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Contributor, Freelance
Award-Winning Entertainment Journalist• Culture Critic · Media Personality• @nabjlaofficial President• views are my own
Freelance Writer and Editor, Freelance
South African in NYC🇿🇦🗽| Mama | Wife | Storyteller | Ghostwriter | Editor | Travel Entrepreneur | IG: lihle_z
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Freelance Contributor, Freelance
Writer and lover of stories in many styles — poems, movies, music. rom-com aficionado (she/her)
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Freelancer, Essence
Creative copywriter, Jesse's girl, mom to two boys, WoMom.net blogger, loud laugher and someone you could totally get a beer with
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Reporter and Traffic Anchor, WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)
EMMY award winning Anchor/Reporter at @wsoctv. Wife + Mom of 2. Email: gina.esposito@wsoc-tv.com FB: ReporterGinaEsposito
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Editor-in-Chief, Baltimore Beat
Lisa Snowden is Editor-in-Chief of @baltbeat, a digital and print-based news outlet and Baltimore City’s paper of record.
Science and Technology Writer, Freelance
Author and Documentary Producer: Family Treasures Lost and Found musician (flute), poodle enthusiast
Digital Content Editor and Producer, Black Enterprise
Social Media Producer. Art Collector. Writer: GQ Portugal, Scotch Porter, Bevel, Essence, Black Enterprise, Ebony, Jet, MTV, Good Black Art, BET and more.
Freelance Writer, Freelance
Word Slinger...Writer/Producer of The Stephen A. Smith Show Podcast| NYTimes Best-Selling Author|Journalist USA Today| Parents |Food&Wine |Kindred|Essence|Ebony
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