#332 The Experience of Black Social Media Managers with Christina Roach and Victor Henderson

06/05/20 • 51 min

GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government

"Y’all, I’m hurt." Christina Roach, Digital Content Officer for the City of Dallas, Texas, and Victor Henderson, Communications Specialist for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, joined the podcast to talk about what it's like working in communications right now. They shared what they deal with as black government social media managers and managing social feeds with nonstop reminders of unjust and lethal treatment of people of color. They discussed how coworkers can be supportive and what led them to share their experience in a post to other government communicators.

Host: Kirsten Wyatt

Host: Kirsten Wyatt

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