November 26, 2024 • 18 mins
Today's special guest is Michael Reel, award winning journalist nd Founder of Reel Urban News. Reel Urban News provides breaking news and videos to the Black community
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Real Urban News is an independent digital media organization illuminating
the extraordinary stories from urban America that inform, inspire, and.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Enrich our lives.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Led by a team of editors, contributors, and guest writers
at the tops of their fields, runs expansive editorial content
covers such topics as black mental health, equity and education,
and how the latest in technology and business is transforming communities.
Capture the heartbeat of urban centers and community matters.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Real Urban News was launched in two thousand and nine
by award winning journalists and Today's guest Michael Reel.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
This is the Black Information Network daily podcast. I am
your host Ramsay's job and I am your host q Ward.
All right, mister Michael Real, welcome to the show today.
How are you doing?
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Man, Hey, good morning, Thank you for having me on.
I'm on the West coast, so it's still morning.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Here, okay, fantastic. So what we do around here is
we start our stories at the beginning. Obviously, we gave
a little bit of a brief introduction, but in order
to for our list listeners to know who the man
is behind, you know, the network and behind the awards
and so forth, tell us a little bit about who
you are, where you grew up, what inspired you to
(01:10):
get into the field that you're in, what led you
to today's conversation those sorts.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Of things, Hey, we'll do.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
I grew up in south central Los Angeles in the
you know, late eighties and hung out and I went
off to college. But when growing up here in LA
I used to watch this news program called Eyewitness News
in the evenings, you know, after school, and was always
interested in news. From that standpoint. There was an anchor
(01:38):
named Jerry Dumfrey, had snow white hair and was just,
you know, a really charismatic character, and watched him daily.
It just really became interested in the news. And following
that broadcast you would see a national broadcast. So that
was the the catalyst which got me interested in news.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
In your opinion, or I guess you know, where your
mind was at the time, What did you feel was
missing from the media space and how did you feel
that real Urban News could fill that gap or what
did you think that Real Urban News would bring to
the table.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Well, I think what transpire was in two thousand and
nine when we launched Real Urban News. It was just
when TMZ was really coming to the forefront network cameras.
Camera crews were being slimmed down to one man cruise.
So you had before that you always had a cameraman
(02:37):
and an audio, two separate people. And then when the
phones became a little bit more technical in their advancement,
and you also had the smaller cameras, you had one
man band crews. And so we took advantage of We
saw what TMZ was doing and I was on staff
at TMZ for a hot minute, you might remember, Mom,
(03:01):
So we were We saw what they were doing and
it was mostly negative information regarding African Americans. So the
thought was to take this new technology, which was smaller
and a lot more affordable than the two man crew
and do positive news about African Americans and people who
(03:24):
live in the urban area. So that was to me,
and I think those stories are still missing from a
lot of news spaces. A lot of the news spaces
now you know, it's social celebrity driven. You miss ordinary
people with extraordinary stories.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So speaking of which, so talk to us about you
know the programming, how do you select programs? Because I
read a little bit about some of the programming there,
and I want our listeners to know about what all
they can expect from real urban news, but also how
the what decisions you're making. It seems like you're making
decisions that for programming that paints black people in a
(04:05):
more realistic or positive light rather than what most people
would do, which is to focus on negativity or you know,
sports and entertainment. So you tell us a little bit
about kind of the thinking there and some of the
program Well.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
The thought is always we initially launched, we did people
that we knew and people that were in our imposition
of power and influence that may not.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Garner the news right away.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
So growing up here to Los Angeles, a lot of lawyers, doctors,
and Indian chiefs that are African American behind the scenes
are or leading companies and organizations that people are not
familiar with that I was familiar with because of my
time and news and because of my you know, family
(05:01):
and friends connections. So the genesis are the main ingredient
initially is and still is today do people who do
you do people who have a story to tell and
that you have access to. And so with those small steps,
we began to also garner interviews with national persons with
(05:27):
national following or national prominence, and it's just basically, you know,
journalism one on one reach out to their publicis, reach
out to their attorney, reach out to whoever represents them.
Say hey, you're going to be in Los Angeles, so
we're going to be there. We love to do an
on camera interview with you. This is who we've spoken
to prior and it's been really good. And I think
(05:49):
because of my news background at both local and network,
that has proven to do to serve well in this capacity.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
So talk to us about some of the names, because
I remember there being a few really prominent names that
were featured that people might recognize. Just to give our
listeners an idea of what they can expect at real
urban news.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Through the years, we've done a lot of high profile individuals.
I mean, obviously you get the Al Sharptons, you get
at the Spike Lee. We've done a lot of stuff
in the gospel music space with Kurk Carr. We've done
things with Marlon Gibbs which really really was a great
(06:36):
interview and is on the site now. We've all spoke
also spoken to a lot of political leaders. We've also
spoken to like Karen Bass, who is the mayor here
in Los Angeles. But when we talked to Karen Bass,
we spoke with her when she came back from the
January sixth uprising, So that's when we spoke with her
when she made her way back to Los Angeles and
(06:58):
chatted with her on CAP her in her congressional office
at the time. She's now obviously left Congress that now
serves as the mayor of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
You have the Carl Douglass. He's an attorney.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
He used to he was the former managing partner of
the Conchrane firm when they represented oj Simpson. We've done
Ben Krupp a couple of times, just you know. The
list goes on and on.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
African Americans, and there was one that was a recent
one that featured the bailiff if I'm not mistaken, Yes,
Judge Judy's program, so talk to us a little bit
about that too.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Yes, we've been fortunate to interview Patrie Hawkins Bird on
two separate occasions, recently this past spring, but also in
two thousand and sixteen, we reached out to Judge Judy's show,
which was at the time the number one daytime syndicated
(08:02):
television show, and we requested an interview with Petree Hawkins Bird,
who was the long time serving bailiff on that show.
I think they did a total of twenty five years.
What was interesting was people we were just getting into
the ds what is a dl the cannon rebel cameras.
(08:24):
Everybody had one. Everybody had a DLSR camera, and we
again were using that smaller technology, less expensive, but turning
out by this time twenty sixteen, these smaller cameras were
turning out television quality content. So we approached Just Judy's
Show with those cameras and we did the piece. Our
(08:49):
website crashed for three days. They got a lot, a
lot of traffic. Social media was just kind of taking
off as well. They got a lot of traffic and
that had has proven to be has worked well for us.
Matter of fact, when we went back to interview their
other show, people on Hot Bench, their executive producers came
(09:10):
out just to see the technology that was being used,
and that has been an important caveat. I must admit
that it has kind of saved the day and also
launched us into this opportunity.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
We are here today with Real Urban News founder and
award winning journalist Michael.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Reel now Michael in the wake of this election, how
are you preparing for the next four years inside the
political arena.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
I'm glad you asked.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
We are gearing up right now to do a sit
down with three or four young to middle aged African
American individuals professionals who are Republican. I was sharing with
in a recent conversation. Once you get out of the
(10:15):
you know, the East coast or the West coast, and
you get to the middle of the country, there are
a lot of African Americans who vote Republican and who
are Republicans and as liberal as Los Angeles and California scenes,
oftentimes it is not as it appears. And so just
(10:36):
had a conversation as we try to put this this
this shoot together with some young people who are African
American and who voted for the Republican part of the ticket.
So we're doing that. We're also looking at doing something
in the academic space. Los Angeles has, you know, some colleges,
(11:01):
but all of these colleges are being led by African
American presidents. So we're also gearing up to talk with
them and will release our Presidential Academic Presidential series in
February and we'll probably release the piece with the Young
Black Republicans in January.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
So obviously there's a lot to look forward to politically speaking,
and you know, black voices are more important than ever
in this space, sure, because there is a lot of
concern about the erosion of civil rights and access and
free speech and all that sort of stuff that historically
(11:45):
Black people have relied upon to be able to make
our case for ourselves. Are you worried about any of
those things and are there any precautions that you're kind
of taking to prepare for any of those things that
might find their way to our journalistic space.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
You know, I'm not really in panic mode or I'm
not really in wave the white flag or woe it
is me. I think we just keep a steady course
and produce content and quality content that is at a
high quality, and I think we give people the space
(12:30):
to tell their story. And that's been another positive aspect
for real over news, not to just shoot a video
or shoot content and edit it where it misrepresents what
individuals are saying. So we see that in our daily
you know, we watch television on your daily broadcast, you
see you know, oftentimes they have us us blacks looking
(12:54):
the worst are saying, you know, saying a you know,
a crazy state. We have stayed away from that, and
I think as we forge ahead, we will continue to
stay stay in the course, and hopefully that will continue
to serve as well.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I think that's a spot where we're all trying to
collectively figure that out in real time while the plane
appears to be on fire and crashing down, you know,
trying to figure out what's next and how we're going
to be able to you know, calculate a path forward
and try to find some form of solidarity, which I
think will be necessary outside of the political arena. You know,
(13:36):
what's what's next with you? You know, what else do
you have going on? For our listeners that want to
keep up, if there's somewhere they can find you social media, website,
just you know, give us a little bit of a
peak behind the curtain.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Yeah, we're just you know, again, stay in the course
with Reurban News, UH prayerfully growing Real Urban News, and
it's been a steady beat and we've been a consistent
outlet and a consistent source for information. We're also developing,
(14:09):
you know, a couple of uh uh digital digital programs
that you know, have some entertainment element to it, but
not all. We did a pilot called Welcome Home, and
it's basically going with going home with celebrities, uh, you know,
back to their childhood home.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
And with the one gentleman we.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Did, he hadn't been home to his original neighborhood here
in Los Angeles for over you know, for over fifteen
to sixteen years. And when he when he went back
to that street in south central Los Angeles, uh, you know,
tears rolled down his eyes. When he went back to
the swap meet uh where he used to buy his
(14:51):
you know, buy.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
His his his clothes and his outfits. Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
You know, he was welcomed because the same people who
were there when he was in high school and the
young man, they were still there. So we're looking to
kind of push that out a little bit more called
Welcome Home. We've done a couple We have a couple
of documentaries that were wrapping up on We did a
piece with the first.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Black police officer in Orange County.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
This gentleman named Harlan Lambert, and he became a police
officer in nineteen sixty eight and.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
He was the first and Santa Anna.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
This was a time in the country when the Black
Panthers were extremely active. Even in Orange County, the Black
Panthers were extremely active. And this gentleman, who was from Beanita, Louisiana,
originally via Chicago then out to the West Coast, became
the first black police officer in Orange County by joining
(15:55):
the Santa Anna Police Department. And so we just uh
are you know, putting the final touches on that documentary. Uh,
just you know, pushing the pushing the uh the card forward.
But again, we want to do content that is elevated
and has uh some information and some inspiration as well.
(16:19):
So it's not just uh just all entertainment based, but
it has to have something that maybe someone could be
inspired by or someone would say, oh, I didn't know
that I learned something new or that was fascinating or
that was interesting. And that's what we uh have been
fortunate to do and continue to try to do.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
So do us a favor before we let you go. Uh,
let's let's restate all of the social media's, the websites,
everything like that, so people can plug directly into real
urban news. Okay, and you know, partake in the content
that you're creating.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Okay, you can go to our website, Real Urbanews dot com.
We have Real Urban Business dot com. Obviously, we're on Instagram,
Real Urban News, our microreal Facebook not so much so
we just normally kind of keep it in that space.
(17:21):
YouTube is Real Urban News and you'll see just a
gamut of our video content there and on our YouTube page.
And again just go to realer news dot com and
we keep it pretty much updated often and always. So uh,
those are our primary points of interest.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Fantastic. All right, Well, thank you so much for not
only you know, taking a little bit of time to
talk to us, but for the work that you're doing,
because obviously, you know, as we discussed, this work is
now more important than ever. You're a black voices, black stories,
accuracy with respect to the black community, black narratives, all
these things are important and you are doing excellent works.
(18:04):
So I can't thank you enough. Once again, Today's guest
is Real Urban News founder and award winning journalist Michael Reel.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Thank you for having me on. Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
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Real Urban News is an independent digital media organization illuminating
the extraordinary stories from urban America that inform, inspire, and.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Enrich our lives.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Led by a team of editors, contributors, and guest writers
at the tops of their fields, runs expansive editorial content
covers such topics as black mental health, equity and education,
and how the latest in technology and business is transforming communities.
Capture the heartbeat of urban centers and community matters.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Real Urban News was launched in two thousand and nine
by award winning journalists and Today's guest Michael Reel.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
This is the Black Information Network daily podcast. I am
your host Ramsay's job and I am your host q Ward.
All right, mister Michael Real, welcome to the show today.
How are you doing?
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Man, Hey, good morning, Thank you for having me on.
I'm on the West coast, so it's still morning.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Here, okay, fantastic. So what we do around here is
we start our stories at the beginning. Obviously, we gave
a little bit of a brief introduction, but in order
to for our list listeners to know who the man
is behind, you know, the network and behind the awards
and so forth, tell us a little bit about who
you are, where you grew up, what inspired you to
(01:10):
get into the field that you're in, what led you
to today's conversation those sorts.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Of things, Hey, we'll do.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
I grew up in south central Los Angeles in the
you know, late eighties and hung out and I went
off to college. But when growing up here in LA
I used to watch this news program called Eyewitness News
in the evenings, you know, after school, and was always
interested in news. From that standpoint. There was an anchor
(01:38):
named Jerry Dumfrey, had snow white hair and was just,
you know, a really charismatic character, and watched him daily.
It just really became interested in the news. And following
that broadcast you would see a national broadcast. So that
was the the catalyst which got me interested in news.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
In your opinion, or I guess you know, where your
mind was at the time, What did you feel was
missing from the media space and how did you feel
that real Urban News could fill that gap or what
did you think that Real Urban News would bring to
the table.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Well, I think what transpire was in two thousand and
nine when we launched Real Urban News. It was just
when TMZ was really coming to the forefront network cameras.
Camera crews were being slimmed down to one man cruise.
So you had before that you always had a cameraman
(02:37):
and an audio, two separate people. And then when the
phones became a little bit more technical in their advancement,
and you also had the smaller cameras, you had one
man band crews. And so we took advantage of We
saw what TMZ was doing and I was on staff
at TMZ for a hot minute, you might remember, Mom,
(03:01):
So we were We saw what they were doing and
it was mostly negative information regarding African Americans. So the
thought was to take this new technology, which was smaller
and a lot more affordable than the two man crew
and do positive news about African Americans and people who
(03:24):
live in the urban area. So that was to me,
and I think those stories are still missing from a
lot of news spaces. A lot of the news spaces
now you know, it's social celebrity driven. You miss ordinary
people with extraordinary stories.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So speaking of which, so talk to us about you
know the programming, how do you select programs? Because I
read a little bit about some of the programming there,
and I want our listeners to know about what all
they can expect from real urban news, but also how
the what decisions you're making. It seems like you're making
decisions that for programming that paints black people in a
(04:05):
more realistic or positive light rather than what most people
would do, which is to focus on negativity or you know,
sports and entertainment. So you tell us a little bit
about kind of the thinking there and some of the
program Well.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
The thought is always we initially launched, we did people
that we knew and people that were in our imposition
of power and influence that may not.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Garner the news right away.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
So growing up here to Los Angeles, a lot of lawyers, doctors,
and Indian chiefs that are African American behind the scenes
are or leading companies and organizations that people are not
familiar with that I was familiar with because of my
time and news and because of my you know, family
(05:01):
and friends connections. So the genesis are the main ingredient
initially is and still is today do people who do
you do people who have a story to tell and
that you have access to. And so with those small steps,
we began to also garner interviews with national persons with
(05:27):
national following or national prominence, and it's just basically, you know,
journalism one on one reach out to their publicis, reach
out to their attorney, reach out to whoever represents them.
Say hey, you're going to be in Los Angeles, so
we're going to be there. We love to do an
on camera interview with you. This is who we've spoken
to prior and it's been really good. And I think
(05:49):
because of my news background at both local and network,
that has proven to do to serve well in this capacity.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
So talk to us about some of the names, because
I remember there being a few really prominent names that
were featured that people might recognize. Just to give our
listeners an idea of what they can expect at real
urban news.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Through the years, we've done a lot of high profile individuals.
I mean, obviously you get the Al Sharptons, you get
at the Spike Lee. We've done a lot of stuff
in the gospel music space with Kurk Carr. We've done
things with Marlon Gibbs which really really was a great
(06:36):
interview and is on the site now. We've all spoke
also spoken to a lot of political leaders. We've also
spoken to like Karen Bass, who is the mayor here
in Los Angeles. But when we talked to Karen Bass,
we spoke with her when she came back from the
January sixth uprising, So that's when we spoke with her
when she made her way back to Los Angeles and
(06:58):
chatted with her on CAP her in her congressional office
at the time. She's now obviously left Congress that now
serves as the mayor of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
You have the Carl Douglass. He's an attorney.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
He used to he was the former managing partner of
the Conchrane firm when they represented oj Simpson. We've done
Ben Krupp a couple of times, just you know. The
list goes on and on.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
African Americans, and there was one that was a recent
one that featured the bailiff if I'm not mistaken, Yes,
Judge Judy's program, so talk to us a little bit
about that too.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Yes, we've been fortunate to interview Patrie Hawkins Bird on
two separate occasions, recently this past spring, but also in
two thousand and sixteen, we reached out to Judge Judy's show,
which was at the time the number one daytime syndicated
(08:02):
television show, and we requested an interview with Petree Hawkins Bird,
who was the long time serving bailiff on that show.
I think they did a total of twenty five years.
What was interesting was people we were just getting into
the ds what is a dl the cannon rebel cameras.
(08:24):
Everybody had one. Everybody had a DLSR camera, and we
again were using that smaller technology, less expensive, but turning
out by this time twenty sixteen, these smaller cameras were
turning out television quality content. So we approached Just Judy's
Show with those cameras and we did the piece. Our
(08:49):
website crashed for three days. They got a lot, a
lot of traffic. Social media was just kind of taking
off as well. They got a lot of traffic and
that had has proven to be has worked well for us.
Matter of fact, when we went back to interview their
other show, people on Hot Bench, their executive producers came
(09:10):
out just to see the technology that was being used,
and that has been an important caveat. I must admit
that it has kind of saved the day and also
launched us into this opportunity.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
We are here today with Real Urban News founder and
award winning journalist Michael.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Reel now Michael in the wake of this election, how
are you preparing for the next four years inside the
political arena.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
I'm glad you asked.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
We are gearing up right now to do a sit
down with three or four young to middle aged African
American individuals professionals who are Republican. I was sharing with
in a recent conversation. Once you get out of the
(10:15):
you know, the East coast or the West coast, and
you get to the middle of the country, there are
a lot of African Americans who vote Republican and who
are Republicans and as liberal as Los Angeles and California scenes,
oftentimes it is not as it appears. And so just
(10:36):
had a conversation as we try to put this this
this shoot together with some young people who are African
American and who voted for the Republican part of the ticket.
So we're doing that. We're also looking at doing something
in the academic space. Los Angeles has, you know, some colleges,
(11:01):
but all of these colleges are being led by African
American presidents. So we're also gearing up to talk with
them and will release our Presidential Academic Presidential series in
February and we'll probably release the piece with the Young
Black Republicans in January.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
So obviously there's a lot to look forward to politically speaking,
and you know, black voices are more important than ever
in this space, sure, because there is a lot of
concern about the erosion of civil rights and access and
free speech and all that sort of stuff that historically
(11:45):
Black people have relied upon to be able to make
our case for ourselves. Are you worried about any of
those things and are there any precautions that you're kind
of taking to prepare for any of those things that
might find their way to our journalistic space.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
You know, I'm not really in panic mode or I'm
not really in wave the white flag or woe it
is me. I think we just keep a steady course
and produce content and quality content that is at a
high quality, and I think we give people the space
(12:30):
to tell their story. And that's been another positive aspect
for real over news, not to just shoot a video
or shoot content and edit it where it misrepresents what
individuals are saying. So we see that in our daily
you know, we watch television on your daily broadcast, you
see you know, oftentimes they have us us blacks looking
(12:54):
the worst are saying, you know, saying a you know,
a crazy state. We have stayed away from that, and
I think as we forge ahead, we will continue to
stay stay in the course, and hopefully that will continue
to serve as well.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I think that's a spot where we're all trying to
collectively figure that out in real time while the plane
appears to be on fire and crashing down, you know,
trying to figure out what's next and how we're going
to be able to you know, calculate a path forward
and try to find some form of solidarity, which I
think will be necessary outside of the political arena. You know,
(13:36):
what's what's next with you? You know, what else do
you have going on? For our listeners that want to
keep up, if there's somewhere they can find you social media, website,
just you know, give us a little bit of a
peak behind the curtain.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Yeah, we're just you know, again, stay in the course
with Reurban News, UH prayerfully growing Real Urban News, and
it's been a steady beat and we've been a consistent
outlet and a consistent source for information. We're also developing,
(14:09):
you know, a couple of uh uh digital digital programs
that you know, have some entertainment element to it, but
not all. We did a pilot called Welcome Home, and
it's basically going with going home with celebrities, uh, you know,
back to their childhood home.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
And with the one gentleman we.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
Did, he hadn't been home to his original neighborhood here
in Los Angeles for over you know, for over fifteen
to sixteen years. And when he when he went back
to that street in south central Los Angeles, uh, you know,
tears rolled down his eyes. When he went back to
the swap meet uh where he used to buy his
(14:51):
you know, buy.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
His his his clothes and his outfits. Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
You know, he was welcomed because the same people who
were there when he was in high school and the
young man, they were still there. So we're looking to
kind of push that out a little bit more called
Welcome Home. We've done a couple We have a couple
of documentaries that were wrapping up on We did a
piece with the first.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Black police officer in Orange County.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
This gentleman named Harlan Lambert, and he became a police
officer in nineteen sixty eight and.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
He was the first and Santa Anna.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
This was a time in the country when the Black
Panthers were extremely active. Even in Orange County, the Black
Panthers were extremely active. And this gentleman, who was from Beanita, Louisiana,
originally via Chicago then out to the West Coast, became
the first black police officer in Orange County by joining
(15:55):
the Santa Anna Police Department. And so we just uh
are you know, putting the final touches on that documentary. Uh,
just you know, pushing the pushing the uh the card forward.
But again, we want to do content that is elevated
and has uh some information and some inspiration as well.
(16:19):
So it's not just uh just all entertainment based, but
it has to have something that maybe someone could be
inspired by or someone would say, oh, I didn't know
that I learned something new or that was fascinating or
that was interesting. And that's what we uh have been
fortunate to do and continue to try to do.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
So do us a favor before we let you go. Uh,
let's let's restate all of the social media's, the websites,
everything like that, so people can plug directly into real
urban news. Okay, and you know, partake in the content
that you're creating.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Okay, you can go to our website, Real Urbanews dot com.
We have Real Urban Business dot com. Obviously, we're on Instagram,
Real Urban News, our microreal Facebook not so much so
we just normally kind of keep it in that space.
(17:21):
YouTube is Real Urban News and you'll see just a
gamut of our video content there and on our YouTube page.
And again just go to realer news dot com and
we keep it pretty much updated often and always. So uh,
those are our primary points of interest.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Fantastic. All right, Well, thank you so much for not
only you know, taking a little bit of time to
talk to us, but for the work that you're doing,
because obviously, you know, as we discussed, this work is
now more important than ever. You're a black voices, black stories,
accuracy with respect to the black community, black narratives, all
these things are important and you are doing excellent works.
(18:04):
So I can't thank you enough. Once again, Today's guest
is Real Urban News founder and award winning journalist Michael Reel.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Thank you for having me on. Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
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Today's show is produced by Chris Thompson. Have some thoughts
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