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About UsBlackAmericaToday.com is a news and information website targeting African Americans founded by Roland S. Martin, a nationally syndicated columnist and CEO of ROMAR Media Group. BlackAmericaToday.com, branded with the moniker, "We've got Black America covered!" - will feature original content, as well as information from a variety of partners in the areas of news, opinion, entertainment, sports, religion, lifestyles and books. BlackAmericaToday.com's goal is simple: to provide truthful, accurate and comprehensive coverage and critical analysis of the most pressing issues facing African Americans, regardless of ideology and political persuasion. Founder/EditorRoland S. Martin is a nationally award-winning journalist and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. Mr. Martin is also the author of Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America. Mr. Martin's media ventures are handled through his company, ROMAR Media Group, a Dallas-based multimedia company focusing on publishing, syndicated print and audio content, television production, as well as Internet and media consulting. The company owns DFW Heritage: A Lifestyles Publication for the 21st Century Christian (www.dfwheritage.com). ROMAR has published two books, Speak, Brother! and Fulfilled! The Art and Joy of Balanced Living by Rev. Jacquie Hood Martin. His work has been published in several national media outlets, including USA Today, Honey Magazine, Impact247.com, Savoymag.com, Inside.com, NiaOnline.com and Netnoir.com. He is the founding news editor for Savoy Magazine, a New York-based national lifestyles magazine targeting African Americans. He served from 2001 to 2003. Martin also provides commentary on The Tavis Smiley Show on National Public Radio. Mr. Martin has also produced a one-hour special on the 2000 Election for Major Broadcasting Cable Network in Atlanta, Georgia. He also is frequently called upon as a content and marketing consultant for a variety of media outlets. A provocative and insightful analyst, Mr. Martin has already appeared more than 75 times on various TV and radio network shows. His appearances include CNN's Live From…,Talkback Live and Showdown Iraq with Wolf Blitzer; FOX's The O'Reilly Factor; MSNBC's Scarborough Country, Nachman and Donahue; C-SPAN; nationally syndicated radio talk shows such as The Tom Joyner Morning Show; The Bev Smith Show and the Joe Madison Show. He is the former founding editor of BlackAmericaWeb.com, the black news and information site founded by nationally-syndicated radio show host Tom Joyner. He previously served as editor of the Houston Defender, Houston's leading Black newspaper, and the former managing editor of The Weekly, Dallas-Fort Worth's top Black newspaper, which he led to a number of local, state and national journalism awards. Mr. Martin is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and is one of 32 national Unity Journalists of Color mentors. Strategic Media PartnersAmerica's Black Forum was created 25 years ago to address the absence of high-quality original programming targeted to African Americans. Today, ABF is the only credible weekend news source for African American perspectives on national issues. Our dedication to present more than one side of a story, furthers our goal to educate, inform and inspire. ABF has been recognized with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement. AURN is the only African-American owned network radio company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching urban America, with more than 25 million listeners each week. Through four programming networks and one marketing division, American Urban Radio Networks reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcasting companies combined. American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 300 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programs to more than 475 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in the White House. Aura's SPM Urban Network specializes in the creation, and execution of national promotions and fully integrated marketing programs. AURN has offices in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Contributing WritersYvette Cook - Dear Athena Dear Athena is a syndicated, online column offering non-biased, solid, practical solutions and to-the-point advice on a variety of lifestyle issues. If you have a problem or simply need help in assessing a situation, dearAthena can assist you. Behind the scene of dearAthena is Yvette Cook, who relies on her wisdom of life experiences, and her years of offering practical advice and solutions to friends, family and co-workers. Dr. Ron Daniels Daniels is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is the former executive director of the National Rainbow Coalition and was the deputy campaign manager for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential candidacy. Dr. Hutchinson is a noted author, political analyst, and media commentator. His writings have appeared in such publications as the L.A. Times, Los Angeles Sentinel, The Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Black Scholor and Upscale. He is the host of a call-in radio show, and his syndicated column appears in newspapers across the country. He is the author of nine books, including Black Fatherhood, Assassination of the Black Male Image, and The Crisis in Black and Black. Hood Martin is chief spiritual officer of Jacquie Hood Ministries, an organization that equips and empowers people for daily living. She is the author of Fulfilled! The Art and Joy of Balanced Living, www.jacquiehood.com. Derrick-Lewis Noble Derrick-Lewis Noble is President/CEO of The Excellence Group, Inc. He is a highly sought after professional motivational speaker, independent corporate consultant and author, and was recently recognized as one of the top twenty young Black speakers in America.Joseph C. Phillips is an actor and commentator who lives in Los Angeles. As a writer Mr. Phillips has had essays published in Newsweek, Essence Magazine, Upscale magazine, USA Today, Turning Point, College Digest and is a regular contributor to the Columbus Post, Jewish World Review and the Indianapolis Recorder. He has also contributed commentary to BET Tonight and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s the Tavis Smiley Radio Show. His feature film credits include starring roles in Strictly Business, Let’s Talk About Sex and Midnight Blue. On television he starred on the hit series The Cosby Show and was a three time NAACP Image Award Nominee for his portrayal of Attorney Justus Ward on the Daytime Drama General Hospital. He has also had guest starring roles on The King of Queens, Judging Amy, Family Law, Martin, The Larry Sanders Show, City of Angeles, Any Day Now, The Parkers, Popular, V.I.P. and Living Single among others. Mr. Phillips currently portrays Mayor Morgan Douglas on the CBS series, The District. Dr. Mitchell F. Rice Rice is the Director of the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University and a Professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He has written and lectured extensively on such topics as "MWBE Set-Aside Programs", "Cultural Diversity", "Affirmative Action and EEO Diversity", and "Public Policy and African-American Health Issues." Scott is considered one of the nation's leading encouragement coaches. She is the author of Thrive! 7 Strategies for Extraordinary Living. Lisa Thomas is the President and CEO of The Power, Passion and Purpose Group, Inc. The company mission along with her personal vision is EVERY woman lives a life of power, passion and dreams come true. She's a poet and author of an electronic book "A Passion For Poetry, A Collection On Love, Loss and Life." Content PartnersASSIST News Service is brought to you in part by Open Doors USA, a ministry that has served the Suffering Church around the world for nearly 50 years. You can get more information by logging onto their website at www.opendoorsusa.org.Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine is Black Atlanta's leading source for relevant, thought-provoking news and information on business, careers, technology, wealth-building, politics and education. Our audience is metropolitan Atlanta's progressive, politically concerned, culturally aware, family-oriented Black executives, professionals and entrepreneurs. We educate our readers and present ideas, viewpoints and possible solutions that economically, politically and socially empower them. BlackAthlete.com was founded in early 1999 by four individuals who harbored a vision for a site anchored in sports that will be the definitive place on the Internet to find coverage of Black athletes, and Black involvement in sports at all levels. Blackathlete.net's sports coverage is provided by a growing network of recognized professional Black sports journalists who also work for major media around the country. The news service is a project of the Black College Communication Association, an organization for faculty members teaching journalism and mass communications at black colleges and universities. BCCA's Student Media Institute operates the site and generates the training opportunities for students and faculty. BlackCommentator.com's core audience is African Americans and their allies in the struggle for social and economic justice. It is also important to share Black American perspectives with the rest of the world, a mission uniquely suited to the Internet. Their focus is commentary, analysis and investigation, elements of political dialogue that are absolutely essential to the creation of movements for social change. Without regular forums for advocacy and debate, a people are at the mercy of their adversaries. BlackPressUSA.com is the joint web presence of America’s Black community newspapers and the NNPA News Service — the last national Black Press news wire. It is a project of the Black Press Institute, a partnership between the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation and Howard University. Our technology partner is XIGroup, a Baltimore-based website development company co-owned by Joy Bramble, publisher of the Baltimore Times (an NNPA-member publication). The computer and Internet magazine for African Americans. The publication can be purchased on newsstands across the country, and is available at Barnes and Noble. Project 21 is an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of conservative African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment. A publication and website exclusively dedicated to books about the African-American experience. Founded in 1983, QBR's magazine is published six times a year but its website, qbr.com, features articles and reviews on everything from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's books to health and lifestyle. Additionally, there are audio clips of author interviews and book and poetry readings. The institute was incorporated in 1977 and provides a number of programs to help the nation's news media reflect the nation's diversity, including Fault Lines training, its nationally acclaimed management training programs and Reality Checks, a web based content audit software program. It was renamed in 1993 to honor of the late Robert C. Maynard, an institute co-founder and the former owner, publisher and editor of the Oakland Tribune. Our mission is simple - to provide news and information from a perspective that is relevant to the experiences of Black people in this nation. It is our pledge to do so by adhering to the highest standards of journalism, taking particular care to be objective in our reporting, fair in our editorial position and open to diverse and even contrary points of view. Our goal is to lead a 21st century discourse on the transformation of the Black community through open debate and dialogue. Our name is symbolic with our commitment to be a source of enlightened reporting and commentary. In the journalistic tradition of Frederick Douglass, whose North Star newspaper's name we have inherited, we will be fearless in distilling the truth and relentless in our pursuit of issues that are germane to societal conditions confronting Black Americans. Like the star in the Ursa Minor constellation that inspired Douglass, we intend to illuminate the path toward full recognition of Blacks' citizenship rights. Conceived in 1998, Global Black Woman is a unique magazine of inspirational realism, with a mission of enlightening our readership to role models throughout the world, empowering families and communities through their careers, foundations, lifestyles and artistry. Readers glimpse in-depth, the life stories of women of global appeal, including both the celebrated and commonplace. We are into progressive methods in business, education and technology. We emphasize culture, careers, alternative health and spirit. A sole proprietorship owned by Patricia A. Means, Turning Point Magazine is positioned to be the No. 1 information and economic development resource for African American small business owners nationally. Since 1992, Turning Point Magazine has quickly become a niche publication and "must read" magazine for African American entrepreneurs. The new and only responsive website targeting the luxury goods buyer. UrbanAffluence.com features authoritative information in the form of sales listing, company directories, retailer locators, concierge services, and many new innovations. UrbanAffluence.com represents the perfect blend of information, entertainment and e-commerce. Urban Affluence will be the world's leading authority for the multicultural audience who enjoys a luxury lifestyle. A complete guide to quality and connoisseurship, Urban Affluence is the only website/publication that speaks directly to today's Urban Affluent consumer. Urban Affluence exclusive and targeted readership will become an elite club of enthusiastic collectors of experience. A group that pursues its passions sets trends with a commitment rarely seen in other demographics. Urban Cyclez.com was created to be the one place online where urban motorcycle riders obtain and or collect information on new products, fashion, see what's going on in various cities and information on other urban motorcycle clubs. Urban Cyclez is the first motorcycle magazine with a section dedicated to women riders, and starting in January 2004 we will release the Urban Cyclez Newsletter. Xclusive Magazine, The premiere source of entertainment and urban events, is your one-stop guide to upcoming events, music, urban lifestyle, entertainment and the latest news. Xclusive delivers quality editorial and is a comprehensive guide to entertainment choices that appeal to the diverse, trend-setting, upscale urban consumer. Serving select urban centers across the United States including, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Washington D.C., Dallas, Miami, Las Vegas and The Bay Area among others, Xclusive will have an estimated circulation of over 200,000 readers. Free copies are distributed in over 50 high-traffic outlets ranging from record stores, cinemas, clubs, shopping malls and clothing stores, to bookstores, hair salons, restaurants, festivals and other prime locations including special events. |
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