he
experience and excitement
are overflowing with memories
of exposing the Arts and National
News for the past thirty-five
are more years. When I moved
to Texas back in 1983 from
California, It was a time
in my life that I was looking
for change and my mother moved
to San Antonio, Texas, after
re-marrying, which was a door
opening opportunity for me
to explore the Lone Star State.
Now
how I got involved in the
media was by chance, sitting
at the bus stop on the corner
of Commerce St. and Hackberry,
deep eastside of San Antonio.
As I sit there, checking out
the scenery I notice a black
owned business behind me which
caught my attention, it was
one of the oldest black newspaper
in Texas, the San Antonio
Register, established in 1931
by Valmo Bellinger, after
his retirement Edwin Glosson
purchased the newspaper in
1979 and took over the as
Editor and publisher of the
newspaper. As it featured
stories of the city, it was
the community’s news
outlet for the small and large
black owned businesses. There
was a connection nationally
and internationally with national
press releases stemming from
covering stories on politics,
entertainment and local community
news. I saw and learned that
this was something that I
would really enjoy with the
educational and fun experience
of exploring the media world.
Now back then it was more
manual work of typesetting,
cutting and layout, running
to the press before deadline,
but the opportunity to cover
historical events in the city
gave me the chance to meet
celebrities from film, sports
and political side.
After
working for the Register twenty-two
years I learned firsthand
the business, all awhile loving
the experience and all the
lifelong friends I met along
the way, but after visiting
Houston on several occasion,
I discovered a whole new arena
of entertainment and big city
life and decided to step out
of my comfort zone and move.
Now I didn’t find a job
in the line of work I was
use to and done various professions
that just was not feeling
that void, and as I just ran
my course in life I came in
contact with one of Houston
black publication the Observer
and made a connection with
the staff, which opened the
door of me making the decision
to start my own publication
after sitting down to talk
shop with the editor, whom
also suggested that I start
my own also.
The
beginning of Jamsource Runway
Magazine established 2001
for the sole purpose of exposing
the entertainment industry
in the Houston and surrounding
area, then Nationally soon
after with discovering untapped
talent in some of the nation
cities. As the publication
grew reaching a diverse audience
by exposing country, blues/soul,
zydeco, jazz, hip-hop rap
and rock as my taste for music
goes across the board with
delight as it set the mood
throughout the day. The entertainment
industry covers a wide playing
field and soon exploring into
the fashion industry and incorporating
it into the publication was
one that opened a pandora
box of fashion, and those
that create it from designers
to promoters from around the
States to Africa. As Jamsource
Runway Magazine has a passion
for supporting the community
it has evolved in to participating
in community event with the
non-profit organizations around
the city, and also organize
an annual Back-to-School and
Christmas Drive each year
with now partnering with No
Sister Left Behind, 501c Non-Profit
Organization, The BOSS Women,
Inc. Organization, C. Allen
Productions, Inc. and Melody
of Hope.
I
could go on forever with details
on my journey creating Jamsource
Runway Magazine, but it would
go on and on, I just want
to say that my adventure continues
on discovering and exposing
the Arts In All It’s
Form to the readers. I would
like to thank all those who
have help make it possible
a Dream that still in progress
now for Eighteen Years.
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