On July 20, 2017, shortly after midnight, Keegan Von Roberts, a young black man, was shot and killed in front of his house by his white neighbor, Michael Centanni. Centanni was never charged, protected under the self-defense argument. The case is complicated and controversial – here’s a deeper look. When Shahla Latifi was an 18-year-old pharmacy student living in Kabul, Afghanistan, it was arranged that she would marry a 50-year-old Afghan man living in Jacksonville, Florida. She was excited to leave a violent Afghanistan for a man who seemed kind and promised her she could finish her degree in the United States. Instead, Shahla was locked into a 22 years of mental, emotional, physical and se When Rostand Ndong Essomba’s sister passed away unexpectedly, he was 14 years old. Little did he know that turning his focus to basketball would lead him on a wild journey from his home country of Cameroon to Stockbridge, Georgia, when he was 17. Once in Georgia, a nightmare became reality for Essomba and numerous other international athletes. Marcel Vizcarra slowly carves through a piece of thick white fish. Cutting it into slices, he places them carefully on the rim of a large white bowl. He then starts methodically placing the cubes of bright orange sweet potato among the fish. He doesn’t take his gaze away from his creation for even a moment as he explains, in great detail, how makes ceviche, a traditional Peruvian dish. Meet Marcel Vizcarra, the Peruvian chef trained at Le Corden Bleu. Chef Marcel prides himself on his ability to turn traditional Peruvian street food, which is not traditionally visually attractive, into works of art.
Katherine L.
Jacksonville, FL, USA6 reviews
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About Katherine
I am the enterprise reporter covering criminal and social justice issues in Northeast Florida for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. Please message me for my Signal number (Hablo español!) My inbox is off-the-record. I am a Poynter-Koch Media Follow from June 2021 until May 2022. As a journalist, I love to work with public records and data and get out on-foot in the community. In my free time, I'm usually surfing or out and about with my two dogs. I was a Report for America corps members from 2019 - 2021 in New Mexico as a multimedia reporter and podcast producer/host at the Santa Fe Reporter. At the Santa Fe Reporter, I covered Santa Fe’s Southside — its immigrant and indigenous communities, service industry workers, entrepreneurs and families — through stories that impact their lives. I also covered the business and culture outside of the city’s contemporary downtown core, especially taking into account women, people of color, historical context, access to health care and education. I started my career as a full-time staff journalist at Miami Today News covering the dynamic cities of Coral Gables and Miami Beach as well as international news that affected South Florida, including arts, culture, banking and finance. I have freelanced as a writer, photographer and videographer for numerous publications since college, including USA Today, the Tampa Bay Times, the St. Augustine Record, Happs News, Al-Jazeera Plus, Human Rights Campaign, the Florida Bulldog and Seminole Magazine, long before completing my Bachelor's in Journalism/Media Production. I received a grant while attending Flagler College to work with a partner covering malnutrition and poverty in a Mayan community on the shores of Lago de Atitlan in rural Guatemala. I am a previous grantee for the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Tracey Eaton, a long-time investigative journalist and foreign correspondent, and I, traveled to Havana, Cuba in August 2018 to cover the housing crisis. We published multiple multimedia pieces. USA Today and the Tampa Bay Times were the first publications to take the story. I am bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. I graduated from Flagler College majoring in Journalism/Documentary Production and minoring in International Studies Magnua cum Laude.
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New Project with Katherine Mellan Lewin
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Interview with the fiance of the deceased as well as b-roll.
Produced for AJPlus on Storyhunter
July 2018
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https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/1067705743370932/?hc_location=ufi https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/921443119106727936 https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/921177402482544642 https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/921066919033151489
Produced for AJPlus on Storyhunter
October 2017
A woman, mother and poet: Afghan-American woman’s journey to freedom
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- Production Company
- Video Editor - News
When Shahla Latifi was an 18-year-old pharmacy student living in Kabul, Afghanistan, it was arranged that she would marry a 50-year-old Afghan man living in Jacksonville, Florida. She was excited to leave a violent Afghanistan for a man who seemed kind and promised her she could finish her degree in the United States. Instead, Shahla was locked into a 22 years of mental, emotional, physical and se
Justice for Keegan?
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- Video Editor - News
On July 20, 2017, shortly after midnight, Keegan Von Roberts, a young black man, was shot and killed in front of his house by his white neighbor, Michael Centanni. Centanni was never charged, protected under the self-defense argument. The case is complicated and controversial – here’s a deeper look.
Flagler Athlete Spotlight: Rostand Essomba
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
When Rostand Ndong Essomba’s sister passed away unexpectedly, he was 14 years old. Little did he know that turning his focus to basketball would lead him on a wild journey from his home country of Cameroon to Stockbridge, Georgia, when he was 17. Once in Georgia, a nightmare became reality for Essomba and numerous other international athletes.
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