You can call them pundits, commentators, analysts, contributors, strategist, or whatever, but there are many new faces in the media being paid to give their opinions, insights, projections and assessments on a variety of issues. Sweet Nothings spotlighted Black Journalists Max Robinson and Bernard Shaw for "Breaking Barriers" and paving the way for many of the people showing up on your news programs today.
With the 2012 Presidential Campaign in full swing, meet some of the media personalities addressing today's political issues.
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| Karen Finney |
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leading democratic strategist, MSNBC Political Analyst and columnist for The
Hill, Karen Finney works with political and corporate clients in the United
States and globally in the areas of political and communication strategy, message
development, crisis communications, branding, and public affairs.
Karen’s more than 20 years in national politics includes four presidential campaigns, the Clinton White House, a New York Senate race, and first African American spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee. Karen helped guide the DNC’s communications and media strategy for Howard Dean’s “50 State Strategy”, re-branding the Democratic Party, the successful 2006 Congressional elections and DNC strategy for the 2008 presidential campaign. During the Clinton Administration, Karen served as Deputy Press Secretary to then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and as Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling for President Bill Clinton. During the general election in 2004, she travelled with Elizabeth Edwards as her Communications Director.
Among her other accomplishments, Karen is a regular
contributor to Politico’s “The Arena”, TheGrio.com, Washington Watch on TV One,
and the POTUS channel on Sirius XM satellite radio.Karen’s more than 20 years in national politics includes four presidential campaigns, the Clinton White House, a New York Senate race, and first African American spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee. Karen helped guide the DNC’s communications and media strategy for Howard Dean’s “50 State Strategy”, re-branding the Democratic Party, the successful 2006 Congressional elections and DNC strategy for the 2008 presidential campaign. During the Clinton Administration, Karen served as Deputy Press Secretary to then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and as Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling for President Bill Clinton. During the general election in 2004, she travelled with Elizabeth Edwards as her Communications Director.
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| Michael Eric Dyson |
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is a renowned scholar,
ordained Baptist minister and public intellectual. His innovative scholarship,
combining cultural criticism and biography, focuses on race, religion, popular
culture, and contemporary issues in the African American community.He received
a BA(magna cum laude) from Carson-Newman College and a MA and PhD from
Princeton University.
Hailed
as one of a group of "new intellectuals," scholar Michael Eric Dyson
is a longtime professor and lecturer, and an author who addresses issues of
race and culture in such diverse publications as Christian Century and Rolling
Stone. He has published seven books, including the well-received Making
Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X and I May Not Get There With
You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He has also appeared on popular talk
shows, taught academic courses on gangsta rap and hip-hop music, and even
testified before congressional subcommittees on various issues of
concern to black Americans.
Washington Post
correspondent David Nicholson noted that Dyson
"belongs to a group of young intellectuals who may yet define our view of
black American culture...” Most professors do not become
nationally known while still in their thirties, nor do they often head
university departments at that age. Dyson did both while still in his
mid-thirties, due in part to the success of his books and the strength of his
journalism.
Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on Radio One,
from January 2006 to February 2007. The Michael Eric Dyson Show debuted
on April 6, 2009, and is broadcast from Morgan State University. The show's first guest
was Oprah Winfrey.
He was also a commentator on National Public Radio and CNN, and is a regular guest on Real Time with
Bill Maher. Beginning July 2011 Michael Eric Dyson became a
political analyst for MSNBC.
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| Krystal Ball |
Don't be fooled into thinking she's just another pretty face. Krystal Ball is a 29-year-old Democratic media commentator and former Virginia
congressional candidate, in addition to being a certified public accountant,
software engineer, small business owner and mother.
Krystal
was recently named by Forbes Magazine as No. 21 on the magazine’s “Most
Powerful Women in the Mid Term Elections” list. The Week magazine rated her as
one of the "Top Eight Political Stars of 2010," along with Marco
Rubio, Scott Brown and Chris Christie.
Krystal was the Democratic nominee for Congress for
the 1st District of Virginia in 2010. Although she did not win, her electoral
performance was exceptional given the overall climate for Democrats in 2010. Her
campaign displayed an unusually strong fundraising prowess and excelled in the
use of social media in politics. The campaign raised more than $1 million as a
first-time candidate from more than 6,000 donors in all 50 states.
Krystal
is passionately dedicated to civility and to improving the quality of political
discourse. Currently, Krystal is a frequent guest on MSNBC, Fox News, and Fox
Business.
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