Founded in 1997 BSN has scored several news scoops
--including a major Wall Street scandalat Morgan
Stanley; a corrupt lawyer who fleeced money from
Holocaust survivors; and many more-- that have won
it media coverage including on CNN, The Wall Street
Journal, The Daily News, The New York Post,
Newsweek, The New York Times magazine, New York
Observer, The Village Voice, and Brill's Content
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Milton Allimadi, Publisher and CEO, has a degree in
journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at
Columbia. He’s worked for The Journal of Commerce;
The Wall Street Journal; The New York Times; and The
City Sun. He co-founded The Black Star News in 1997
with some savings and with seed money from Camille
and Bill Cosby. When he’s not reading newspapers,
surfing the net or writing, he’s probably jogging,
reading a book, catching a movie or traveling to a
beach somewhere.
She presently hosts her own show On Air with
Deardra on Sarfmradio.com She has produced
concerts in Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square
Garden, and Carnegie Hall and is the the author of a
short story that is featured in Arielle Ford’s book
“Mystical Souvenirs.” Ms. Shuler aided the “Beyond
the Tears” 2007 Humanitarian Awards Show at the
Apollo Theatre which honored Winnie Mandela. She has
along career in publishing as the former Editor of
several New York minority newspapers. She is a
member of the, National Congress of Black Women,
African American Women in Cinema, and the National
Black Journalist Association
Before attaining her MS from Columbia’s J- School,
as the franchise is so affectionately called,
Neanda received her BA in Political Economy from
City University of New York. After School she
interned at the New York Times and Forbes.com.
Movies, books or economic seminars with Joseph
Stieglitz are what constitute leisure time for
Neanda. You may contact this journalist at the
nearest pub, with a screen large enough to show the
2010 World Soccer Cup!
Ocen Allimadi loves global music. “Music is the
window to the world’s cultures,” he says. “Whenever
I travel to a country for the first time, the first
thing I do is listen to and study the music.” Ocen
studied music in London and is currently working on
a degree in History of Black People in The Atlantic
World—he’s also polishing up his French to prepare
for more travel in the French-speaking world. He’s
worked at the Sound Arts Studio in London, a
community-based center, helping youngsters record
their demos. He’s been a music producer and DJ since
the late 90s.
