Each year, thousands of Black women in the U.S. go missing. Although Black women make up only 7% of the U.S. population, Black women are the victims of 20% of all missing person cases each year. Avery Bernard Johns, a junior history and sociology major at Howard University, couldn’t let those stark statistics stand. So she created DEADLINING to track reports of missing and murdered Black women in D.C. The Emancipator sat down with her to discuss her work.
She has previously worked for ABC 7News and Hawaii News Now, where she fell in love with getting out in the community and reporting. Kate is from the San Francisco Bay Area and grew up watching the local news at home. Seeing Asian reporters and anchors on her local broadcast news channels inspired her to pursue journalism. Her deep connection to her Filipino heritage and culture drives her to continue advocating for greater representation of underrepresented communities in the media. She is a proud... More by Kate Amistoso