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Brian McCoy, Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

McCoy is a graduate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a Masters of Arts\u00a0degree in Radio\/TV\/Film from Texas Southern University. He’s experienced working with Fox 26, KHOU’s Great Day Houston<\/em>, PBS Channel 8, KUHF-FM, TSU-TV and for the United Way.\u00a0 He is also a contributor to Urbanham.com and has experience as a guest on various radio shows and newspapers in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was the youngest “Who’s Who in Black Birmingham” honoree for his civil rights activism. <\/span><\/p>\n

For years he sang with the New Hope Mass Choir, Arthur Beard & Elements of Worship, UAB Gospel Choir and was a director for the NAACP’s Triumph & Praise Ensemble.\u00a0 He currently works in promotions and is a publicist<\/span><\/a> for various gospel artists. He has also served\u00a0in leadership at Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church in Houston, TX.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact him with story ideas and for advertising information.<\/span><\/p>\n

bmccoy@myhoustongospel.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Michael S. Fitts, Photographer<\/span><\/p>\n

Huntsville, AL native, Michael S. Fitts is the official photographer for MyBirminghamGOSPEL.com. He is currently the Assistant Director for Access & Document Delivery Services and Assistant Professor at\u00a0University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. Michael earned a B.S. degree in Management from Miles College and a M.S. degree in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Alabama. In 2007, he was elected as president of the UAB African American Faculty Association and has been honored by the UAB Black Graduate Association as “Faculty Member of the Year \u201c. <\/span><\/p>\n

Michael serves New Hope Baptist Church, where he is the Chairman of the Music and Cultural Arts Ministry. He is also an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and owns his own photography company, \u201cPhotography That Fitts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact him for your next photo shoot or event.<\/span><\/p>\n

fitts@mybirminghamgospel.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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Justin Sneed, Public Relations<\/span><\/p>\n

Sneed is a graduate from Sam Houston State University where he earned a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Mass Communications. He has promoted several events during his college tenure such as the annual \u201cMass Communication Day\u201d and the \u201cRadical Definition Tour\u201d which featured the gospel choirs from Sam Houston State and Prairie View A&M University. Sneed also had the pleasure of interning at the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, TX where he helped promote several conferences and concerts as well. He is active in the music ministry at Windsor Village United Methodist Church, under the leadership of Kathy Taylor. He is currently in the process of building his own Public Relations Firm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interested in joining our team?\u00a0 Click here for current opportunities.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

info@mybirminghamgospel.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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