FLINT, MI — A local doctor and a Flint community activist are pushing Genesee County to support a resolution to make racism a public health issue. Flint native Dr. Kent Key says it may be the only way to impact racism throughout the United States. “We are speaking from a black experience,” said Key, executive […]
Author Archives: Jiquanda Johnson
Flint Beat‘s founder and publisher, Jiquanda Johnson is a Flint-area native with more than 16 years of experience in journalism including print, television and digital media. She has worked for The Detroit News, NBC25, Fox and MLive Media Group/The Flint Journal, where she covered the city of Flint.
As a reporter covering Flint for MLive, Jiquanda discovered that the community needed a news publication focused only on Flint, Mich. Flint Beat was launched on March 13, 2017 to fill that need.
