Friday Features: Writeous Media

Each week we showcase a business or individual that cares just as much as about creating better communities as they do about creating wealth for themselves. If you or someone you know would like to be featured send an email to Ask@MyIISense.com with Friday Features Request in the Subject Line. In the body of the email provide the following:

Name | Business Name | Location | Contact # |Primary Business Email Address | Your Background/Why You Started Your Business | Product/Service Offering | How are you/will you be of service to the community | Limit to 300 Words

Your business MUST possess a community outreach component or plans for such a component. Anything that serves as a means of uplifting the community is acceptable.

This Week's Feature: Sandria Washington of
Writeous Media

Dubbed "Chicago's Media Maven," Sandria Washington holds a Bachelor's degree in Advertising from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. A Chicago native, Sandria progressed from her days of writing her first short story with crayons at age six and winning elementary school spelling bees, to amassing an impressive career as a writer, editor, publicist, model, community activist and literacy advocate.

Sandria, whose name translates to "helper/protector of mankind", devotes a great deal of time to several community organizations like the Metropolitan Board of the Chicago Urban League and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She wears many hats – editor, journalist, poet and model to name a few – and uses each of these outlets as a means of positively changing the world around her.

Her company, Writeous Media, initially began as a channel for telling compelling stories and touching the hearts of others utilizing all forms of media. Sandria mentions, "I recently ran into a situation where many things I'd written for online publications were removed or my name was not credited to my work." For this reason Writeous Media also serves as a way of having more control over her creative and writing products. "…I'm focusing on creating my own outlets", says Sandria.

When it comes to impacting change in her community Sandria states, "I am a messenger…as a media company and media practitioner I feel obligated to be a responsible [one]…I see my writing/journalism efforts as a form of service to the community, educating others about people, places and events that are positive". You can find out more about Sandria and Writeous Media by visiting her Writeous Media blog or on MySpace. Feel free to email her here.

Have a PERFECT day!

Michael

My II Sense