Mina Allen, Author at Current

Mina Allen

Editorial Intern

Mina Allen is a reporting intern for Current and a senior double-majoring in journalism and legal studies at American University. Previously she has interned for Voice of America Press Freedom and The Durango Herald as a Capitol Hill Reporting Intern. She also wrote as a news staff writer at American University’s student paper The Eagle for three years covering administrative and local news, campus events and features. She is currently a co-president of American University’s new chapter of the Asian American Journalism Association. In her free time, Mina loves to cook and go to concerts.

Programs/Content

Film recounts first movement to advocate for full civil rights for Black Americans

By Mina Allen, Editorial Intern | November 28, 2023

APT will distribute “The Niagara Movement,” a one-hour documentary from Lawrence Hott and WNED, for national broadcast.

Programs/Content

WITF’s ‘Melanin Report’ seeks to amplify BIPOC voices in Central Pennsylvania

By Mina Allen, Editorial Intern | November 2, 2023

“It goes such a long way to hear that news anchor speak just like you,” says host and creator Marquis Lupton.

Development

This station leader is lapping his colleagues in fundraising

By Mina Allen, Editorial Intern | October 26, 2023

Gary Sexton, director of broadcasting for Ohio’s WYSU-FM, is running 200 miles this month to bring in donations.

Development

KEXP debit card gives fans an eye-catching way to support station

By Mina Allen, Editorial Intern | October 4, 2023

The card stemmed from a long-running partnership between KEXP and the Boeing Employees’ Credit Union.