Author Archives: Tracie Powell

Ask Wane Hailes; he’ll tell you he can sell ice to Eskimos, but he’s needed an editor for years. That all changes this week for the former McClatchy-owned Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer advertising sales rep turned founder of The Courier/Eco Latino. That’s because his newly hired editor-in-chief, Janell Williams, starts work September 1. For Hailes, itContinue reading “How Pivot is creating transformational change in Columbus, GA”

I recently talked about risk with another nonprofit leader when I realized this is another term in which philanthropy and communities don’t share a definition. For the other nonprofit leader, risk is associated with an organization’s ability to execute. For me, risk means only taking chances one is comfortable with.  Objectively, The Pivot Fund isContinue reading “A Conversation On Risk, Trust And Equity In Philanthropy”

Recently in Washington, D.C. to attend the 2023 Asian American Journalists Association Conference, I told a packed room how The Pivot Fund does funding differently than other journalism donors. Unlike other funders, we center communities in our giving strategy and provide culturally competent leadership.  What do we mean by culturally competent? Three principles are core to how we operate andContinue reading “The Case For Culturally Competent Leadership In News Media”

More than a dozen domestic workers and day laborers took to the stage in March to educate fellow community members about their rights, particularly around sick leave. The performance was part of a reporting series produced by El Tecolote Newspaper, one of the oldest news organizations serving San Francisco’s heavily Latino Mission District. While nervous performers worriedContinue reading “El Tecolote reimagines journalism to deepen community connections”