Team, The Sip Collective
The people behind the stories.
The Sip Collective is a small, values-driven team of storytellers, designers and connectors, rooted in Mississippi and working across the South.
Founder
Lauchlin Fields
Sets the vision and leads the relationships behind the work. A journalist, storyteller and audience strategist with more than two decades across journalism, cultural storytelling and community engagement.
Read Lauchlin’s storyCore team
Content and storytelling
Jim Beaugez
Leads content for Amplify The Sip and connects the work to the people in it.
Reporting and community engagement
Aallyah Wright
Community interviews, features and regional access, with particular depth across the Mississippi Delta.
Design and experience
Bethany Atkinson
Design, visuals and the experience of each story.
Engagement and oral history
Ashley F.G. Norwood
Community engagement and oral history through FG Mediaworks.
Film and photography
Micah Sanders
Documentation, short-form film and event coverage through The Wall Street Image.
Digital operations
Cortney Lancaster
Finance, administration and digital operations through OPUS.
Project team, in progress
Cultural Bridges
Connecting the histories of Vicksburg and Mound Bayou through research, oral history and cultural preservation.
Lauchlin Fields
Project lead and creative direction
LF Voices CollectiveAshley F.G. Norwood
Community engagement and oral history lead
FG Media ProductionsJim Beaugez
Story and content lead
LF Voices CollectiveMiriam Howard
Engagement and transcription support
FG Media ProductionsBethany Atkinson
Design and experience lead
LF Voices CollectiveCortney Lancaster
Digital engagement lead
OPUSMicah Sanders
Videographer
The Wall Street ImageJoyce Dixon-Lawson
Researcher
LF Voices Collective
Working with photographers, writers and makers across the South.
Every project credits the people who made it.
See the work