Carrington J. Tatum

A Report for America corps member, Carrington J. Tatum believes news should serve the most vulnerable people first. He has worked for The Dallas Morning News, specializing in the historically under-resourced southern side of Dallas. Prior to that, he worked with The Texas Tribune to cover homelessness and higher education. A first-generation student from Garland, Texas, he cut his reporting teeth at Texas State University where he was the first Black editor-in-chief of The University Star, the university’s student-run newspaper. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @chiefcarrington. Links: Bracing for worst as permitless carry law goes into effect Thursday Eminent domain lets pipeline developers take land, pay little, say Black property owners Sick, hospital-bound and faced with a choice: Sell land rights to Byhalia Pipeline or lose them in court?