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    Sierra Lyons

    Hi! I’m Sierra Lyons, The 19th’s audience engagement fellow. I previously reported at the intersection of faith, justice, race and education for Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Huffington Post and Scalawag Magazine, among others. Prior to The 19th, I was part of Sojourners Magazine’s reporting cohort, where I covered the 2024 election, and served as a communications consultant for the National Center for Grow Your Own, a nonprofit supporting future educators. As an editorial fellow at The 74 Million, I covered national K–12 education and contributed to daily audience engagement and production across social media platforms. Both Sojourners and The 74 are part of The 19th News Network. I was an investigations intern at NPR through the Ida B. Wells Society and participated in NPR’s Next Generation Radio program, producing a digital and audio story about food insecurity and climate change in my hometown. I also interned at The American Prospect, where I reported on voter disenfranchisement in Florida, food insecurity in South Carolina and supported the outlet’s fact-checking and daily social media content. I am a native of Pensacola, Florida, and a graduate of Florida A&M University, where I studied broadcast journalism, and served as opinions editor and copy desk editor of the campus newspaper, as well as a writer for the university magazine. I’m now based in Brooklyn, New York City.

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