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N.E.S.H.A. (No one Ever Slows Her Agenda) | Emmy award winning journalist | founder/CEO @HerAgenda + cofounder @BlkOwned_Media | Text me +1 917-634-4667

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Rhonesha Byng’s Biography

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A millennial on a mission, journalist and entrepreneur Rhonesha Byng launched a website based on her personal motto "No one Ever Slows Her Agenda" called HerAgenda.com to inspire and empower other young women to follow their dreams.

Her Agenda was listed in Forbes as a "Top Website for Women" and won an NYABJ award for the "Peek Inside Her Agenda" series that spotlights successful women across various industries. Byng's entrepreneurial work earned her awards from The Kauffman Foundation and Yo…

Rhonesha Byng’s Journalist Portfolio

Millions March NYC: Synead Nichols, Umaara Elliott, & #BlackLivesMatter

Millions March NYC: Synead Nichols, Umaara Elliott, & #BlackLivesMatter

A little over three months after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown we learned of the grand jury…

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'Homeless To Howard' Teen Crowdfunds His Way To College

'Homeless To Howard' Teen Crowdfunds His Way To College

"From homeless to Howard" might sound like the title of a movie, but for 19-year-old James Ward, this is his …

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Microsoft's Bing Predicts the Top Careers for 2015

Microsoft's Bing Predicts the Top Careers for 2015

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft gathered a few editors and career experts together for an intimate dinner wh…

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Articles

Black Publishers Knew the Ad Commitments Wouldn't Hold. So What?

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| Yahoo Finance Verified
(L–R): BOMESI co-founders DéVon Christopher Johnson and Rhonesha Byng welcome keynote speaker Judge Gregory Ellis Mathis at the 2025 summit - BOMESI Since brands began to pull back their commitment to diversity ads in 2023, publishers throughout the BOMESI network have not been surprised. Many have rebuilt their business models with the knowledge that these ad dollars allocated post-2020 were not going to be there.
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A True Visionary: How Rhonesha Byng Is Redefining Power, Purpose, and Possibility in Media

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By Rhonesha Byng Verified
| Houston Style Magazine Verified
In an era where representation is no longer a request but a requirement, few leaders embody the future of media with as much clarity, courage, and conviction as Rhonesha Byng. A dynamic force at the intersection of storytelling, equity, and entrepreneurship, Byng is not just shaping narratives—she’s rewriting the rules of who gets to tell them.
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Janice Bryant Howroyd

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| Her Agenda Verified
Janice Bryant Howroyd is the first Black woman to own a billion-dollar company. The North Carolina native left her hometown in 1976 with $900 and two years later, with hardly any work experience under her belt, founded ActOne which started as a temp job placement agency and is now a leader in the human resources industry. What began with just a $1,500 investment in a single office and a fax machine is now a company with over 2,000 employees across more than twenty countries.
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Awards

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Emmy Award

2013 - Field Producer, Breaking News: Shooting At The Empire State Building

NYABJ

2013 - Online New Media Category

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2014 - Best General Feature - Online category