Cultivating Your Craft & Investing in Your Relationships | Courtney Connley
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Courtney Connley is a well-established journalist who has produced content for both print and online platforms. After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park with a degree in journalism, Courtney started her media career as a freelancer for Cosmopolitan magazine. From there, she went on to work for Black Enterprise magazine where she worked her way up to careers editor. At Black Enterprise, she covered daily news for the website around career trends, finance, entrepreneurship and lifestyle as it pertains to the black community.
Currently, Courtney is a careers reporter for CNBC Make It, which is a CNBC platform that focuses on educating a younger audience about careers, money, entrepreneurship and leadership. Courtney has years of experience in business journalism and has produced content that focuses largely on diversity in the workplace as it relates to both race and gender.
Courtney’s Why
I strongly believe that my why is to impact ‘my people’. Specifically Black people. And especially Black women. I understand the power of representation and having women in spaces that look like you and can relate to you. Right now, that’s through journalism. I do a lot of writing about women in the workplace, diversity in the workplace, black women leadership, black people in C-Suites and Executive positions. I’m bringing those conversations to the forefront at the mainstream level. And recognizing that I belong in these spaces and by me being in these spaces, I can bring other people who look like me into those spaces.
My purpose is to make a real change for black people, and be there for another black girl to go after what they want.
Connect with Courtney
Website: courtneyconnley.com
LinkedIn: Courtney Connley
Twitter: @ClassicalyCourt
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