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Author Archives: C. Zawadi Morris

C. Zawadi Morris is an award-winning journalist and a Chicago native who moved to Brooklyn in 1997. Ms. Morris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (and a minor in Spanish) from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. She has worked as the communications director for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-12), a senior account executive for Shandwick Public Affairs and Cohn & Wolf Public Relations, and Bed-Stuy Patch. In December 2013, under The Original Media Group, Ms. Morris launched The Brooklyn Reader, an online news source covering the neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn.

OY/YO, Deborah Kass, Brooklyn Museum, Something to Say
Posted inFeatured News

Yo! Brooklyn Artist Deborah Kass Has Something to Say!

by C. Zawadi Morris October 5, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inFort Greene / Clinton Hill

Dock 72: Navy Yard’s Next Big Idea Hopes to Spark More Big Ideas

by C. Zawadi Morris September 22, 2018January 28, 2021
BK Reader, Brooklyn news, daily news, Brooklyn
Posted inFeatured News

Letter from the Editor: Welcome to the New Face of BK Reader!

by C. Zawadi Morris September 4, 2018January 28, 2021
Afropunk 2018
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Dear Afropunk, You’ve Changed.

by C. Zawadi Morris August 29, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inBrook-Lens, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Lifestyle & Culture

Afropunk 2018 Photos: Black Gold of the Sun!

by C. Zawadi Morris August 26, 2018January 28, 2021
Curlfest 2018, natural hair, kinky hair, nappy hair, good hair, African hair, Curlygirl
Posted inBrook-Lens, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture

Photos: Curlygirls Take Over Prospect Park

by C. Zawadi Morris July 24, 2018January 27, 2021
Posted inFeatured News, Letters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Who’s On First Base?

by C. Zawadi Morris June 27, 2018January 28, 2021
Opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, overdose, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, OASES, Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, State Sen. Jesse Hamilton, Kim Whitley
Posted inCommunity Health Page, Crown Heights, Featured News, Health & Wellness, Latest News, Non-Profit & Community, Popular

At Crown Heights Town Hall, Neighbors Unite to Combat Opioid Crisis in Brooklyn

by C. Zawadi Morris May 22, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Letter from the Editor: My Umi Says…

by C. Zawadi Morris May 13, 2018January 25, 2021
Automatic Studios, filmmakers, Che Chisholm, Tribeca Film Festival, Brooklyn
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Young, Brooklyn-based Filmmakers Make Waves at Tribeca Film Festival

by C. Zawadi Morris May 4, 2018January 28, 2021
The Great Pretender, BRIC, Tribeca Film Festival
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

VIDEO: BRIC TV Celebrates Big Wins at the Emmys, Tribeca and Sundance

by C. Zawadi Morris April 26, 2018January 28, 2021
David Bowie in front of the Berlin Wall.
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture

Brooklyn Museum Wants you to Dine Like David Bowie… in Berlin, Tokyo, London and Philly!

by C. Zawadi Morris April 23, 2018January 28, 2021
Tribeca Film Festival, Brooklyn, shorts
Posted inFeatured News, Local Voices

Tribeca Film Festival: Representing BK to the Fullest

by C. Zawadi Morris April 20, 2018January 28, 2021
wealth gap, racism, black women, black men
Posted inFeatured News, Letters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: On Black Male ‘Sensitivity’ and Losing the Race

by C. Zawadi Morris March 25, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: It’s Time to let the Children Lead

by C. Zawadi Morris February 18, 2018January 28, 2021
BK Reader
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: The Time Has Come…

by C. Zawadi Morris January 28, 2018January 28, 2021
Altgeld Gardens, determination, social justice, racial equality, Dorothy Gautreaux, The Gautreaux Program
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Push!

by C. Zawadi Morris December 10, 2017January 28, 2022
Dawanda Wise, Spike Lee, She's Gotta Have it, Netflix, series, Thanksgiving Day, BK Reader
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News, Popular

‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Returns!… To a Very, Very Different Brooklyn

by C. Zawadi Morris November 17, 2017January 28, 2021
Joe Ricketts, DNAinfo, Gothamist, hyperlocal news, local news, citizen journalism, BK Reader, The Brooklyn Reader
Posted inFeatured News, Letters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Local News is NOT Dead

by C. Zawadi Morris November 6, 2017January 28, 2021
Brooklyn Braised, food delivery service, subscription-based food delivery, prepared meals, organic food, farm-to-table, vegan food, vegetarian food, Christa Lynch
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Business & Innovation, Featured News, Popular

Brooklyn Born and Braised!

by C. Zawadi Morris November 3, 2017January 28, 2021

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C. Zawadi Morris, Publisher of BK Reader

Dear Brooklyn Readers,

Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a federal holiday.

However, MLK would not consider this day a cause for celebration. Here’s why:

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