
Unsung Hero
In 2010, the Neptune-Asbury Park NAACP Chapter honored Unheard Voices with the Unsung Hero Award for the media company’s contributions to the community.
In 2010, the Neptune-Asbury Park NAACP Chapter honored Unheard Voices with the Unsung Hero Award for the media company’s contributions to the community.
Unheard Voices establishes a partnership with David Wronko, a history teacher at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, formerly Asbury Park Middle School in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The partnership was developed to allow students in the middle school to have a voice. The section also highlights Wronko’s Ghana project which students from Asbury…
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Unheard Voices transitions from unheard-voices to unheardvoicesmag.com & unheardvoicesmagazine.com. This served as a branding restructure, aligning the company as an online magazine registered as Unheard Voices Magazine. Unheard Voices first major story of the year, was the brutal rape of a 7-year-old girl in Trenton, New Jersey and the mayor enlisting the help of Russell…
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In 2007 Keith’s daughter, Chenelle Covin felt it was time to bring the concept online. The website started as unheard-voices.com and added Long Branch, New Jersey voices to its coverage, while also tackling national stories on social issues and race relations.
Unheard Voices was founded by retired computer scientist, Keith Covin, when he was troubled by the climate within his community. As a resident of Neptune, New Jersey, Keith began to see social issues and the overall need for a positive voice for people of color. As a concerned citizen, Keith approached a local media outlet…
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