Dana Coester is executive editor for 100 Days in Appalachia and is an associate professor at West Virginia University College of Media where she also serves as creative director for the College’s Media Innovation Center. Coester is producing a documentary film on being Muslim in Appalachia post 2016 and researching and reporting on white nationalism in the region.
Since 2016 there has been a dramatic rise in the number and activities of white nationalist groups in the U.S. The number of far-right white supremacist groups has increased by nearly 50% from 2017 to 2018; … Read more
