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Niema Jordan

Program Manager, Off/Page Project

Niema Jordan is the program manager for the Off/Page Project, The Center for Investigative Reporting's collaboration with Youth Speaks. Her career has included working at Essence magazine, a stint as the assistant director of the Jewish Music Festival and teaching at Youth Radio. Her work has appeared in Ebony, Shareable and Oakland Local. Jordan graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's in magazine journalism and African American studies, and she is currently working toward master’s degrees in documentary film and public health from the University of California, Berkeley. Jordan is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office and Youth Speaks' San Francisco office.

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Posted inInside the Newsroom

Detroit high schoolers use journalism to write poetry about bankruptcy

by Niema Jordan December 23, 2015

Students at Detroit’s Cody High School got a crash course on the city’s Chapter 9 filing from a local reporter so that they could write their own take on the lingering effects of the bankruptcy.

Posted inInside the Newsroom

Young Detroit poets to speak on their bankrupt city, one year later

by Niema Jordan November 24, 2015December 15, 2015

Some of the city’s young poets will perform at Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later, a community forum presented by public radio station WDET and the Detroit Journalism Cooperative.

Posted inInside the Newsroom

Young poets speak their fire at Brave New Voices festival

by Niema Jordan July 31, 2015June 30, 2021

The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival is a poetry slam at its core. But it also offers young people an opportunity to dig deeply into issues that affect their day-to-day lives and share their experiences with peers.

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Posted inCriminal Justice, Solitary Confinement

What one young poet has to say about teens in solitary confinement

by Niema Jordan April 29, 2015June 30, 2021

“Locked [In],” by poet Gabriel Cortez, depicts the disturbing reality that many youth face in solitary confinement.

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