About Me

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Washington, DC, United States
I'm a naturalized Caribbean immigrant in the grand old U.S.A. I live in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Ward 7 and I'm a forever-journalist. I started my first career as a magazine editor and I haven't been able to give it up. When I started this blog, I was knee-deep into my fourth career as a government public relations specialist. However, I have been heading up my editorial staffing company, Invisible Colours LLC out of my Ward 7 neighborhood. I'm expanding my company's brand by offering video production and other social media technologies for clients. This blog follows my journey as a 40-something-year old in Washington, D.C. Married for several years, I have three kids--a boy and two girls. I am blessed, and I'm loving all that God has given me. I have a master's in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's of arts from the University of the West Indies. I hope I can offer a little insight into my life and my experiences. Writing serves as a catharsis for me. It is what I do best. It is what I love. It is who I am.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

On Social Media

I love social media. I love its possibilities and I love how it can effect change from within the ranks of so-called "little people." These are those everyday people without traditional influences of money, power and prestige. Social media has become the great equalizer. To that there are pros and cons, especially when people use this soap box to spread wrong information, which is what happened to our agency recently.

Below, I've contributed to The Muck Rack Blog, a blog for journalists, which published some work I did for the agency I work for. It described how I used Twitter to defuse what could have ignited a public relations bomb based on someone spreading wrong info. Read it here: Using Twitter to Diffuse a PR Bomb