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Ron Dixon, director of the Associated Press Local Investigative Reporting Program, helps facilitate The Washington Informer’s staff retreat, organized by publisher Denise Rolark-Barnes (standing left), in April 2025. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

A lively journalism workshop in session: a woman gestures while engaging attendees, who are seated with laptops and notes. A presenter points to a screen at the front of the room. Framed photos and large windows line the walls of the learning space.