Brandon Kitchin Returns to Journalism
“It’s very emotional. It’s very powerful,” the writer says about his Summer 2021 cover story.

Brandon Kitchin wrote the Summer 2021 cover story detailing the work of Adam W. McKinney and the only documented racial violence-driven lynching in Fort Worth. Photo by Caroline Collier
Brandon Kitchin Returns to Journalism
“It’s very emotional. It’s very powerful,” the writer says about his Summer 2021 cover story.
Brandon Kitchin ’18 talks to host Mariana Rivas ’19 about the emotions he experienced while writing about Adam W. McKinney’s research into a century-old lynching — and a life-changing meeting. Click to read his cover story.
Photos by Caroline Collier
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