Television & Radio Personality Jawn Murray Launches New Entertainment & Lifestyle Site AlwaysAList.com
Respected television, radio, and digital media personality Jawn Murray has launched a new entertainment and lifestyle website called AlwaysAList.com
.
The veteran entertainment reporter and lifestyle journalist decided to
flex his entrepreneurial muscle and launch his own online portal after
receiving some encouraging words from Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry.
“I was
in Los Angeles for the premiere of ‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’ just days
after resigning from AOL Black Voices last year,” recalls Murray.
“Tyler and I were two of the first people to arrive at his after party
for the film and we had a moment to chat privately. He challenged me
then to consider launching my own site because he told me that people
respected my journalistic approach because I’m fair and honest, and
because he felt we needed an alternative to the abundance of negative
blogs online.”
Murray,
who has become a go-to guy for entertainment perspective and pop
culture analysis for television networks like CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News,
TV One, VH1 and others, is no stranger to digital media. The
Washington, DC-based journalist penned AOL Black Voices’ most successful
and longest running column “BV Buzz” (BVBuzz.com
)
from September 2004 until he left the company in April 2011. Prior to
his stint at AOL Black Voices, Murray wrote the widely popular “Jawn’s
Juice” entertainment column for the Electronic Urban Report (EURweb.com) from February 2002 until March 2005.
“I know
from my previous experience working at a number one website that even
in the age of the blogosphere you can generate an audience and be
successful with real journalism, insightful interviews and accurate
reporting,” offers Murray. “I intend to apply that same approach to AlwaysAList.com
. The site will provide readers quality journalism, exclusive access and content that is intriguing with substance.”
The soft launch of AlwaysAList.com
has already proved to be successful, as the site has surpassed half a million hits since going live on Independence Day.
About the Jawn Murray:
Jawn Murray is a veteran entertainment journalist, lifestyle reporter
and pop culture expert. He’s been named by Ebony magazine as one of the
“30 on the Rise” to watch in the industry, and the NAACP recognized him
as one of “40 Power Players Under 40.” On radio, he spent five years
offering entertainment coverage on the nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner
Morning Show.” On TV, he's become a regular contributor on networks
like CNN, HLN, TV One and MSNBC, and has also appeared on international
networks like BBC UK, Canada’s Sun News and Dutch TV. Murray has also
been featured on NBC’s “Today Show,” “Access Hollywood,” “Washington
Watch with Roland Martin” and “Our World with Black Enterprise.” As a
pop culture expert, he’s been featured in and/or quoted by National
Public Radio (NPR), The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, MTV
News, CNN International, New York Post, MediaBistro.com, among others.
In 2011 Murray partnered with EMI Gospel for a digital music competition
called "Untapped." He then executive produced the partnering
compilation CD titled, "Jawn Murray presents Untapped" that was released
in September of 2011.
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