Perry Drake
is a former editor, journalist and public relations specialist. He served stints at two of the nation's oldest, most respected Black newspapers: the
Chicago Defender
and the
Atlanta Daily World
. He also served as an entertainment reporter at the defunct
Dailey News
in Atlanta and as an editor at the
Daily Herald
in Arlington Heights, Ill, and the
Green Bay Press-Gazette
in Green Bay, Wis. (and, no, he's not a Packer fan) and as a writer and editor on the Web and at various smaller newspapers and radio stations in Tuskegee, Ala., and Akron, Ohio. His passions include his beloved hometown, Syracuse, N.Y.; history, humor, non-fiction and that little round plastic thing left at the mouth of a bottle of water after you twist the cap off.
Perry welcomes your expressions of love, admiration, hate and ill will at prrydrake@yahoo.com or you can Facebook him at Perry.Drake.10@facebook.com