The Seattle Association of Black Journalists once again partnered with Converge Media for the latest installment of Black Voices Matter an interview series that doubles as an annual fundraiser for the Patricia Fisher Scholarship fund.

Ask anyone at Converge and they will tell you that I consider Black Voices Matter as the most important day of the year for our company. This is when legendary Black journalists like Connie Thompson and Jessie Jones come home to our studios for a conversation. I consider no higher honor for our company than to host these legends.

This year it was the iconic Essex Porter joined us the in the #BlackMediaMatters studio and he was joined by King 5’s Joyce Taylor and for 90 minutes our entire staff watched on in awe, many of them taking notes of all the bits of wisdom that Essex spoke along the way.