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Black By God Launches Solutions Journalism Series on Black Farming and Community Development in Appalachia
By Black By God Staff In March 2026, the Black By God team traveled to San Francisco for the Solutions Journalism Accelerator — a national program bringing together small newsrooms […]
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Black By God is a community-led news organization that aims to provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black Experience in West Virginia and Appalachia. Our name is a riff on the colloquial phrase West ‘by God’ Virginia that claims a unique place in central Appalachia.
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WV’s John Ellison, Who Wrote ‘Some Kind of Wonderful,’ Honored in Welch
By Matthew Young | Charleston Gazette-Mail John Ellison, best known for writing ‘Some Kind of Wonderful,” returns to Welch The City of Welch welcomed one of their own back to […]
