Globalist welcomes new youth program coordinator DJ Martinez

In September the Globalist welcomed a new team member: Youth Program Coordinator DJ Martinez!

DJ is a trans activist and performing artist originally from Richmond, California. He has worked in various after school programs and internships that primarily focused on youth development and digital media. With a Bachelor’s degree in Audio Engineering, DJ is passionate about art and pop culture, and is committed to exploring & cultivating these areas through a social justice lens with young community members.

With DJ’s help, and thanks to support from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, we are re-launching our Globalist Youth Journalism Program Friday October 9th. This program, open to 16-19 year olds, offers eight weeks of after school workshops, covering things like interviewing, photography, reporting, writing, and finding story ideas. We still have an open spot or two, so if you or a young person you know is interested, send DJ a note!

Welcome to the Globalist, DJ!

Jessica Partnow

Jessica was the founding executive director of The Seattle Globalist. She is an international radio journalist whose work has been broadcast by dozens of public radio stations, networks and programs. She has received two Edward R. Murrow Awards, regionally for her radio series Life on the Duwamish and nationally for Generation Putin, an hour-long public radio special on young people and political change in the former Soviet Union. She won a 2015 Gracie Award for her radio series on humanitarian drug trafficking. Jessica teaches journalism at the University of Washington.