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Sasha M Fountain

The Infected

All around me it seems some contagious entity has taken over. This mystery urge seems to be bypassing me. Pretty much everyone’s got it.

Dec 20, 2018

Dec 20, 2018

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Derisao y Dubis

Originally posted on The Mujerista

Feb 15, 2018

Derisao y Dubis

Feb 15, 2018

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#HeyMiGente

Reflections on a year of Social Journalism

What I’ve learned about Afrolatinidad and Journalism

Jan 12, 2017

Reflections on a year of Social Journalism

Jan 12, 2017

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#HeyMiGente EP2 — Treble Rodriguez — Creator

#HeyMiGente talks with Treble about their art

Jan 3, 2017

Jan 3, 2017

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Hola Mi AfroLatinx!

Exploring AfroLatinx Identity & Culture

Dec 6, 2016

Hola Mi AfroLatinx!

Dec 6, 2016

Producing Facebook Live for Electionland

The 2016 presidential election was the first one held without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act. So obviously there was concern…

Nov 23, 2016

Producing Facebook Live for Electionland

Nov 23, 2016

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Journalism Innovation

Hola Mi AfroLatinx!

Exploring AfroLatinx Identity & Culture

Oct 11, 2016

Hola Mi AfroLatinx!

Oct 11, 2016

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#HeyMiGente EP1 — Tamika Burgess — Creator of Es Mi Cultura : Pt 1

#HeyMiGente talks with Tamika about Es Mi Cultura

Sep 24, 2016

#HeyMiGente EP1 — Tamika Burgess — Creator of Es Mi Cultura : Pt 1

Sep 24, 2016

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What is Latinx and AfroLatinx?

Gender-neutral descriptors that are inclusive of various gender identities.

Aug 18, 2016

Aug 18, 2016

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AfroLatinx carve out their space on social media

Afro-Latinos have turned social media to affirm, declare and celebrate their identities.

Aug 18, 2016

Aug 18, 2016

Community Engagement — A Semester

As a social journalism student I realized at the beginning of the semester that community engagement is the bedrock of our program. How can…

May 27, 2016

May 27, 2016

Hearken Reflection

This semester in Community Engagement the #SocialJ 2016 cohort was assigned to use Hearken for our communities. Hearken is a…

May 27, 2016

May 27, 2016

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Pelo Malo Y Pelo Bueno

Hair has always been a point of contention in Latinx and Afro Latinx culture. Similar to the Black community the discussion about hair…

May 27, 2016

Pelo Malo Y Pelo Bueno

May 27, 2016

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Engagement Journalism

DIO and Social Capital

Social capital and highlights for Meetup HQ. May 2 Class

May 6, 2016

DIO and Social Capital

May 6, 2016

Thoughts on Instagram

When Instagram launched I was an Android user who was slightly jealous of there being yet another app that was only for iPhones. Once it…

Apr 13, 2016

Thoughts on Instagram

Apr 13, 2016

Social Media Verification & Age of Fast Publishing

Social media has enabled stories to go viral quickly and at times false information and satire spread because the story has not been…

Apr 6, 2016

Social Media Verification & Age of Fast Publishing

Apr 6, 2016

UNCF-NY: Managing a nonprofit’s Facebook presence

At the beginning of the semester this year’s Social Journalism cohort was split into 4 teams to manage 4 different nonprofits’ Facebook…

Mar 16, 2016

Mar 16, 2016

Data, Racism and Predictive Journalism

Errin Whack’s dek for “Racism By Numbers” tells the reader that:

Mar 9, 2016

Data, Racism and Predictive Journalism

Mar 9, 2016

Managing a Nonprofit’s Facebook presence for a semester

Near the beginning of the semester my cohort was split into 4 groups to manage FaceBook pages for nonprofits that need to increase their…

Mar 1, 2016

Mar 1, 2016

Covering an community that is your own

Using the ways you would cover a community that isn’t yours

Feb 23, 2016

Feb 23, 2016

Sasha M Fountain

Sasha M Fountain

Afro-Latina Photographer #LaOtraCaraLatina, Video Editor, Lead Producer @ Pink Leo Productions, Social Journalist & Co-host of Situationsips and Cacklin’

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