You Can Now Support Healthy Futures
Introducing paid subscriptions
During my decade-long professional career in journalism, I have produced work that I am so proud of. I’ve helped real people get their needs, their voices, and their stories heard by millions. I’ve honored that my reporting has been featured in books, academic papers, and the resource pages of professional organizations. And, in a stunning feat I still struggle to wrap my head around, using journalism to uplift the voices of residents in Griffin Park, an Orlando housing project, led to a partial removal of the highways that encircled their homes.
I’m in awe that I’ve been privileged to do that work. In the last few years, however, I’ve struggled with calling myself a reporter. It just didn’t feel right. I was less intrigued with the process of reporting. So I shifted my focus, and I began to see myself as a writer and storyteller who wants to explain the complexity of the world as best and as simply as I can.
It feels like a more appropriate title. I use my words to craft stories, shape ideas, and communicate meaning—whether through essays, cultural commentary, personal narrative, or other creative formats. I see writing as a deeper practice, where analysis meets artistry, and the latter was often missing from reporting for me. I’ve also taken a keen interest in lifting the curtain for readers, so to speak, by interviewing experts and sharing that information in its purest form, a conversation transcript, to break dense topics into digestible chunks. It’s more engaging, removing the “boiled down take” of reported pieces, and they feel as if you’re eavesdropping on a thoughtful conversation between a curious writer and a pro dedicated to their craft.
This shift in my career has been the thrust of Healthy Futures, which is (re)launching its paid tier.
Free subscribers will still receive the core content that makes Healthy Futures what it is:
Living A Better Life Resources – Actionable tools for navigating health and wellness in real life.
Expert Conversations – Interviews with brilliant people changing how we think about health.
[NEW] You Should Know Her – Monthly spotlights on brilliant Black women elders and ancestors who shaped health and healing.
Brain Food – A tightly curated reading list.
Paid subscribers get exclusive access to:
Throughlines – A monthly, reflective essay connecting the dots between culture, health, and power.
Field Notes – A weekly collection of observations and insights from my desk, research, or whatever’s buzzing in my brain
The Living Library (coming soon) – A beautifully curated resource hub with books, links, tools, studies, and more behind Healthy Futures
The Price: $7/month or $70/year
Whether you stay on the free list or upgrade to the paid tier, thank you for being here. Your trust, attention, and care make Healthy Futures what it is.
I’ll be back on May 2 with Field Notes 001, the first paid post.
Love y’all, real bad.
— Juju🪐