Fashion – Professional Style Reviews
Caprece Jackson-Garrett
Marketing & Public Relations Specialist
@bonneaucaprece1 | LinkedIn
Caprece Jackson-Garrett, CTA*, Owner and Principal Consultant of Bonneau Caprece llc, established in 2010 to provide strategic marketing, public relations and event production/management services.
The former Baltimore City Hall Press Secretary for the Council President during the O’Malley Administration, and Events Director Emeritus for the Living Classrooms’ Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, is a graduate of Ohio University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Caprece worked as a general interest journalist and freelance fashion reporter based in Paris, France for five years. She honed her skills as a publicist and event planner in Washington, D.C. during the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Caprece is the co-founder of Wear It Out Baltimore (WIOB) established in 2011 to provide platform opportunities for Baltimore’s emerging industry-standard fashion community and produce showcase segments highlighting gifted design talent, independent boutiques, hair and make-up artistes. She founded The Bonneau Caprece Jazz Series in 2013 to perpetuate the rich history and continuing legacy of Baltimore’s Jazz Tradition. Both entities are subsidiaries of Bonneau Caprece llc.
Print/Online Clip Review
Sam Davis
Assistant Managing Editor/News, The Baltimore Sun
@samcdavis | LinkedIn
Sam Davis began his newspaper career at the Afro-American in 1979 covering high school, college and recreation ssports working under Hall of Fame Sports Editor Sam Lacy.
In 1980, during his junior year at Coppin State College, he began working at The Baltimore Sun, as a part-time temporary editorial assistant. In 1984 he was promoted to reporter, covering high school sports in Baltimore metropolitan area.
From 1984-92 he covered high schools and served as the backup beat reporter for the Washington Bullets. In 1992 he was promoted to Local Sports Editor, responsible for directing the coverage of high school, junior college and recreational sports in five zoned sections. In 1995 he was promoted to Assistant Sports Editor, directing the coverage of high schools, local colleges and the planning of the daily sports section. In 1997 he was promoted to Deputy Sports Editor, helping oversee a staff of 60 reporters and copy editors. In 1998 he was promoted to Executive Sports Editor, as the second in command of the sports staff. In 2001 he was promoted to Assistant Managing Editor for Sports becoming the senior editor for the department. In 2004 he was named The Sun’s Assistant Managing Editor for Recruitment and Staff Development.
In 2007 he was named Assistant Managing Editor for Administration and Recruitment. In 2011 he was named Page One Editor/Director of Administration. In 2013 he was named Assistant Managing Editor/News. Sam is a Baltimore native, a 1977 graduate of Carver Vocational Technical High, a 1981 graduate of the Community College of Baltimore (Major: Journalism) and a 1983 graduate of Coppin State (Major: English).
Sam was a high school basketball official from 1988 to 1992 and taught a class in Sports Writing at Morgan State from 1998 to 2008. Sam has also worked in broadcast media. He served as host of The Baltimore Sun High School Sports Show (also known as Replay Sun High School Sports) from 1999 to 2005.
Dorothy Boulware
Editor, The Afro American Newspapers
@DorothyBoulware | LinkedIn
Radio News Reel Reviews
Greg Peppers
Executive Producer, Associated Press Radio
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Greg Peppers is a broadcast news leader/executive with strong communication and staff development skills. He is a skilled and creative newscast producer as well as an organized team builder/player.
Peppers successfully manages in a diverse and changing work environment. Greg works comfortably in fast paced deadline driven newsroom. he has excellent production skills and more than 30 years experience working in broadcast journalism. This includes twenty two years on the network level.
John Ketchum
Engagement Editor, The Center for Public Integrity
@Ketchcast | LinkedIn
John Ketchum joined the Center from NPR where he worked for Morning Edition. Before that he was at Marketplace as part of a four person team dedicated to covering the income divide in America. John blogged and ran social media strategy for the team. John is excited to break down complex topics in a way that people can understand in the social space. He believes that now more than ever, people want to understand the world around them. This means meeting them at the mediums they use.
TV News Reel Reviews
Curtis Crutchfield
News Director/Anchor, CTV
@newscheo | LinkedIn
Barry Simms
Anchor/Investigative Reporter, WBAL-TV
@BarrySimmsWBAL
Barry Simms serves as a general assignment reporter and a member of the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team.
Hi career began as a weekend anchor and reporter at WREX-TV in Rockford, Ill., with moves to KTBS-TV in Shreveport, La., and KXAS-TV in Dallas.
Barry has been recognized for his reporting by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association, the Maryland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Associated Press and the Tri-State United Press International.
Barry is also a past president of the Association of Black Media Workers, the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Resume Reviews
Benet Wilson
NABJ Digital Task Force Co-Chair
@benetwilson | LinkedIn
Benet Wilson serves as co-editor-in-chief of AirwaysNews.com, a continuously updated, forward-looking source of news, features, and information for the commercial aviation industry. The website is a product of the strategic alliance between Airchive.com and Airways magazine. Coverage includes everything from breaking news and analysis to first flight coverage, aircraft rollouts, investigative series, profiles, Q&As and more. She also publish a weekly eNewsletter with story highlights and exclusive subscriber-only content.
Before AirwaysNews.com, Wilson was the eNewsletters and social media editor for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. She served as copy editor and contributor to two weekly eNewsletters, AOPA Online, the Reporting Points and Flight Training blogs, AOPA Pilot magazine and handled the company’s social media channels.Previously Benet was Aviation Week, where she oversaw freelance writers, along with the digital and print functions for the company’s Business Aviation channel. This included an online premium news service, a weekly digital newsletter, a blog and a photo gallery. Wilson also served as the editor of the weekly Airports newsletter supplement in Aviation Daily and created the Towers & Tarmacs blog.
Wilson handled media relations and corporate communications for Delta Air Lines, Rolls-Royce North America, Mesa Air Group and the Regional Airline Association. In these jobs, she handled tasks including press releases, op-eds and white papers, planned and oversaw news conferences and served as a primary media contact.
Wilson has been a trade journalist, covering topics as diverse as economic development, education, welfare reform, agribusiness and my true love, aviation. She currently serves as the Air Travel Expert for About.com and blog at AviationQueen.com.
Website Evaluations
Charmaine Nokuri
Allegiance Branding & Marketing
@CharmaineNokuri | LinkedIn
Charmaine is a mother of two and has over 13 years experience as a web developer and internet marketing strategist. She has an undergraduate degree from The University of Virginia (’00) and a Master’s in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech (’08). She is currently a Web Analyst for Erickson Living where she is charged with utilizing the business intelligence platform–DOMO—to track and optimize the company’s marketing campaigns, as well as develop new strategies to integrate Salesforce and Eloqua to monitor customers’ digital body language.
Part time Charmaine is a trumpet player and owns her own digital marketing firm–Allegiance Branding.
She has completed projects for USAID, World Bank, Sylvan Learning, Edge Digital, CKSecurity Solutions, The National Aquarium and many more. Charmaine is also a member of Women in Technology and the DC Web Women
Ingrid Sturgis
New Media Professor, Howard Media Group
@isturgis | LinkedIn
Ingrid Sturgis holds a master’s in journalism from New York University, B.A. in art from City College of New York. Ingrid Sturgis is Howard University Assistant Professor, specializing in new media, in the Department of Journalism. She has exceptional knowledge of Web technologies and social media and has developed multimedia content and curriculum for world-class interactive experiences. Sturgis has worked online since 2001, most recently as a Web strategist for heartandsoul.com. She also worked as a senior programming manager for AOL and as editor in chief at Essence.com. Previously, she worked as a managing editor for magazine startups BET Weekend and Savoy. Sturgis also has worked for several newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Times-Herald Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal.
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