Professional Info- i am J. DAKAR
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- SummaryAccomplished writer/editor with experience contributing features, profiles, interviews, reviews and creative presentation material to top web properties, helping generate award-winning results.Experience
- Nov 2011 - PresentCo-creator and Editor / The Sunday Share
- Jan 2008 - PresentContributor / Concrete Loop Media LLCResponsibilities: Develops engaging, entertaining and informative SEO-rich content for one of TIME’s Top 50 sites by monitoring web for relevant news items and working with digital publicists. Oversees content for stylistic appeal and technical accuracy on over 100 posts per month, which generate 6M+ pageviews monthly, performing structural edits as necessary. Initiated and maintains presence on Twitter and Facebook, which has garnered 20K+ fans/followers. Manages successful contests and exclusive giveaways utilizing social media.
Writing Credits: Contributes daily content spanning the subjects of news, awareness, politics, style, entertainment and celebrities. Frequently composes more in-depth entertainment-related content, specifically interviews, album and book reviews, as well as feature pieces. Composed monthly social commentary column, as well as health-related PSAs for “Young, Black Males & Suicide” and “Mental Health & the Black Community”. Researches and compiles regular Black History Spotlight feature. Contributed political commentary during 2008 presidential election, including “Concrete Loop’s Quick & Easy Voting Guide”.
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2011 - 2013Columbia Southern UniversityM.S. in Organizational Leadership
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2002 - 2008Birmingham-Southern CollegeB.S. in Business Administration / Political Science / Distinction in Leadership Studies
Activities: Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor, Black Student Union President & Treasurer, Contributing Writer for Hilltop News, President's Student Service Organization
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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
Eleanor Roosevelt- Where Do I Begin
It’s been a while since I’ve really written anything here, and I hate when that happens because I don’t know where or even how to start to catch up on everything.
I’ll never know what possessed me to write a book while also pursuing a graduate degree, but it is what it is. The book has sort of taken a life of its own, and I’m so excited to be able to share it with you soon. Regarding school, I plan to complete my master’s by mid-2013 unless I accelerate the schedule a bit, which is bound to happen eventually. I thought I was ready for school again, but with everything else going on around me I couldn’t have picked a worse time. Again, it is what it is.
♫ Post Title Soundtrack: The Chemical Brothers — “Where Do I Begin”
When you’re younger you are much more intense and everything’s much more important and you look back and you think, “Oh what was that all about?” Nothing is that important, just live your life because we’re here so briefly.
Anthony Hopkins
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- First uneventful evening; looking forward to chilling at home and freeing up space on the DVR. #simpleman
- @akacharleswade Hope you get better and get some rest!
- @tiffdashielle Haha That quote called you out, huh? No worries.
- The one morning I do my best to sleep in, the gardener makes as much noise as possible. It is what it is, though; there is work to be done.
- "How do you know you're going to do something, until you do it?" — J. D. Salinger
- "You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family." — Anita Baker
- "The things you do best for other people are the things you would do just as well for yourself.” — Florence Mills
- Checking out Red Tails
- "It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something." — Winston Churchill
- "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." — Salvador Dali
- @TatianaKing Now if @netflix would follow suit... These were two revolutionary enterprises that have since fallen by the wayside.
- @TatianaKing I concur. It's a bit unfortunate that they've waited 'til now to shake things up; this should have been done a while ago.
- @TatianaKing Do you think that will help?
- "If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule." — Barbara Jordan
- "Every day I run scared. That’s the only way I can stay ahead." — John H. Johnson
- Never been a big believer of fortune cookies, but I can get with this one. http://t.co/xGmpuKOr
- @LarryBrownJr It goes well. How's married life treating you?
- @lynneluvah Glad to know it works; I've had the app for a while but no opportunity to use it just yet.
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- Yo Side of the Bed by Trey Songz
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