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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.

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
depression, mental health, mental illness, battle, black women
Posted inFeatured News

Letter from the Editor: When Mental Illness Hits Home

by C. Zawadi Morris October 8, 2017December 18, 2020
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: The Racism Next Door

by C. Zawadi Morris September 17, 2017January 28, 2021
Rosie the Riveter, BK Reader, Labor Day
Posted inFeatured News, Letters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Go Rosie! It’s Your Labor Day!

by C. Zawadi Morris September 3, 2017January 28, 2021
Afropunk 2017, photos, BK Reader
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Popular

Afropunk is Growing, and That’s a Good Thing… Or is it?

by C. Zawadi Morris August 28, 2017January 28, 2021
Afropunk 2017, photos, BK Reader
Posted inBrook-Lens, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Lifestyle & Culture

Photos: Pretty Punks

by C. Zawadi Morris August 28, 2017January 27, 2021
Posted inFeatured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Lifestyle & Culture, Popular

Afropunk 2017: Relax, Relate, R-E-S-I-S-T

by C. Zawadi Morris August 27, 2017January 28, 2021
AfroPunk, BK Reader, Events Lineup, Weekend
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

Get Ready for a Litty Weekend! Full Events Lineup Ahead

by C. Zawadi Morris August 23, 2017January 28, 2021
C. Zawadi Morris, Zawadi Morris, Clara Morris, BK Reader, The Brooklyn Reader, Brooklyn News, Local News in Brooklyn
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Time to Review, Renew and Refresh!

by C. Zawadi Morris July 23, 2017January 28, 2021
BK Reader, Curlfest 2017, Curlygirl Collective, Shae Moisture, Prospect Park, natural hair, natural beauty
Posted inBeauty & Fashion, Brook-Lens, Featured News, Flatbush, Prospect Heights

Photos: Curlfest 2017 Brings out Brooklyn’s Best… How Nature Intended

by C. Zawadi Morris July 17, 2017January 27, 2021
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush

At Brookdale Hospital, Big Changes in Healthcare Announced for Northeast Brooklyn

by C. Zawadi Morris January 13, 2017January 28, 2021
Afropunk Army Volunteers (l to r): Saada Ahmed and Alaric Campbell, and Manushka Magliore, Director of Community Affairs
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Brooklyn BP Announces New Partnership With Afropunk; Will Expand Youth Voluntarism Across Borough

by C. Zawadi Morris October 28, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Brook-Lens, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Photos: Afropunk 2016, in Living Color

by C. Zawadi Morris August 29, 2016January 27, 2021
Posted inFeatured News, Letters from the Editor

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

by C. Zawadi Morris July 18, 2016January 28, 2021
Fabiola Jean-Louis
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Beauty & Fashion, Featured News, Flatbush, Popular

Fabiola Jean-Louis on the Art of Time-Travel, Truth-Telling and Rewriting History

by C. Zawadi Morris April 18, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

Welcome to 2016!

by C. Zawadi Morris January 4, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News, Popular

Report: Nearly 50,000 East New York Residents Will Face Displacement with City’s Rezoning Plan

by C. Zawadi Morris December 3, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Brook-Lens, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Brook-Lens: Photos from Afropunk 2015

by C. Zawadi Morris August 25, 2015January 28, 2021
Brook Stephenson
Posted inFeatured News, Features, Neighborhoods

Obituary: Beloved Brooklyn Writer, Brook Stephenson, Passes Suddenly

by C. Zawadi Morris August 13, 2015January 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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