‘THE GRIO’ GOES LIVE WITH PANELISTS AND PODCASTS AT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS CONVENTION & CAREER FAIR IN LAS VEGAS ON FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2022
TheGrio Black Podcast Network Panelists in Attendance Include: Touré, Panama Jackson, Michael Harriot and Maiysha Kai
LOS ANGELES, CA – Allen Media Group’s Black news/entertainment media platform theGrio (www.thegrio.com), proudly brings a panel discussion featuring premier talent, a live-to-tape recording of two podcasts, and other important news to the 2022 National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas starting Friday, August 5, 2022. The session will include a discussion of Byron Allen’s recent acquisition and rebranding of Black News Channel (BNC).
Scheduled for Friday, August 5th at 3:30pm PT, Geraldine Moriba, Senior Vice President of News and Entertainment for theGrio will discuss exciting plans for the recently-launched theGrio Black Podcast Network (TGBPN), Byron Allen’s recent acquisition of BNC, and new plans to integrate BNC into the top-rated theGrio platform. In addition, Moriba will be joined by a panel of notable TGBPN hosts, including Touré, Michael Harriot, Panama Jackson, and Maiysha Kai, to discuss Black culture, its role in the power of podcasting, and how the podcast hosts hone their special craft. The not to be missed event will be moderated by theGrio’s Vice President of Digital Content for theGrio, Natasha Alford. The animated 90-minute session will also include live-to-tape episode recordings of two new TGBPN podcasts: DEAR CULTURE WITH PANAMA JACKSON and WRITING BLACK WITH MAIYSHA KAI. Special surprise guests will also make appearances.
“TheGrio Black Podcast Network is the ultimate destination for the world’s best podcast talent and content,” said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. “Unfiltered African-American voices are more needed today than ever before, and theGrio is one-thousand percent committed to amplifying our perspectives and culture worldwide.” A new twist on a legacy podcast, DEAR CULTURE WITH PANAMA JACKSON explores provocative cultural questions such as “Janet vs. Michael,” Lauryn Hill’s music career, and Brandy's position as the vocal bible among other topics. Host Panama Jackson invites listeners to engage, share stories, expertise, and information, and weigh in on issues such as the Blackest song of all time. Panama Jackson’s guest will be fellow TGBPN podcast host, Michael Harriot.
In WRITING BLACK WITH MAIYSHA KAI, Grammy-winner Maiysha Kai invites writers from across the Black diaspora to center their literature for future generations. Guests will include Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, journalists at THE WASHINGTON POST and co-authors of the critically-acclaimed biography HIS NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD.