Amelia Benavides-Colón is a reporting intern at The Chronicle and the 2024 recipient of The Chronicle’s Diversity in Media Scholarship. She is a recent graduate of Wayne State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in print and online journalism, with a minor in global studies. She previously served as editor in chief of The South End, Wayne State’s independent student newspaper. She completed internships with The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, and Crain’s Detroit Business. Her work has been featured in Eater Detroit and El Central, and her reporting for Planet Detroit on the environmental barriers facing Detroit residents received recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for Best Digital Presentation.
You can follow her on X at @benavides_colon or reach her via email at amelia.benavides-colon@chronicle.com.