Jamara Wakefield
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(She/Her)
- Digital Content Manager, WBGO-FM (Newark, NJ)
- Associate Producer, SiriusXM
- Writer, Audio Editor, and Podcast/Broadcast Producer, Freelance
- None, In the Wake Tv
Newark
As seen in:
SiriusXM,
WBGO-FM (Newark, NJ),
Medium,
Daily Kos,
Parents,
The Root,
Shondaland,
TheBody,
DAME Magazine,
American Theatre,
Prism,
Scalawag
and
Covers:
In the Wake TV is an independent Black media platform and digital equity movement, uncompromising in our mission to center Black life.
Exec. Producer, In the Wake Tv Pitch me 💁🏾♀✨• Director Filmmaker Writer 🎬 📍👇🏾
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Jamara Wakefield’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Jamara Wakefield is a distinguished art and culture writer and award winning multimedia producer with an impressive portfolio. Her work has been featured in renowned publications such as Shondaland, Playboy, DAME, and The Root. An alumna of Tisch School of the Arts, The New School, and Pratt Institute, Jamara also honed her skills in Documentary Photography at The New England School of Photography. As the Digital Content Producer at WBGO, Jamara expertly manages social media and produces compel…
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Interview
See all 7 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Broadway dot com covering the Cabaret scene in NYC
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Audacity, Adobe, ENPS
Why did you become a journalist?
I write from a deep desire to be heard and hear the lives of others.