Amelia grew up in Detroit. She received her bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University, where she majored in journalism and minored in global studies. At WSU, she was editor in chief of The South End, the student newspaper. She has interned at The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press and Crain’s Detroit Business, and she has contributed to the Detroit-based publications Outlier Media and El Central, as well as Eater Detroit and Planet Detroit. At each internship, Amelia contributed stories reflecting the experiences of minority communities, covering topics such as social determinants of health and problems with a municipal ID program. She interned this past summer at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Amelia Benavides-Colón
Reporter & AJI Fellow
