Sierra Jenkins
This undated photo shows Sierra Jenkins, 25, a reporter with The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press newspapers in Virginia, who died Saturday, March 19, 2022, following a shooting outside a bar in Norfolk, Va. Jenkins’ ambitions, which included becoming an investigative reporter someday, were cut short early Saturday when she and others were caught in the crossfire of a shooting outside a bar that was closing, Norfolk police said. (Photo credit: Chris Taylor/Studio 110 Photography via AP)
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Sierra Jenkins was a young Black journalist working in a rapidly shrinking industry where colleagues often didn't look like her. But Jenkins, 25, was exactly where she wanted to be, covering social issues and education for her hometown newspaper in Norfolk, Virginia.
