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As a Schwartz Fellow at New America, Reniqua Allen will conduct a multimedia project on the erosion of the nation’s black middle class. Ms. Allen is a freelance journalist who has worked with Congressional Quarterly, Black Enterprise, Teen Vogue, Sirius XM, Fox News, MSNBC and PBS, often focusing on topics surrounding race and social justice. Her most recent project was working on the HBO documentary, Hot Coffee, a film about the tort reform movement. Previously, she worked for Bill Moyers on the newsmagazine, The Bill Moyers Journal.

Allen is also a Ph.D student in American Studies at Rutgers University. Her dissertation will look at the representations of “Post-Cosby” black professionals on television and film. She has a BA in Journalism and Political Science and a MA in Political Science from American University.