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- ↑ "Digital Gap Among Minority Children, Tavis Smiley Interviews Shireen Mitchell and Todd Oppenheimer, NPR". NPR.org.
- ↑ "What It's Like to Be a Target on the Internet Every Day: Brianna Wu and Shireen Mitchell at #BlogHer15".
- ↑ "Netivation.com Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Politicallyblack.com".
- ↑ "Netivation NASDAQ public offering".
- ↑ "Facebook critics launch 'Real Facebook Oversight Board'".
- ↑ "Top 100 Most Influential Black People on digital/social media".
- ↑ "Top Ten Influencers in Social Media".
- ↑ "Fast Company Most Influential Women in Tech". March 25, 2010.
- ↑ "Washingtonian's Tech Titans". May 2009.
- ↑ "The Root 100 African-American Leaders of Excellence". October 30, 2009.