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Mel Hopkins

(She/Her)
Georgia
As seen in: Medium, Substack, Ebony
Covers:  Storyteller at the intersection of tech, culture, and ancestral wisdom. #DigitalCreatives #TechCulture #NarrativeIntelligence #SankofaSystems #AncestralTech #IPEconomy #WomenInTech
Doesn't Cover: gossip, scandal, crime,

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Journalist and narrative strategist exploring how creatives use digital technology to amplify their brands, businesses, and voices. Her work often sits at the intersection of cultural memory, innovation, and identity.

She has profiled visionary artists like Issa Rae (featured on the EBONY cover story, “Woman in the Mirror”) and Nicole Franklin, a filmmaker pioneering the adoption of digital coins (“Coin Collector”), highlighting how storytelling and technology coalesce into modern-day power too…

What was your first job as a journalist?

My first journalism gig was as a general assignment news reporter for a small-market CBS network affiliate news station.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

If I used a typewriter, it was just to tinker around,

How is social media changing news?

Social media isn't changing news; it has returned the News gathering and reporting to the individual.