 MEDIA & JOURNALISM
I developed my journalism career as a freelance writer. I've written for Black Enterprise magazine, the Denver Post, the Boulder Daily Camera, Africa Today magazine, the Urban Spectrum, the Denver Weekly News, and other publications. I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to write about well-known and influential media personalities, including the late ABC news anchor Peter Jennings, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale, filmmakers Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Bamboozled),
Reginald Hudlin (House Party, Boomerang, The Ladies Man), actor David Allen Grier, (Boomerang, A Soldier's Story, In Living Color) and great musicians like Carlos Santana, Jimmy Cliff, Mary J. Blige, the Neville Brothers,Hugh Masekela, Black Uhuru, Roy Hargrove, Abdullah Ibrahim, Ice Cube, Ice T, Shabba Ranks, Femi Kuti, Bobby Brown, Silk, Joan Armatrading, Cyndi Lauper, Hugh Masekela, Jonathan Butler, Dave Koz, Johnny Clegg, Vusi Mahlasela, the Refugee Allstars, Denise Williams, De la Soul, Digable Planets and others.
Throughout the 90s I developed a strong interest in African American culture and its influence on mainstream popular culture, which naturally expanded to broader views of Africa and the Motherland. I've recently been writing a series called "An Eye on Africa," which offers news, features, cultural and philosophical perspective on Africa that are alternatives to the crisis sensationalism of the mainstream media. You can read my "An Eye on Africa" series here. By working in a wide variety of contexts as a journalist, I can translate my experience into media analysis, promotional and public relations issues, and related communications, marketing and advertising perspectives.
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