Sara Lomax-Reese
at the 2019 Knight Foundation Media Forum
at the 2019 Knight Foundation Media Forum
Occupationjournalist, CEO
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Genrenon-fiction

Sara Lomax-Reese is an American journalist and media executive and entrepreneur. Lomax-Reese is the president and CEO of WURD Radio, the only African-American owned talk radio station in Pennsylvania. She is the co-founder of URL Media along with S. Mitra Kalita.

Early life

Lomax-Reese is one of six siblings[1] and the youngest daughter of Walter P. Lomax Jr., a physician and entrepreneur. Lomax purchased WURD 900 AM in 2003.[2]

Lomax-Reese attended The George School, a Quaker boarding and day high school, in Newtown, Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 1983.[3] She attended the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and graduated from there in 1987.[4] She is also a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[5]

Career

Lomax-Reese co-founded the magazine HealthQuest: Total Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit, the first nationally circulated African-American consumer health magazine in the country.[6] She has written for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Essence Magazine, and American Visions Magazine. Her essay “Black Mothers/Sons” is featured in the 2016 book "Our Black Sons Matter".[7]

Lomax-Reese has taught communications at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, and a collaborative course at the University of Pennsylvania.[5]

Honors and awards

In 2019, Lomax-Reese was elected to Arcadia University's Board of Trustees.[8]

Bibliography

Contributor to "Our Black Sons Matter: Mothers Talk about Fears, Sorrows, and Hopes" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Daryll C. "WURD celebrates legacy of founder Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr". WHYY. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Jones, Ayana. "Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr., 81, Phila. legend". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sara Lomax-Reese '83 Makes Influential List". George School. Sara Lomax-Reese ’83 Makes Influential List. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "From Civil Rights to BlackLivesMatter: Is There an Activism Standard?". PennAlumni. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Sara Lomax-Reese". Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sara Lomax-Reese, president of WURD Radio, recipient of PBJ's "Women of Distinction" Award". Philly Ad Club. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Our Black Sons Matter". Rowman & Littefield. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Burns, Caitlin. "Five Elected to Arcadia University's Board of Trustees". Arcadia University. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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