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Vox Magazine's May "Behind the Issue"

Jessi Woodward (from left), Mia Millard and Cody Jenkerson create an assembly line to package swag bags for an outreach event. Items in the bags include condoms, educational brochures and condom tins. Woodward, Millard and Jenkerson make up the Columbia/Boone County HIV prevention team.
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Jessi Woodward (from left), Mia Millard and Cody Jenkerson create an assembly line to package swag bags for an outreach event. Items in the bags include condoms, educational brochures and condom tins. Woodward, Millard and Jenkerson make up the Columbia/Boone County HIV prevention team.

The May issue of Vox Magazine is out online and on newsstands today.

In this "Behind the Issue," editor-in-chief Katelynn McIlwain spoke with editor Sophia Donis about one of this month's standout stories— a behind-the-scenes look at Columbia/Boone County's HIV prevention team.

Vox Magazine is Columbia's connection to what's happening in our city, providing perspective on the news and culture people are talking about.

Meet the people behind Columbia/Boone County's HIV prevention team
“Instead of using scare tactics, we’re giving people the education and tools to make decisions and support their sexual health,” says Mia Millard, one of the HIV Prevention Health Educators.

58 things to do in Columbia
What defines a city? It's a question we attempted to answer with this 58 Things to Do in Columbia package. Vox filled out this list by talking to current and former residents, scouring online communities and digging through years of media coverage to find the most-mentioned mainstays and rarer hidden gems.

Columbia's first board game café shuffles up downtown
"I'm real excited to grow a sense of community," Kyle Rieman, one of Hexagon Alley's founders, says. "That's really part of my passion in doing this: providing a space for people to leave the troubles of the world at the door and come together."

Halle Jackson is a senior in the Missouri School of Journalism studying cross-platform editing and producing.
Katelynn McIlwain, originally from Freeport, Illinois (go Pretzels!), is the managing editor for KBIA. She assists KBIA newsroom leaders in planning, supervising and producing news programming for radio broadcast, including daily news and in-depth reports, as well as public affairs programming.