Category: Media

Press Release: Publisher of Dallas South launches new media venture

Press Release: Publisher of Dallas South launches new media venture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2009 PRESS CONTACT Shawn Williams (214)923-5013 shawn@dallassouthblog.com Shawn P. Williams Launches New Age Media Firm Dallas Blogger Announces Social Media Consulting Venture Dallas, Texas (January 5, 2009) – On Monday, Shawn P. Williams announced the launch of a new business venture – Dallas South New...

KERA (90.1 FM) Financial Commentary to air Tuesday January 6th

KERA (90.1 FM) Financial Commentary to air Tuesday January 6th

Wanted to alert everyone to a commentary that I recorded for KERA 90.1 FM which will run Tuesday (1/6) morning. It is tentatively scheduled to run at 6:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. If for some reason there’s a change, then it would run at 5:35 and 7:35 a.m. The commentary...

Ebony/Essence adding White House reporters to cover Obama administration

Ebony/Essence adding White House reporters to cover Obama administration

NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON writes an article for The POLITICO regarding the changes that Barack Obama’s presidency is already making in the black press.  Here’s a sampling of Nia-Malika’s article Obama Brings Firsts for Black Press. Essence, the top-selling magazine among black women, will have a full-time White House reporter for the...

Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Wednesday December 10

Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Wednesday December 10

Catch me Wednesday on NPR’s News and Notes hosted by Farai Chideya when I appear on the Bloggers Roundtable. Joining me on the roundtable will be Kevin Ross of Three Brothers and a Sister and Faye Anderson who blogs at Anderson at Large. In Dallas you can hear the show...

Tribune Company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy further sign of newspaper decline

Tribune Company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy further sign of newspaper decline

In a press release today, the Tribune company -parent company of the Chicago Tribune- announced that it will voluntarily restructure its debt under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, which the Tribune Co. has been trying to sell, are not part of the filing. “Over the last...

Dallas Morning News’ Keven Ann Willey named to Pulitzer Prize board

Dallas Morning News’ Keven Ann Willey named to Pulitzer Prize board

On Wednesday, Columbia University announced that hat Keven Ann Willey has been added to the Pulitzer Prize Board. Willey has served as Editorial Page Editor of the Dallas Morning News for the last six years. The Pulitzers is journalism’s highest honor. The awards are given by Columbia University on the...

John Harris of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review & The Ticket’s Donovan Lewis to join Shawn P. Williams Now on Blog Talk Radio

John Harris of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review & The Ticket’s Donovan Lewis to join Shawn P. Williams Now on Blog Talk Radio

Well the Cowboys have a big game on Sunday afternoon against the Pittsburgh Steelers. As always, you know I got your back. Thursday night on Blog Talk Radio’s Shawn P. Williams Now, we’re going wall-to-wall Cowboys. Click here to listen to Shawn P. Williams Now on Blog Talk Radio John...

ALERT: Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Thursday

ALERT: Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Thursday

Check me out at the top of the hour on Thursday’s edition of News and Notes.  I’ll be discussing President Elect Barack Obama’s historic victory and what it means for America moving forward.   The show airs in Dallas at 9:00 PM on 90.1 KERA FM.  Click here to listen...

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF/New York Times – Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF/New York Times – Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

I thought you might enjoy this interesting article from yesterday’s New York Times.  Nicholas Kristof talks about how the world views the prospect of an African-American president.  Click here to read Kristof’s entire article. The other day I had a conversation with a Beijing friend and I mentioned that Barack...

Dallas Morning News endorses/recommends (John McCain) that other one

Dallas Morning News endorses/recommends (John McCain) that other one

On Sunday’s Dallas Morning News editorial page, their board proudly proclaims “We Recommend: John McCain’s experienced courage for president.” I wonder who was given the task of writing this endorsement?  Whoever it was, I bet that they didn’t endorse John McCain in the Republican Primary. Well, anyway, the Morning News’...