Twitch! Public Relations in the Age of Social Media

Meet the Twitch! Panel

Yanick Rice Lamb is the Associate Publisher and Editorial Director for Heart and Soul Magazine, the nation's premiere magazine for African-American women's health and wellness issues. An editorial veteran, Yanick's editorial positions have included Editor-At-Large for Essence Magazine, Editor-in-Chief for BET Weekend and Assistant Style Editor for the New York Times.

Holly E. Thomas is a feature writer for the Washington Post Magazine, where she covers the local creative scene, interior design and DC's fascinating cultural underbelly. She has covered fashion, shopping and beauty for the Post for the past five years, penning a weekly shopping column, reviewing beauty products, photographing stylish folks on the street and hosting weekly live discussions on the Washington Post website. She spends free time reading blogs, collecting all things vintage and mastering DIY projects. @washpostfashion or @hollyt81

 Helena Andrews is a purveyor of all things awesome. HarperCollins published her first book, a memoir in essays entitled Bitch is the New Black, on June 1st, 2010. Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes has optioned the book as a feature film for Fox Searchlight Pictures and Helena is a  currently working on the screenplay. A former reporter for Politico, Andrews now pens a regular column called Single-Minded for The Root.com.

@helena_andrews

Originally from the Midwest, Mandy Jenkins has worked in newspapers, magazines, and public radio. Now, she's a reporter and the Social Media Producer for TBD-the integratedTV station and website that delivers local news and community information from the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. region. At TBD Mandy oversees the station's social media voice.

Lifestyle and travel writer Johnica Reed has racked up over 300,000 miles in the past two years jaunting from Africa to Asia to every continent in between. Covering restaurants, upscale hotels and spas all over the world, she writes for Black Atlas, CuisineNoir, Centric, Huffington Post and Essence.com.

Amanda Miller Littlejohn is the founder of a a Social Public Relations firm and the creative visionary and writer behind the Twitch! Public Relations in the Age of Social Media event series and the popular Mopwater PR + Media Notes  PR careers blog. Amanda is also the author of the PR Career book the Mopwater Manual. A frequent speaker and writer on industry topics, Amanda is an idea oven and brand problem solver working at the intersection of public relations, journalism, marketing and social media. A former journalist turned PR innovator, Amanda leverages blogs, Twitter, Facebook and video campaigns to build buzz online and off.

@amandamogul @mopwaterpr

Hostesses and Honorees

Margie Newman @MargieNewman

Founder, DC Flacks
Communications Manager at PEW

Blogger at FlackRabbit.com

Kelly Ferraro @KellyLFerraro

Co-Founder and Editor, WelcomeOmDC
Digital Strategist for OgilvyPR
Recovering Lawyer

 

 

Candice Nicole Mackel @CandiceNicolePR

Owner of CNPR

Entertainment Publicist

Co-Creator of the PoweR Connection