Company Profile

Company Description:

The Houston Defender Media Group is a multi-media company composed of a weekly newspaper, website, social media, events and other digital products.  Founded in 1930, the Defender has won numerous awards in journalism and graphic design.  The Defender is Houston's Leading Black Information Source.  The publisher of the Defender is Sonceria (Sonny) Messiah Jiles and our managing editor is ReShonda Tate-Billingsley.  We currently have a weekly newspaper readership of over almost 90,000, facebook (78,394), Twitter (6,759) and Instagram (2428) -- resulting in a total reach of almost 200,000.