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04/10/2025

Fam! Our parent company Trust Marketing has been nominated for 2 People’s Telly Awards To say we are honored to have our creativity showcased alongside the best of the best in video and television is an understatement.

But we need your help. (It’s a PEOPLE’S Telly, so we need the PEOPLE 😁). Click the link below or in our bio and be sure to sign up and vote 5 stars for our 2 campaigns: “Be The Change” and “Brake It Down (Reckless Driving).

Voting ends Friday, April 18, 2025 so tell a friend to tell a friend and go vote!

Be The Change in People's Telly - Local TV: https://peoples.tellyawards.com/PublicVoting #/2025/peoples-telly/general/local-tv/be-the-change

Brake It Down (Reckless Driving) in People's Telly - Local TV: https://peoples.tellyawards.com/PublicVoting #/2025/peoples-telly/general/local-tv/brake-it-down-reckless-driving

03/19/2025

Mahalia Jackson, a prominent gospel singer and civil rights icon used her powerful voice and influence to support the African American freedom struggle, notably inspiring Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Beginning in the 1940s, she was one of the first singers to take gospel out of the church, drawing white audiences and selling millions of records. She inspired generations of singers, including Aretha Franklin, Della Reese, Albertina Walker and Mavis Staples of The Staples Singers.

In 1956, despite death threats, Mahalia went to Montgomery, Alabama for a concert to raise money for the movement. Jackson's music became synonymous with the movement, providing inspiration and solace to those fighting for equality.

03/14/2025

Today we celebrate and recognize American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker, Zora Neale Hurston. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South. 

Hurston’s ethnographic research made her a pioneer writer of “folk fiction” about African Americans in the South. She was a prominent writer in the Harlem Renaissance. Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937, is her most celebrated novel.

03/07/2025

Today for Women’s History Month, we want to shine the spotlight on Samara Joy!

With three GRAMMY wins and a chart-topping debut album already under her belt, 25-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable Verve Records.

Joy is a jazz vocalist who has won multiple awards, including Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2023 Grammys. She continues to wow the world with her artistry and warming the hearts of those who are inspired by the greats.

02/25/2025

01/21/2025

Congratulations are in order for Trust Marketing’s very own, Howard Robertson! Howard has been nominated and will receive this year’s Public Relations Society of America 2025 Legacy Achievement Award.

There are a few spots available so please register and join us on Thursday, January 23rd at 11:30a.m. for this joyous occasion in celebration of Howard!

https://prsamemphis.org/meetinginfo.php?id=117&ts=1736444608

11/20/2024

Do you enjoy a good Smooth Jazz session? Tune in to WJZA Smooth Jazz 101.1 on the Play Ode app and listen to some of the classic Jazz selections and so much more!