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Our Team
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Blake Stoner
Founder & Chief Reporter
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Dawn DeCosta
Strategic Planning & Partnerships
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Jaime Fernandez
Stakeholder Management
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Shweta Jain
Research & Development
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Kayla Arroyo
Community Outreach
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Shiming Huang
Full-Stack Software Engineer
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Justin Adames
UI/UX Fellow
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Randi Williams
CMS Intern
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Koffison Voumadi
Mobile Intern
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Nima Sherpa
CMS Intern
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Amtul Ali
Vngle Jr Intern
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Javaughn Lindsay
Mobile Intern
The concept of Vngle was born in Ferguson, Missouri
Vngle is a response to growing misinformation and underrepresentation that's plaguing so much of America.
Our origin is rooted in grassroots work and seeing the systemic problems local communities face. This work started in Ferguson, MO, where social injustice is real but goes incredibly underreported. Ferguson like so many other underrepresented cities is a news desert, a place that gets little to no original reporting. Today, over 64% of America, millions of people, do not get daily original news on their area. These areas are where misinformation grows the most.
We started Vngle to address these critical issues through empowering communities to bring various angles of verified local news to their area.