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Baltimore, Feb. 28, 2001 The newly-elected chairperson of
the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice
Johnson, has joined the commentators ranks of The Black World Today (http://www.tbwt.com),
the Web’s leading destination site for African Americans. “We are delighted to present
Cong. Johnson’s views to the growing black online community”, said
Don Rojas, publisher and CEO of The Black World Today. “Her weekly
column will contribute significantly to the public discourse on critical
issues that affect black communities in the USA and throughout the
global black diaspora.” TBWT also announced the hiring
of three new executives to fill the positions of marketing director,
women’s editor and arts & entertainment editor. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, a graduate
of New York and Columbia Universities, assumes the position of marketing
director. Her marketing career began at The New York Times in 1990. She
also has worked with Business Week as general promotion manager and has
served as director of marketing for New York University’s largest
school (Continuing and Professional Studies) which serves over 70,000
students. Lori S. Robinson has been
appointed Women’s Editor at TBWT. She holds a masters degree in
journalism from New York University and worked for several years at
Emerge magazine as an associate editor. Ms. Robinson has won several
awards and honors including two from the National Association of Black
Journalists and the Inspirational Award from the International Black
Women’s Congress. Vinette Pryce has been named
TBWT’s Arts & Entertainment Editor. Also an award-winning
journalist with many years of experience reporting for newspapers and
magazines in the USA, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, Ms Pryce writes
and edits reports and reviews covering music, theatre, film and dance
for The New York Amsterdam News and other major publications. “The addition of these dynamic
and competent black women to the TBWT team will greatly enhance our
ability to bring our readers more compelling and original content as
well as heighten our overall visibility and credibility,” noted Herb
Boyd, national editor of The Black World Today. “At a time when many
Internet companies are folding or retrenching staff, we are pleased to
announce that our staff, as well as our reader base, continues to
expand”. TBWT also announced today that
the company has established a strategic partnership with The KIP
Business Report (a New York City-based publication) to build a
co-branded mini-site focusing on business news and services for African
American entrepreneurs, marketers and professionals. This mini-site will
be hosted on the TBWT portal site and will feature columns and reports
from renowned African American business journalists such as Frank McCoy,
former senior editor at Black Enterprise Magazine and currently an
editor at US News and World Report. Now in its fifth year of
uninterrupted online publishing, the Baltimore-based Black World Today
is one of the most experienced and respected “New Media” companies
in the world. Editors@tbwt.com The
Black World Today
The Black World Today
(http://www.tbwt.com) is the premier destination site for African-Americans worldwide. The
site offers informational and entertainment services including news,
sports, commentaries, audio content, job listings, music, weather and
shopping. The site is read and listened to in over 70 countries and
receives approximately 2 million page views each month. |