Blackbright News

I’m Blackbright News (aka DJ  Lady Loy) — A Creator of Conversations and Communities.
 
My name is Myrna Loy, and at my core I am a storyteller, community advocate, and creative. Over the past five decades I have expressed that in many different ways—as an author, poet, artist, counsellor, journalist, radio presenter,  Inspirational Herbal Tea Shop owner, DJ, and public servant.

What connects all of those roles is a desire to make the invisible visible. I have always been interested in the stories that are overlooked, particularly the experiences and contributions of Black women and Black communities.

Founding Blackbright News (The magazine)  in 2000, was one of the defining experiences of my life.  After returning to the UK from working with the UN, including a peacekeeping mission in Angola, I recognised how many important stories within Black communities were either under-reported or completely ignored.  Blackbright News became the platform for those stories.