Jamara Wakefield
Verified
(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 🎬 📍👇🏾
Interview
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.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I have two ongoing music documentary projects, one about the Black House Music Community and the other about Jazz
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Follow the work you care about
What's your favorite drink?
Seltzer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Swimming
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