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Courtney Wise

Courtney Wise Randolph is the principal writer for MindSite News Daily. She’s a native Detroiter and freelance writer who was host of COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience, a 2020 project between WDET and Documenting Detroit which won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. Her work has appeared in Detour Detroit, Planet Detroit, Outlier Media, the Detroit Free Press, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest, one of the St. Louis Post Dispatch’s Best Books of 2020. She specializes in multimedia journalism, arts and culture, and authentic community storytelling. Wise Randolph studied English and theatre arts at Howard University and has a BA in arts, sociology and Africana studies at Wayne State University. She can be reached at info@mindsitenews.org.

Courtney's Latest Articles

States’ troubling secrecy around opioid settlement cash

Questions mount over states' use of drug settlement funds. Minnesota works to reduce stigma over fentanyl test strips. R&B legend Kem Owens talks about overcoming addiction in new book. And more.

Pandemic’s “Shocking” Toll on Girls

Teen girls are facing alarming rates of violence and trauma, a new federal study shows. More parent litigation against social media companies. Ten popular movies that teach truly awful parenting and discipline lessons. And more.

How to end the opioid overdose epidemic
Hold that pose…and laugh

For those of you who thought yoga was a serious business, we bring you...laughter yoga. The military takes more steps to stem spiking rates of suicide. And more states give kids mental health days off from school.

Easing postpartum depression in Pittsburgh

A Pittsburgh program supports Black parents and their mental health struggles during pregnancy. Latina writer Erika L. Sanchez reveals her role model: Lisa Simpson. And more.

Sports figures on mental health

Two Canadian-born sports figures talk about identity and mental health. And the crushing need for maternal mental health services in India.

We Interrupt This Program to Bring You #BlackJoy

We Black people—Black Americans in this case—know hard times, but our lives also sparkle with joy. Black joy, and not just Black trauma, is our inheritance.

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