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Jamila Wood

Jamila Wood is our product fellow. Prior to The 19th, they interned for The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and journalist Jacque Reid, and was a Meta HBCU News Fellow at Scalawag Magazine. They are a graduate of Clark Atlanta University and a master’s candidate at Georgetown University.

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Reflection: The 19th's product fellow on centering readers and building community

Fellow Jamila Wood reflects on what they've learned as a part of the 19th's product team.

Jamila Wood · May 18, 2023

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Jamila Wood

Reflection: The 19th's product fellow on centering readers and building community