Ernest Owens is an award-winning journalist and editor for Philadelphia Magazine’s G Philly and CEO of Ernest Media Empire, LLC. Ernest covers a variety of social issues regarding race, LGBTQ, and pop culture. As an openly black gay journalist, he has made headlines for speaking frankly about intersectional issues in society. In July 2016, he made a viral Tweet calling out superstar Justin Timberlake during the BET Awards. The tweet got a response from Timberlake that prompted a nationwide discussion on cultural appropriation. For the past two years, his extensive reporting on racism in the LGBTQ community has gotten national attention as he revealed acts of racial discrimination in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood. His coverage was cited by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations as reviving a decades long issue in the community that finally led to local government intervention, an anti-discrimination bill being unanimously passed, and the city’s pride rainbow flag to now include black and brown stripes to acknowledge racial inclusion.
At 26 years old, Ernest has already used his wide media platform to spread awareness on several important issues. He championed LGBTQ issues statewide as the Vice President of Equality Pennsylvania, public access advocacy as a board governor of Philadelphia Community Access Media, diversity in the newsroom as the Treasurer of the Pen & Pencil Club, the nation’s oldest press club. His work has been featured on NBC News, USA Today, BET, The Advocate, and other media outlets. He’s a member of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, Online, News Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the National Association of Black Journalists. His work has been awarded a Gold Circle Award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, a Finalist Award from the Tribeca Film Festival, the 2016 Trailblazer of the Year Award from the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and several others. He won the 2017 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for his coverage on racial discrimination in the LGBTQ community and Movement of the Year by the Philly Geek Awards. He was named the 2017 Emerging Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. He can be found on Twitter and other social media platforms at @MrErnestOwens and ernestowens.com.
Mr. Owens will be live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific.
Some of the topics that Mr. Owens with be talking about will be:
– Ernest Media Empire, LLC
– The Starbucks incident in the current city where he lives, Philadelphia
– His media diversity advocacy efforts
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