Join us for the third discussion in our Jane Jacobs Lecture series exploring the possibilities for post-covid cities. This discussion, led by journalist and communications consultant Rachel Jones, highlights a racial reckoning with cities as the staging grounds for social justice.
Space is limited but the event will be recorded and available on our website and YouTube channel afterwards.
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Rachel Jones is a Communications Consultant, Contributing Writer for National Geographic Magazine and mentor/trainer for both the Aspen Institute and the Emerson Collective.
Since January of 2019, Jones has produced content primarily for National Geographic’s Digital platform. She has worked as a journalist and media consultant for the last 30+ years in the US and Africa, for companies including The Detroit Free Press, National Public Radio, Internews, the International Center for Journalists and Voice of America. During those years, Jones also trained and mentored East African journalists to produce news and analysis content on topics including child and reproductive health, international development policy, gender, sustainability and social justice.
In August 2010, Jones was awarded an International Public Engagement Grant from the UK’s Wellcome Trust, which she used to create the Kenyan Alliance of Health and Science Reporters journalism training project. During her nine-year stint based in Nairobi, Jones also advised UNICEF Kenya and the Polio Advocacy Working Group partners in developing a communications strategy to stimulate insightful coverage of polio-related issues, as well as a broader range of child health and development areas. From October 2014 to September 2015, Jones served as Editor/Stringer Coordinator for Voice of America’s “South Sudan in Focus” nightly radio broadcast.
Currently based in Washington, D.C., Jones has worked as a media consultant for the U.K.-based Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases coalition, Malaria No More UK and Women Deliver. She also supports The Aspen Institute as a media trainer for their Healthy Communities, New Voices and SOAR Fellowship programs. In October of 2020, Jones began working with the Emerson Collective as a global health media consultant for their Dial Fellowship Program.
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