Samuel Collins Hicks is a public health and public interest reporter at MEDIALEX Community Newsroom as part of a pilot partnership with Press Forward Blue Grass, which trains community members to work as journalists in their hometowns. Before joining Report for America, Hicks was the city editor for the LEXtoday newsletter, delivering daily news to an audience of +40,000. He is also a poet, essayist, and TV/film actor.
His debut essay Very Truly Yours was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Purple Ink Press, and his poems have appeared in multiple anthologies from Workhorse Publishing.
Beat: Multilingual, Multicultural Reporting on Public Health and Public Interest Issues
Lexington, Kentucky is a multicultural city with residents speaking more than 200 languages. MEDIALEX provides real-time, multilingual public health & safety information during critical moments when our community needs it most. MEDIALEX is a platform for a wide range of voices, ideas, and perspectives not found in commercial or traditional public media. Our Community Correspondent helps community members tell their own stories, connect directly to local issues, and shape the public conversation.