I was 46 when it was my turn.

I think of this gem and chuckle every time I attend a work lunch that has tea and lemonade.

This was my view when I worked at AMC Phipps Plaza

Participatory Journalism Interest Group invites submissions for research papers for the upcoming 2025 AEJMC Conference, scheduled for Thursday, August 7 – Sunday, August 10, in San Francisco. Questions? Contact PJIG Research Co­Chair, Dr. Mark Poepsel at [email protected]

Remember!!! PJIG is still accepting nominations for our dissertation award till April 01, 2025. Please see attached media for further information.

🖤 Joy stay undefeated 🥹

🚨Publication Alert! Check out my review of the Community Media Archive! This impressive collection of 2.7 million programs shows how residents, organized civic groups, and local governments use community television to keep their communities informed tandfonline.com/eprint/ERFFRDV…

Psyched to see Dr. Antoine Haywood present his solid work on the media history of Black public-access TV International Communication Association ICA History #ICA25

Thank you ICA History for the opportunity to present my research on the history of the grassroots media access campaigns that activated public access television in Philadelphia

I keep telling myself

Truth. 45 when I got mine.

Recorder is one of my favorite documentaries. Philly media activist Mattie Humphrey appeared on local talk programs produced by M. Stokes. Humphrey was a critical link who connected Philly’s public access TV movement to the Black Freedom Struggle

After watching, this was the backstory I wanted to see. I anticipated the Choctaw would reappear near the end to make their presence and power more known. But I guess that would have complicated, perhaps contradicted, the historical metaphor at play.

There’s a pattern here

A darling quote for all the qualitative scholars out there

And so it begins. Happy start of the Fall 2025 semester (with some local wisdom)! 🐊Highlight of the day: Discovering the UF Pan-Hellenic Council circle and reflecting on my family’s Divine 9 legacy. Also saw few other views that captured my attention during my post-lunch walk.

So many fun things to teach, critique, and discuss in my media, cultures, and identity class this semester.

What does it take to create local media that truly serves communities? I joined 13 other practitioners to tackle this question in “It’s Time for Civic Media”. Available now! objectivejournalism.org/civic-media-ma…

🐊😁🏈Tis the season

“And Beaver Nuggets are now called Gender Neutral Nuggets” for the win 🙌🏾🤣