Honors & Recognition.

White House HBCU Student Journalist

Jaisha Smalls Bridges The Gap Between Bennett College & The White House – Bennett CollegeTwo of our very own Bennett Belles, who you may know from BelleAir Radio, were granted a unique opportunity this past year, and we’re ready to share it with you. Jaisha Smalls and Carmesha Blackmon, the hosts of our on-campus radio station, received an intriguing email from Erica P. Loewe, the Director of African American Media at the White House (who Jaisha would later interview on BelleAir Radio), in the summer of 2021. Unknowingly to us here at Bennett College, the White House had launched an HBCU initiative to provide student journalists the opportunity to attend press briefings similar …

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Jaisha Smalls on LinkedIn: Thank you Bennett community for the continuous support!💙🔔Thank you Bennett community for the continuous support!💙🔔

White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre (bottom right) snaps a "selfie" with HBCU students, one being Jaisha Smalls (second row, far right), after the Student Journalist Press Briefing.

NBA All-Star 2021 Press Pass

ABC/DISNEY "Underneath the Magic" Certificate 2021

Ida B. Wells Journalism Award

Bennett College Recognition Day 2019

Black History Media Festival Winner

Bennett College Journalism Department Media Festival 2019

Mashed Media Awards Documentary Finalists 2016