Dallas tech startup partners with City of Memphis for vo-tech apprenticeship
City council chairwoman Jamita Swearengen and Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland cut ribbon along with ForgeNow Memphis Electrician apprentices during Upsmith, Inc. inaugural ceremony. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The apprenticeship is a paid, eight-week accelerated program that will enable students to move into careers as electricians upon completion of the program.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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