# The Triibe

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{{short description|Online newspaper based in Chicago Illinois USA}}
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| founded            = {{start date and age|2017}}
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| owners             = Morgan Elise Johnson, Tiffany Walden
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| editor             = Tiffany Walden
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| publishing_city    = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois
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'''''The TRiiBE''''' is an African-American online news and digital media company based in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois). It was founded in 2017 by Morgan Elise Johnson and Tiffany Walden, along with web developer David Elutilo.<ref name="Stevens 2018">{{cite web | last=Stevens | first=Heidi | title=Triibe gives black Chicago a more balanced voice through its stories | website=chicagotribune.com | date=2018-02-26 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-the-triibe-black-chicago-0226-story.html | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> In 2019, they published a print version of their TRiiBE Guide, an annual guide to Black Chicago.<ref name="tg">{{cite web |title=2019 TRiiBE Guide to Black Chicago |url=https://thetriibe.com/the-triibe-guide-to-black-chicago/ |website=The TRiiBE |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>

The site is a digital media platform that combines original reporting with "documentary, creative writing and photography" to cover the stories of the Black community in Chicago.<ref name="Stevens 2018" /> They have collaborated with ''[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)'' on a multimedia series called ''Block Beat'', which features Chicago artists and the neighborhoods they cite as influences.<ref name="Stevens 2018" /> They have also created ''Another Life'', a documentary series in which Johnson and Walden follow people managing the aftermath of lives lost to gun violence.<ref name="Mustufa 2017">{{cite web | last=Mustufa | first=Asraa | title='Another Life' docu-series portrays the trauma of gun violence | website=Chicago Reporter | date=2017-07-16 | url=https://www.chicagoreporter.com/another-life-docu-series-portrays-the-trauma-of-gun-violence/ | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>

== History ==
Walden and Johnson were friends and sorority sisters who attended [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) and wanted to create media that reflected the Chicago they were familiar with, and which didn't just view Black neighborhoods as sources of crime and poverty.<ref name="Medill 2018">{{cite web | title=Finding Their Triibe - Medill Magazine - Northwestern University | website=Medill | date=2018-01-31 | url=https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2018/finding-their-triibe.html | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref><ref name="Clark 2018">{{cite web | last=Clark | first=Anna | title=The Triibe roams a Chicago overlooked by legacy media | website=Columbia Journalism Review | date=2018-05-02 | url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/the-triibe-chicago.php | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> They originally created the publication for Black [millennials](/source/millennials), but later expanded their mission to include Black Chicagoans of all ages.<ref name="WBEZ Chicago 2017">{{cite web | title=New Digital Platform Aims To Reshape Black Narratives | website=WBEZ Chicago | date=2017-07-25 | url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/new-digital-platform-aims-to-reshape-black-narratives/a02b6d10-50b4-448a-8f12-4a404be98909 | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> In 2018, Walden, was selected as one of [Poynter's](/source/Poynter_Institute) 2018 class for the Poynter-NABJ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media.<ref name="Poynter 2018">{{cite web | title=Poynter, NABJ announce the 2018 diversity leadership class | website=Poynter | date=2018-10-31 | url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2018/poynter-nabj-announce-the-2018-diversity-leadership-class/ | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> Morgan Johnson made the [''Forbes'' 30 Under 30](/source/Forbes_30_Under_30) media list in 2019.<ref name="Forbes 2019">{{cite web | title=Morgan Johnson | website=Forbes | date=2019-08-14 | url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/morgan-johnson/ | access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> In March 2021, both Walden and Johnson were featured on the cover of [Chicago Magazine's “The New Power 30”](/source/Chicago_Magazine) issue.<ref name="Chicago Magazine 2021">{{cite web | title=Chicago Magazine, The New Power 30 | website=Chicago Magazine | date=2021-02-17 | url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2021/new-power-30/ | access-date=2021-04-08}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

{{African American press}}

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