{"id":103064,"date":"2024-12-26T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/?p=103064"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:49:50","slug":"inside-the-nns-newsroom-milwaukee-we-need-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2024\/12\/26\/inside-the-nns-newsroom-milwaukee-we-need-your-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the NNS Newsroom: Milwaukee, we need your help","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know her as Princess.<br><br>But in the NNS newsroom, she\u2019s our queen.<br><br>For four years, PrincessSafiya Byers has covered housing and basic needs for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" data-attachment-id=\"103067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2024\/12\/26\/inside-the-nns-newsroom-milwaukee-we-need-your-help\/princess-2-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?fit=1179%2C716&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1179,716\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"princess-2 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?resize=450%2C273&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2.jpg?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2-1024x622.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/princess-2-1-2-1024x622.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PrincessSafiya Byers knows that showing up in the community is the only way to authentically tell the stories of residents. (Photo provided by the Institute for Nonprofit News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was our first full-time reporter as part of the highly competitive Report For America program, which places journalists in newsrooms like ours to focus on under-covered issues.<br><br>A Milwaukee native, Princess embodies our mission of giving our city the newsroom it deserves through rigorous, community-centric reporting.<br><br>Her work has not gone unnoticed. <a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2024\/12\/17\/inside-the-nns-newsroom-princesssafiya-byers-wins-coveted-national-journalism-award\/\">Byers recently won the Loeb Award<\/a>, which is considered the Pulitzer for business journalism, for her collaboration with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on \u201cMilwaukee\u2019s Hidden Landlords.\u201d<br><br>I am blessed to lead a great team, and as the clock ticks on our year-end campaign, I am asking you to make a gift so we can keep them. Although our work is free, our labors are not.&nbsp;The donations you make help us pay for reporters like Princess.<br><br><strong>We only have five days left in our year-end campaign.<br><\/strong><br>Help us continue to fill information gaps in the city we love while celebrating the ordinary people who do extraordinary things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to give you the newsroom you deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we want to give our team the newsroom they deserve, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your gift goes toward paying their salaries and benefits. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee-neighborhood-news-service.fundjournalism.org\/donate\/?campaign=701Pj00000RGaZRIA1\" title=\"\">Click here to support the team that celebrates you on a daily 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