Jimmy Tobias
jtoby87@gmail.com

Jimmy Tobias is a freelance journalist and environmental and labor organizer currently working in Appalachia and the American South.

Contributions

A Wikileaks-type website for Appalachia
COMMENTARY | February 43, 2012
Activists, their eye on coal companies and government, encourage whistle-blowers to post documents online. They promise confidentiality and plan to act as a conduit to reporters.

What would a penny-a-pound more do for tomato pickers?
ASK THIS | March 80, 2011
Florida farmworkers, long subject to harsh conditions, have organized and even gone on tour to gain better treatment. Part of what they want is attention from reporters and editors. Jimmy Tobias, a reporter and activist, points to ideas for stories.