After recently creating Magazine One (creator of Giant Magazine) and Interactive One (a move towards creating an African American social network and media presence),the incomparable Cathy Hughes of Radio One and TV One fame, has done it again. She has partnered with Black Planet to create News One, an online, blog and video based news source within the social network, Black Planet. Now despite how you feel about the Black Planet of the past, there have been major changes that I think many of you will be pleased with.
http://www.blackplanet.com/NewsOne/
Why Black Planet as a source for news you say? Well, it seems that even in 2008, news about Black people and Black issues still don't get the serious coverage it deserves, unless it somehow comes from a "white owned" media outlet (see media.think blog entry about Black Media Outlets). Also, News One will allow aspiring Black writers and journalists a place to create clips for their portfolio and the opportunity to gain a following within the Black Planet audience. Hopefully News One, with the help of the newly re-designed Black Planet, will help shape how news is delivered by and about the Black community.
I like it because it gives Black Planet credence as not only a social network site, which in the past has been utilized mostly for dating, but it allows us to now connect on a professional level, with the job search profiles and links, and it allows for serious discussion, conversation, and connection within a major online venue. Black Planet is known by many, not just by Black people, and that's a turning point as we continue to fight to bring the Black community up to par and close the digital divide. So, all I can do is wish Cathy Hughes, Black Planet and Radio One luck in this new venture. News One is a winner in my book.
media.think
Kellea
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