Allow me to reintroduce myself…with quick facts.
Basics
- Me: Cedric Franklin Brown
- Born: Naples, Italy to U.S. Navy veteran’s
- Where I’ve lived: Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, Michigan, Virginia, Mississippi, and Georgia
- Hometown: Detroit
- High School: John J. Pershing, 2007
- Undergrad: Northwood University, Marketing & Management, Cum Laude, 2011
- Grad School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Public Relations, 2017
Favorites
- Color: Most shades of blue; also like black, gold, silver and white
- Music: Hip-hop—great for inspiring my writing
- All-time artist: Stevie Wonder; performed as him in my high school chorus concert
- Current artist: Kendrick Lamar; does this need an explanation?
- Food: Italian; particularly pizza and pastas
- Sport: Baseball
Professional
- Myers-Briggs Personality Type: INFP
- My Life’s First “Aha!” Moment: Getting involved in a male mentoring group, Brothers In Transition, in high school
- First Client Media Placement: Mentoring Youth Network and their first Project: Warm Detroit event in 2012
- First Work to Trend on Twitter: 2017 Nation’s Report Card
- Media Outlets I’ve Placed Stories In: Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Huffington Post, MLive, CBS 62 Detroit, WDIV Channel 4 (NBC affiliate), and WXYZ Channel 7 (ABC affiliate) – just to name a few
- Number of Times Published: 8
- One opinion editorial in the Detroit News,
- One white paper for the National Black Public Relations Society
- Six articles (and counting) for D&I Explained, a new column in PRSA’s Strategies & Tactics monthly newsletter
- Outlets Blogged For: 6
Cedric Brown 