The Crew

Correspondent

I still remember the adrenaline rushing to my brain as I sat handcuffed on the streets of St. Paul, MN next to a Boston Globe reporter and hundreds of protesters. It was the last night of the 2008 Republican National Convention and my MTV press credentials clearly weren’t going to save me from arrest...but I got one hell of a story. 

When my cab pulled up to the hotel at 6 a.m. the following morning, I wouldn’t sleep until that adrenaline subsided with each word that dripped on the pages of my blog-- the police brutality, the protester’s destruction, the wrongful arrest of press. That sleepless desire to simply tell a story told me one thing about myself. I like journalism—a little too much.

Not everyone gets such a sick high off knowing they have a good story to tell. But for whatever reason, that vice is part of who I am. That’s why I dig this business and it’s why I’m willing to go to some pretty extreme (or stupid) lengths to get the story I need to tell.  

Associate Producer & Correspondent

“I’m taking my talents to OneMinuteNews.com!” Sure, my announcement didn’t get as much press as Lebron but it was definitely a fantastic move. My family is from Ghana but I was born and raised in England before making the move across the pond to the US. I had some of the best times of my life at my alma mater, Howard University, before entering the field of law. As much as I enjoyed the long, boring hours of a law firm, I knew that my heart was in journalism…partly because I’m nosy and I love to get the scoop. I’ve worked as a journalist and television presenter in London, Washington DC, Geneva and Latvia covering everything from breaking news to business news. My love for people and their personal stories made me want to reach out and shake somebody until they listened. I needed an outlet for the issues that apply to everyday people and thankfully OneMinuteNews.com allows me to do just that. Good times….

CoFounder & Correspondent

I helped make this beautiful animal with the intention that we could have a place to come and actually ENJOY the news again. I've felt drastically under-served for years: watching all the traditional folk bark about stuff that either didn't matter to me, or felt somehow alien even if it did. I've got a lot of contrarian views, and I'm not going to be shy about exposing them here, for the betterment of community conversation. This is going to be bonkers. I look forward to talking with you!

Associate Producer & Correspondent

I wanted to be a journalist since I was 12. That was 1999 and India and Pakistan were involved in a war.
My favorite journalist from India, Barkha Dutt, was reporting live from the bunkers as guns were going off behind her. I wanted to be like her, getting to see firsthand what was going on in the world and then filling others in with the news.
Then 9/11 happened when I was in 9th grade and my mind was made up. I was obsessed with the news then. I wanted to be there with a camera on Ground Zero.

Since then I started actively trying to make that dream come true. 
I moved to the USA to study journalism in 2005. The education system in India is fantastic, but more theoretical and I knew I wanted to get more hands on experience. That’s when I prepared myself for one giant move, 10,000 miles away from home.

I studied journalism for 5 and half years, getting my Bachelors and Masters in Broadcast Journalism from Kent State University in Ohio. 

I’m so proud to be a part of OneMinuteNews.com and am beyond excited for it to take off.
OneMinuteNews is so refreshing and smart and interesting and I can’t wait for people to start watching.
I’m not just saying that because I work here, but because I would have watched the website irrespective.
In my spare time I like to watch Cricket, paint, read, sing a lot (watch for me on American Idol one day) and hang out with my amazing friends. 


  • Jennifer Martin

Producer & Correspondent

When I was four years old, I was the kid at the back of the ballet class wearing three tutus and a weird "headband" that fanned over my head, running in circles and leading the class in an unorthodox twirling routine. I've always liked to break the mold, express who I am, not get lost in the shuffle.

When I moved out to L.A. from my hometown in South Carolina, I found a student's passion for journalism. I lived and breathed it, waking up at 2am for an internship at KABC, neglecting my sleep to produce and anchor a news show, living off of coffee. But my biggest fear was that when I actually went out into the world to do it for real, I would lose myself in a stuffy, traditional newsroom. I saw it coming: the business suit was going to swallow my personality.   That's what brought me here. One Minute News isn't about cheesy anchor lines and attempts at meaningless banter. That's not how journalism should be. I can't wait to share what's going on in a way that my generation understands:  short and to the point, from someone who's not afraid to wear three tutus simultaneously.

Correspondent

When I look back at my past careers and education, I look flighty and appear to have a healthy dose of adult A.D.D. I hold an MBA, graduated from Second City Chicago Improv program, worked as a healthcare consultant, was a staff accountant, hosted an entertainment show and held positions in the newsroom for TV stations.

Some would say I am a jack of all trades and a master of none. I would say it is just how I am wired. News is a perfect outlet for me. The world is constantly changing and the scope of what’s out there is immeasurable. The fact that I can jump from topic to topic and cover world events makes this industry a great fit. It’s almost therapeutic for my crazy little brain.

CoFounder + Correspondent

I'm standing in NYC, waiting for my first call as a bike courier. As I gnaw on the insanity of the job, my two-way blinks the first delivery address: PricewaterhouseCoopers. No friggin' way. My new employer is sending me to my first employer. Walking through the corporate air I once knew so well, I quickly hit where marble waltzes into crap carpet, and head in to the basement... for a while this felt like going backwards.

But, whether it's super duper management consulting or the many transient spaces of being a photographer (jimpittharris.com), writer, actor, designer or even part-time teacher, you can never experience enough or too much. It's the human narrative that runs between all of us. News up until recently is too passive, it's not open enough.

We want news or info from people we relate to; it should always be personable and conversational. I like to look away from whomever is delivering news to see if they still sound like a normal human being. More often than not I find myself thinking, who talks like that?

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