Maurice Cherry is the founder and creative principal at 3eighteen media, a design and consulting studio in Atlanta, GA that helps creative brands craft messages and tell stories for their targeted audiences, including fostering relationships with underrepresented communities. Past clients and collaborators include Site5, The City of Atlanta, NIKE, Mediabistro, and SitePoint.

Maurice Cherry is creative principal at 3eighteen media, a design and consulting studio in Atlanta, GA. Maurice is also the founder, editor-in-chief and host of Revision Path, founder and host of The Year of Tea, founder and curator of 28 Days of the Web, and the founder and chairman emeritus of the Black Weblog Awards.

Maurice Cherry joins me to discuss his two podcasts The Revision Path and The Year of Tea. We have a great chat about his shows, getting listener feedback and his plans for the shows he wants to do in the future.

Inspiring talks on subjects like design, creativity, entrepreneurship, community activism, and pursuing happiness as a creative go-getter, WMC Fest speakers are known to bring a tear to the eye. Let’s meet this year’ speakers, shall we?

Maurice Cherry is the creator of the Black Weblog Awards and Revision Path, a weekly podcast that showcases black web designers and developers. We spoke to him about why action is needed to improve diversity in the web industry, and the troubles that face those who undertake projects like his.