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‘LGBTQ people are part of the solution’: How three nonprofit newsroom leaders are making an impact this Pride month and beyond
For “journalist turned lawyer turned journalist” Ashton Lattimore, serving the LGBTQ community is critical to fulfilling her newsroom’s mission.
“Our mission is first and foremost to reflect the lived experience of the people most impacted by injustice,” said Lattimore, editor-in-chief at Prism, an independent, nonprofit news outlet led by women and gender nonbinary/nonconforming journalists of color. “That means Black Indigenous people of color, that means people in the LGBTQ community.”
Prism reporters file from their hometowns in cities across the U.S.
Lattimore, who lives with her husband and children outside Philadelphia, has been with Prism since its soft launch in 2019. She is a Harvard grad, the former editor of the Harvard Law Review and a cisgender, straight Black woman. She is also a novelist and one of three newsroom leaders who spoke with INNsights about their efforts to both serve and in some cases activate queer communities. All three lead organizations which are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News, a network of more than 400 independent news outlets.
“One impact that we’ve had is creating space for a more intersectional conversation…
