Breya Jones

Breya Jones is our 2023-2024 Ida B. Wells Southern Fellow. She’s based in Louisville, Kentucky, where she covers arts and culture for NPR member station WFPL. While at Louisville Public Media, she has focused on highlighting the voices of historically underrepresented communities, covering issues including arts initiatives in neighborhoods of color, inequities in the public park system, and the continued community response to the police killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020. Born and raised in Louisville, Jones attended DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied journalism and political science.

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The history and experience at Kentucky’s only independent arts school

The Kentucky College of Art and Design has received support from local artists, philanthropists and politicians — but some critics paint a different portrait of life at the school.

Breya JonesLouisville Public MediaNovember 20, 2024

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