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Jeffrey Kelly

Jeffrey Kelly is a Ben Bagdikian fellow from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has previously focused on the intersections of race, gender, and arts and culture. He has worked with Oxford American, NBCUniversal, NPR Next Generation Radio Project, Burnaway’s 2025 Art Writing Incubator, and elsewhere. Reach him at jkelly@cir.org.

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