Solomon Wilson
Marjorie Welch Fitts Louis FellowSolomon Wilson is KERA's Marjorie Welch Fitts Louis Fellow. He focuses on covering racial equity, women’s rights, socioeconomic disparities and other evolving issues of social justice in our community.
A Texas native from San Antonio, Solomon has a long-standing passion for storytelling.
Graduating a bachelor's degree in multimedia communications with a minor in women and gender studies from Texas A&M San Antonio, he strives to continue to highlight stories from underserved communities.
Solomon was a part of NPRs Next Generation Radio Texas newsroom for the year 2020 where he covered a local LGBTQ+ shelter for the unhoused.
During that time, he also wrote stories for his university’s Editorial publication El Espejo Magazine which he later assisted in leading as Co-editor in Chief and Design Editor during his final semester.
As the inaugural Marjorie Louis Fellow at KERA, he hopes to "set a solid path for future fellows to follow."
-
The Fabrication Yard in west Dallas has offered a space for graffiti artists to showcase their work for more than a decade. -
The star of "Dream Girls" and "Respect" will venture into daytime TV in September with "The Jennifer Hudson Show." -
Dallas ISD will require students in grades 6-12 to carry clear backpacks, citing safety concerns. -
On July 23, the Detroit pianist will perform music from his latest solo project, "Black Book," accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra -
Juneteenth Unity Weekend is expected to draw visitors from all over North Texas. -
Demonstrators across the country took to the streets Saturday to protest gun violence, including a handful of events across North Texas. -
The Better Block Foundation has partnered with nonprofit Child Poverty Action Lab to bring a new recreational space in South Dallas for the summer. They hope it will unify the community, stimulate the economy and help reduce crime rates. -
Governor Samuel Garcia's visit comes nearly a month after Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson returned from an official trip to Mexico. -
The intersection of MLK Boulevard and S Malcolm X Boulevard in South Dallas is only one of two intersections in the country where streets bearing both names meet. It is now home to a new Black Lives Matter crosswalk, an addiction recovery center, and more. -
Federal health officials are reporting a spike in mental health issues among high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
"Dallas Rising: The Hall of Negro Life" airs Friday on KERA-TV and examines the building's rise and fall at Fair Park. -
The southeast community of Joppa, one of the original freedmen’s towns of Dallas, is holding a community cleanup of what will be their first multipurpose center.
