collaboration created a powerful, bilingual narrative that connected communities and sparked new awareness and action.
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LVR LandesMuseum
// Auditorium
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With Astrid Maier, Keri Mitchell, Kimberly Spencer, Moritz Döbler and Thomas S. Leatherbury
The U.S., birthplace of democracy, now faces threats to press freedom: public media defunding, silencing critical newsrooms, and rolling back journalist protections. Will democracy’s guardrails hold? The world is watching.
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LVR LandesMuseum
// Auditorium
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With Derrick Cain, Méline Laffabry, Keri Mitchell and Anita Li
Our panel discussion will contribute to the festival by shedding light on the power of storytelling and relationship building. Fostering unity, collaboration, inspiring action, empowering communities.