Nsenga Burton

 Nsenga Burton

Nsenga Burton

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Biography

Johnson C. Smith University - Communication

Co-Director of Film and Media Management
Higher Education
Nsenga
Burton
Greater Atlanta Area
A media scholar with 18 years of experience teaching at the college-level, Dr. Burton is an award-winning professor, multimedia journalist and blogger, filmmaker and producer. Currently, she serves as editor-at-large for The Root (a Univision company) and contributor to The Grio where she writes media and cultural criticism. In 2012, Dr. Burton founded The Burton Wire, an award-winning news blog that covers global Black and Afro-Latino populations.

In addition to her work as a journalist and professor, Dr. Burton is a leader in the field of technology and diversity, having served as Executive Director of the National Association of Multicultural Digital Entrepreneurs and the head of her new media consulting firm, The Burton Wire Media Group.

Dr. Burton recently served as Chair of Mass Media Arts at Clark Atlanta University and Digital Editor for Grady Newsource at the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. At Grady, Burton's academic appointment was in the Cox Institute for Journalism, Innovation, Management and Leadership where she served as Director of the Management Seminar for College News Editors (MSCNE).


Experience

  • Emory University

    Co-Director of Film and Media Management

    Nsenga worked at Emory University as a Co-Director of Film and Media Management

  • National Association of Multicultural Digital Entrepreneurs (NAMDE)

    Executive Director

    Directs the overall strategic and operational plan for the National Association of Multicultural Digital Entrepreneurs (NAMDE), a trade organization that focuses on tech inclusion and connecting digital entrepreneurs of color with capital through advocacy, education and programming; Oversees the expansion, and execution of NAMDE's mission. Provides leadership and management, directs fundraising and communications initiatives, develops and manages strategic partnerships and serves as a local and national representative.

  • The Burton Wire

    Founder and CEO

    TheBurtonWire.com is the premiere online destination for people who think for themselves. This blog offers news from the African Diaspora, global culture that is produced by often overlooked populations and opinion that is informed and based on fact. Tired of the onslaught of websites and talking heads that regurgitate what people want to hear, TheBurtonWire.com is a publication that elevates news and perspectives that people need to hear. TheBurtonWire.com is for individual thinkers who understand that they are part of a larger collective. What is this collective? Free thinking people that care about the world, who will not be categorized or boxed in by society or culture and are interested in issues and topics that defy stereotypes and conventional wisdom. Readers of TheBurtonWire.com do not follow trends — they establish them or cast them away doing their thing instead of the “in thing.” TBWs live in cities throughout the world, engage in cultural production, problem solving, community activism and constantly make connections on and offline. They are more interested in what brings us together as opposed to what keeps us apart. TBWs are leaders, not followers and want to be the change that others demand from the sidelines. TheBurtonWire.com will bring voices from the margins to the center — offering fresh perspectives, compelling news from around the globe and creative culture. If you consider yourself a global citizen with a free mind and an indomitable spirit, then this site is for you.

    TBW – A free thinking person who cares about the world, will not be categorized or boxed in by society or culture and is interested in issues and topics that defy stereotypes and conventional wisdom.

  • TheRoot.com

    Editor-at-Large

    Contribute posts on cultural criticism and provide editorial direction as needed.

  • Clark Atlanta University

    Chair and Professor of Film and New Media Production

    Chair of Clark Atlanta University's Mass Media Arts Department which is the largest major on campus. Home of the award-winning CAU Panther News, WCLK-FM, WSTU Digital Radio Station and WCAU-TV.

Education

  • University of Southern California

    Ph.D.

    Critical Studies - Cinema/TV

  • New York University

    MA

    Cinema Studies

  • University of Pennsylvania

    MA

    Communication

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