Media Mingle

08/22/2021

Finkley shared how there is still a disproportionate amount of media opportunities given to white news outlets in comparison to those given to Black news platforms, how Black news outlets are still being placed at the end of press lines and how one of BlackTree TV's most viral moments started a m...

08/17/2021

Atlantic Records senior vp Joi Brown joins ICM Partners in newly created role as head of strategic partnerships.

07/22/2021

The Dallas Morning News has named Katrice Hardy, a veteran journalist whose newsrooms have a track record of award-winning reporting, to be its next top...

07/20/2021

This ASU alum has gone from reporter to station owner! We send a huge congratulations to April Ross for recently purchasing her own television station. To read more about her incredible story, check out the check out the full ASU press release from Kenneth Mullinax below: An Alabama Stat

07/07/2021

Big win for our alma mater and HBCUs everywhere!

Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss her decision to turn down a prestigious faculty position at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, following weeks of controversy. She reveals exclusively to CBS News why she turned down the job and her next st...

07/01/2021

"As marketers, we're first and foremost business people. And we need to think about how are we working together with the infrastructure and the business [teams], to drive at this big brand goal. Community has always been at the heart of everything we do. And we recognize the power of empowering those communities. We also listen to our members. This isn't a one-way relationship, right? It's not just about asking you for stuff, but it's about building a relationship that is mutually beneficial."

That's her job. Here, the company's head of marketing talks ambition, being a Black woman in corporate America, & investing in yourself.

06/24/2021

There was a moment, during the questioning on Wednesday of Russian president Vladimir Putin by US reporters, that stunned American journalists and produced the kind of encounter you almost never see between Russia’s strongman leader and a Western journalist.

06/23/2021

It appears the fail in funding for Black female companies is not the much-touted "pipeline" or "lack of education" issue but symptomatic of investors retreating into their networks for deals.

05/10/2021

What a great post and hire!

Erica P. Loewe was appointed Director of African American Media for President Joe Biden. Her journey can remind others to build career options.

05/04/2021

She succeeds Robert Costa at a program best known as the longtime home of the anchor Gwen Ifill.

05/03/2021

Merida, head of ESPN’s the Undefeated, has rare experience in print journalism, television and running a digital startup.

04/14/2021

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) congratulates longtime member Kim Godwin on her historic appointment as not only the first Black woman to head ABC […]

04/09/2021

And she's a Howard University Bison!

Rhea Combs, the new director of curatorial affairs for the National Portrait Gallery, says a visit to Detroit's Rivera murals helped shape her career.

04/06/2021

"These women belong to the newest class of Black female newscasters who embrace natural hairstyles on camera, the newest class of women actively reshaping the narrative of professionalism with their beauty choices. However, making radical change was not the primary intent for these women, only a welcome side effect of social media virality." - Allure

After being told they'd never succeed unless they straightened their hair, these women are pushing back against discriminatory industry standards.

03/26/2021

“Entertainment Tonight” can’t be considered “entertainment too white” any longer.

03/25/2021

The actress and ‘Insecure’ creator signed a multi-million-dollar five-year agreement to produce her own shows and films.

03/08/2021

Always the journalist ...

The prime-time conversation put Ms. Winfrey’s ace skills as an interviewer back in the spotlight.

03/02/2021

Go ahead. Turn your screen off. You can still communicate effectively. Maybe eveb better, according to this Stanford University article.

It’s not just Zoom. Popular video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust the human mind and body. But there are easy ways to mitigate their effects.