Howard Part Dieux

Hey Precious,
I'm totally back at Howard this weekend! If you live in the Washington DC errea ('cause that's how they say it down there) and are interested in a magazine career--I'll be speaking on yet another Howard University panel this Friday, April 7th! The Howard University Association of Black Journalists’ Young Journalists are having a fabulous media seminar this weekend, and my panel is called "Everybody Who’s Anybody Has a Book: Journalists Turned Authors" (2:45-4:00 at the Armour J. Blackburn Center on campus). I'm living for that title. Sharing the stage with me are: Scott Poulson-Bryant, founding editor of Vibe, senior editor of America and author of Hung; and Ayana Byrd, Deputy Editor of VibeVixen and co-author of Naked. Fun, yes? If you're really down, you've gotta check out this fine schedule:

Panel 1: Your Dream Internship: How to Get It and How to Make It Work (9:00am-10: 30am)
1. Mary Major, host, Quiet on the Set
2. Julee Anastasia Wilson, Editorial Assistant, Real Simple
3. Keyonna Summers, Metro Desk Reporter, The Washington Times
4. Amanda Nembhard, Howard University ’07 (MODERATOR)

Panel 2: What It’s Really Like: Journalists of Color in Mainstream Media (10:45am-12: 15pm)
1. Lee Ivory, Executive Editor, USA TODAY Sports Weekly
2. Brian Stockton, Reporter, Reuters America
3. Nikole Killian, Community Reporter, ABC 7-Washington
4. Portia Robertson, Senior Producer, Washington Bureau, ABC
5. Whitney Elaine Teal, Howard University ’07 (MODERATOR)

Lunch will be served from 12:15pm-1: 15pm

Panel 3: The Future of Media: Online Journalism (1:00pm-2: 30pm)
1. Jared Degnan, host of podcast, 20something Marketing
2. Clover Hope, Associate Editor, Billboard.com
3. Craig Creekmur, Founder, Allhiphop.com
4. John Kennedy, Vibe.com, Howard University ’07 (MODERATOR)

Panel 4: Everybody Who’s Anybody Has A Book: Journalists turned Authors (2:45pm-4:00pm)
1. Tia Williams, author of The Accidental Diva, former beauty director, TeenPeople
2. Ayana Byrd, co-author of Naked, deputy editor, VibeVixen (INVITED)
3. Scott Poulson-Bryant, author of Hung, editor, America
4. Michael Arceneaux, Howard University ’06, President, HUABJ (MODERATOR)

Hopefully I'll see some of you ladies there. If not, have a lovely rest of the week and keep shaking your beauty, Beauty!
miss tia