We Are Black Journos
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A community platform celebrating and connecting Black journalists and those aspiring to work in journalism and media. Contact: [email protected]
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https://weareblackjournos.org/ 26-10-2018 11:24:37
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Last night I presented an episode for #witnesshistory which aired on BBC News (World) and BBC News (UK) for a centenary special if u wanna take a look 🥳
I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT:
I'm hosting The The Guardian's Pop Culture Podcast 🎙️
It has been a LONG piloting period, but it sounds amazing 😍! It will be weekly reactive deep dive into the biggest pop culture stories with amazing guests 💕
theguardian.com/society/audio/…
BBC Promotes Media Diversity Champion Joanna Abeyie to Permanent Head of Creative Diversity variety.com/2022/tv/global… via @variety Congrats Joanna Abeyie MBE
I'm commissioning across lifestyle, wellness, entertainment (only if through a personal essay/first person lens), relationships, sex etc for Refinery29 UK Please pitch your great article ideas with a headline in mind to [email protected] #journorequest
Big thanks to Editor-in-Chief Andrea Thompson at Marie Claire & Marketing with Love for hosting We Are Black Journos hugely energising & motivational networking evening✨💐
Fantastic to hear your journey. Inspirational 2 hear tips from ade onibada & Yolanthe Fawehinmi
Ooh and that gift hamper🙏🏿
Had a fantastic time at the We Are Black Journos event with Marie Claire’s Andrea Thompson . I even got to finally meet Mariana Cerqueira and Sunil Makan
A latest write up by me for Media Diversity Institute:
To Achieve Better Representation of Black Media Professionals, the Media Need to Take More Risks - Media Diversity Institute media-diversity.org/to-achieve-bet…
2022 Diversity and Compensation Report (UK)
By Business Insider: insider.com/2022-diversity…
Transparency is important. If only all news and media organisations would do the same..
We can't wait to tune in to the new series of the informing & empowering WABJ podcast, not least to hear insights from Trust Fellows Shamaàn Freeman-Powell Zahra Warsame SymeonBrown
'We want diversity & inclusion to be a norm, not a buzzword' 👏
What makes a good pitch? What do we look for when commissioning articles? 👀
Join our Head of Editorial #JusticeForChrisKaba & Senior Writer Jasmine Akua in our upcoming Twitter space
🗓 18th Oct 7pm
🔔 Set your reminders
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