Cheryl Contee: African-American Political Bloggers (VIDEO)
Watch Cheryl Contee of Jack & Jill Politics at BlogHer ’11 on her blogging pseudonym Jill Tubman and African-American political bloggers.
Cheryl Contee writes as Jill Tubman for the award-winning & top-ranked black political blog JackAndJillPolitics.com which she co-founded in 2006. She is also the co-founder of Fission Strategy, which provides innovative social media & mobile services to nonprofits and foundations. Cheryl specializes in online advocacy, engagement, and communications.
Cheryl serves on the Board of Directors of Netroots Nation, the preeminent organization and conference for technology and progressive politics. She is on the Advisory Board of Applied Research Center, BlogHer’s International Activist Scholarship Committee and the Advisors Board of Blogging While Brown. Cheryl also chairs the board of CommonGoods.net. Cheryl has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, San Francisco Magazine, BBC and CNN among many other media appearances. Cheryl’s work in the interactive sphere has been recognized with over 20 awards. Cheryl is regularly invited to speak at universities, conferences and events. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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