Cary, NC – BlueLena is excited to welcome KJ Keatts and Quentin Clarke to its team as Data Analysts Interns where they will assist in the collection, preparation, organization and presentation of customer insights through standardized reporting and dashboards for our publishing clients.
KJ is a junior at North Carolina State University where he studies Communication with a concentration in Media Studies. He is also a member of the NC State men’s basketball team which won the 2024 ACC Championship en route to a birth in the NCAA Final Four.
KJ was also named to the ACC academic honor roll for the 2023-2024 season.
Outside of his studies and athletics, KJ is a volunteer camp counselor at the TJ Warren Basketball camp and serves as a warehouse associate at the Food Bank of North Carolina.
Quentin is a sophomore at North Carolina State University where he studies Industrial and Systems Engineering. He is also a member of the NC State men’s track and field team where he competes in the 400 meters.
Quentin has already earned the Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification from the Council for Six Sigma Certification focusing on quality improvement and process optimization principles.
Outside of his studies and athletics, he serves as Project Director of the Pack United executive team, a registered nonprofit organization that promotes social justice, food and housing access, educational equity and civic engagement in the greater Raleigh community. Quentin also volunteers as a Student Mentor for Neighbor 2 Neighbor, an after school enrichment program.
About BlueLena:
BlueLena was founded by an experienced team of publishers, journalists and newsmedia marketing executives to create a sustainable future for independent local media. We do so by deploying world class technology, and delivering the expertise and professional services to build and support subscription, membership and donation models for long-term success.
In the short time since our founding in early 2020, we have quickly grown to support leading community-based media brands coast-to-coast across the United States and Canada, including in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Detroit, St Louis, Boston, Indianapolis, Denver, Tamp, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Little Rock, Washington, D.C., and many other markets.
Our 200+ member publishing consortium represents a diverse mix of non-profit and for profit newsrooms, pure digital and print plus digital publications, as well as established and new media brands. Our clients represent membership with Local Media Association(LMA), LION Publishers (LION), the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), the Black Press Association (NNPA), the National Association of Hispanic Press (NAHP) and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN).
We facilitate the sharing of best practices through a weekly newsletter, a community Slack channel and monthly Zoom meetings where we spotlight success stories from across the BlueLena publisher consortium.
BlueLena is founder-funded and backed by investment from Automattic (owner of Newspack), Local Media Association and Old Town Media, a New York-based firm that has supported the American Journalism Project, The Colorado Sun, Block Club Chicago and Chalkbeat, among other successful media-related projects.