
Digital Publishing Accelerator
Spring 2024 Cohort
Meet our third cohort of media companies serving Black and Diverse communities, all working to make a difference and scale their impact.
Meet the Publishers
Congratulations to our third cohort of graduates!
We can’t wait to watch where you go from here!

Greenpointers

IMPACT Magazine

LEVEL Man

Official Black Wall Street

Queerency

The Educator’s Room

Uncorked & Cultured
Areas of Focus
Discover training designed to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head-on. Our workshop equips publishers with expert training from top professionals in the following areas:
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Monetization Strategies
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Audience Development
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Advertising Sales
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Branding & Communications
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Business Pitching
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Business Fundamentals
Diversity in Publishing
The BOMESI Accelerator is focused on increasing the number of media companies serving Black and Diverse communities that are well-positioned to do business sustainably with the nation’s top advertisers. We focus on infrastructure, ecosystem building, and audience development to increase deal flow and total investment to a greater number of Diverse and Black-owned media platforms.
We have identified high quality media companies serving Black and Diverse communities that will be able to take their business to the next level through the accelerator. Our curriculum is largely focused on leveling up business fundamentals, deepening an understanding of monetization strategies and advertising sales, and audience growth.

Meet the Lead Mentor

Brandon Delesline
Group Account Director, Brand & Client Partnerships LeadPMM Agency
BOMESIÂ Co-Founders

DéVon Christopher Johnson
Founder & CEO
BleuLife Media Group

Rhonesha Byng
Founder & CEO
Her Agenda
Meet Our Talented Team

Vernee Norman
Lifestyle Design & Career Strategy Coach

Jonathan Jackson
Advisory Board Member
sparks & honey

Kehinde Akiwowo
Senior Director
She Media

Erica Ho
Founder & CEO
Map Happy

Thomas Brandon
VP, Economic Inclusion
TripleLift

Kevin Benoit
Founder
Parle Media

Michael Gifis
Founder and Partner
Marcy Damn

Charles Chapman
Manager, Multicultural Marketing
GM

Vanessa Vining
Founder & CEO
The Cultural Effect, Inc.

C. Zawadi Morris
Founder
BK Reader
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