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346 <div id="content" class="site-content"> 347 348 <section id="primary" class="content-area"> 349 <main id="main" class="site-main"> 350 351 <header class="entry-header"> 352 353 <h1 class="entry-title "> 354 About Us </h1> 355 356 </header> 357 358 359 <div class="main-content"> 360 361 362<article id="post-5419" class="post-5419 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry"> 363 <div class="entry-content"> 364 365<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capital B is a local and national nonprofit news organization reporting on stories you wonât find anywhere else.</p> 366 367 368 369<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Our national team produces in-depth journalism on topics of crucial importance to Black people across the country, such as politics, health, criminal justice, the environment, and rural issues. </p> 370 371 372 373<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/">Capital B Atlanta</a> and <a href="http://gary.capitalbnews.org">Capital B Gary</a> are the first two in a growing network of local newsrooms anchored by Capital Bâs national hub. Our local newsrooms publish need-to-know information â such as how to find affordable housing, apply for benefits, and vote â civic journalism, and accountability reporting, all informed by intensive community listening and engagement. We’re an antidote to low-quality, low-context news that clouds our information pipelines. Capital B offers clear, accessible reporting on a local and national level thatâs tailored to the needs of our audience and free for all. Capital B is news you can trust â news we need. </p> 374 375 376 377<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="how-we-re-funded-1">How weâre funded</h2> 378 379 380 381<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capital B is dedicated to building a stable foundation for quality national and local news to flourish, but we do not accept money at the expense of our editorial independence.</p> 382 383 384 385<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As a nonprofit news organization, our funding comes from a mix of philanthropic revenue â foundation grants, major individual gifts, corporate donations, and individual contributions through our membership program â and corporate underwriting of our journalism on our websites as well as off-platform.</p> 386 387 388 389<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://capitalbnews.org/how-to-give-support-donations/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ways to support us</a></p> 390 391 392 393<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="leadership-team-1">Leadership Team</h2> 394 395 396 397<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lauren Williams </strong>is chief executive officer and co-founder of Capital B. Before starting Capital B, she was senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Vox, where oversaw all editorial and business operations. Prior to Vox, she was an editor at Mother Jones and The Root. Her first journalism job was in local news at the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia. She serves on the boards of the International Women’s Media Foundation and the Associated Press Foundation for Journalism. </p> 398 399 400 401<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Akoto Ofori-Atta</strong> is co-founder and chief audience officer of Capital B. She was previously managing editor at The Trace, where she was responsible for the award-winning newsroomâs partnerships, special projects, and editorial operations. She previously held positions as senior editor at Essence magazine and associate editor at The Root, and is a 2015 John S. Knight journalism fellow.</p> 402 403 404 405<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Gillian White </strong>is senior vice president of programming and revenue at Capital B. Gillian was formerly a managing editor at The Atlantic where she oversaw podcasts, editorial live events, special projects, and interactive storytelling. She has also worked as an editor and columnist at Kiplinger. 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