Imadé Nibokun Borha
My name is Imadé (ee-MAH-day).
Communications Professional, Award-Winning Writer & Mental Health Advocate
I am an award-winning journalist with three MDDC Press Association awards for my articles as a Features Writer at the Frederick News-Post. I won the 2017 Best of Show award, beating out the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post, for my arts and entertainment reporting. The award-winning article featured author Harriet Levin Millan who wrote: "How Fast Can You Run." The book was inspired by the Sudanese refugee story of Michael Majok Kuch.
I cover arts and culture stories, but I write a bit of everything including mental health. I've done articles on police brutality, community gardening, an international African pop star, and a young woman living with advanced cancer. My bylines are in Forbes, Essence, The Mighty, Bandcamp, Shondaland, and LA Weekly, among others.
I am also the founder of Depressed While Black, an online community sharing mental health stories from an African-American lens and a charitable initiative that donates Black-affirming personal care items to mental hospital patients.
I currently work as a Communications Advocate at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
The Mighty
Freelance Journalist
Forbes
Freelance Contributor
Essence
Freelance Journalist
BYP (Black Youth Project)
Freelance Journalist
The Medium
Freelance Journalist
Bandcamp
Freelance Journalist
The Outline
Freelance Journalist
Shondaland
Freelance Journalist
Idealist
Communications Coordinator
Features Writer
How Steven Dukes got his thumb back Winner of First-Place Medical/Science Reporting MDDC Press Association Award among mid-size papers
(May 2017)
Harriet Levin Millan chronicles Sudanese 'Lost Boy' who became a found man Winner of 2017 Best of Show MDDC Press Association award for arts and entertainment reporting
(Jan 2017)
The true story that inspired 'Hacksaw Ridge' - Winner of 2016 2nd place Finalist MDDC Press Association award for Entertainment Reporting among mid-size papers
(November 2016)
LA Weekly
Freelancer/Former Music Intern
Forth District
Freelancer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Freelancer
Gradient
Freelancer
WNYC
Soundcheck Intern
VICE
Freelancer
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