Joey Peters

Joey Peters is a news reporter at Sahan Journal. Joey has also worked as a freelance editor/writer, reporter/intern, and intern/reporter. Joey has written stories on topics like immigration, religion and health for outlets like Reuters, Sahan Journal, Current, KFAI Radio, MinnPost, City Pages and others. Peters has also covered environment and climate change policy issues for a national audience as a reporter/intern with E&E Publishing, LLC and their work has appeared in Scientific American and NYTimes.com. As an intern/reporter with Stateline.org, they covered state policy and politics across the nation for this Pew Charitable Trust-sponsored news service. Prior to their current position, Peters was a staff writer at Santa Fe Reporter and a senior reporter at New Mexico Political Report. Joey began their career as a volunteer with The Uptake in 2009.

Joey Peters has a BA in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Minnesota.

Their manager is Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, CEO & Founding Publisher. Some of their coworkers include Dawn M. Flinsch - MD, Development & Operations, Sally Waterman - Director of Advertising & Sponsorship, and Michael Tortorello - Managing Editor & Writer.