Priska Neely

Priska (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, writer and mentor based in Birmingham, Alabama.

She is the managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration among public media stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In 2022, she was nominated by her team and named Editor of the Year by the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA). She currently serves as board president for PMJA. She has previously worked as a reporter and producer at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, KPCC/LAist in Los Angeles, and NPR in Washington, D.C. She loves to care for her plants and sing and once wrote a love song about condiments.