sheilastewart
Sheila Stewart is an award winning media conglomerate whose career as a Radio, TV and Print Media Personality spans over 20 years. She is the News & Community Affairs Director for Radio One-DC Stations (93.9) WKYS-FM; (Praise 104.1) WPRS-FM; (1450)-WOL-AM); 1340-(WYCB-AM) and (102.3) WMMJ-FM.
Stewart received a BA Degree in Broadcast journalism from Benedict College and has also worked as an adjunct Professor of Journalism at several colleges.
More than 20 of her former students are working in radio-tv-print media all over the country.
Stewart devotes considerable time working with youth and organizations. She has mentored more than 40 at-risk girls and helped raised more than million dollars for charities such as The Susan Komen Race For The Cure, The United Negro College Fund, National Congress of Black Women; The 100 Black Men of America; The National Urban League; The National NAACP; The Jack & Jill Foundation; The United Negro College Fund and a host of others.
Stewart is also an accomplished writer and author. She wrote and published her first book "Faith and The 3 P's Overcoming Obstacles With Prayer, Persistence and Positive Thinking that received enthusiastic response and book signings.
Stewart has been honored by numerous organizations for community service work including the prestigious coveted "Crystal Award For Outstanding Community Service" by The National Association of Broadcasters; recipient of the National Community Service Award by the Federal Bureau of Investigations for raising $40,000 in one day for a missing 9 year old girl; recipient of The Keeper of the Community Service Award with US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and saluted with The News Director of the Year Award at The Washington Post.
Stewart is also a former Miss Black South Carolina 1st Runner-Up; Miss Benedict Homecoming Queen and a proud member of the prestigious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sheila is happily married to Life Coach/ Sr. Pastor Bill Russell Founder of The International Worship Center Church in Laurel, MD and mother of a beautiful baby boy. You can contact Stewart at sstewart@radio-one.com
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday around the corner and research pointing to the number of consumers turning to mobile devices for holiday shopping nearly doubling since last year, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has published its exclusive list of the most mobile shopping savvy cities in the U.S., with Washington D.C. landing at #11, a slight dip from last year’s rankings when the city came in at #10.
Houston claims the top spot for the second year in a row. That city’s number one ranking, driven by its mobile shopping versatility and dexterity, is closely followed by Seattle-Tacoma, which catapulted to the second spot from its number ten perch in 2011, followed by San Francisco, which is new to the top ten list. Among other notable changes, Boston made its debut in the top ten, while New York and Atlanta both saw slight declines. In comparison, Los Angeles and Chicago held steady in their rankings between this year and last.
The complete “2012 IAB U.S. Mobile Shopping Savvy Cities Index” is:
1. Houston
2. Seattle-Tacoma
3. San Francisco
4. Los Angeles
5. New York City
6. Atlanta
7. Chicago
8. Dallas-Ft. Worth
9. Boston
10. Philadelphia
11. Washington, D.C.
12. Detroit
13. Tampa-St. Petersburg
14. Phoenix
15. Minneapolis-St. Paul
FOR MORE INFORMATION: To download more information about the “2012 IAB U.S. Mobile Shopping Savvy Cities Index,” including statistics about smartphone shoppers across the country, please visit www.iab.net/mobileshoppers2012.
