Audrey Barnes has spent the last two decades chasing news stories, and now she’s ready to make news.

She is a Multi-media Journalist for WUSA TV in Washington, DC. where she shoots videotape, edits on Avid, researches, writes, reports, Anchors newscasts, blogs, and posts stories and photos to the web. Working there is the realization of a goal she set while interning at the station when she was a student at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Audrey has been a Reporter and Anchor for television stations across the country, including in Detroit, Michigan; Charlotte, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida and Salisbury, Maryland. She was the 6pm and 11pm Anchor for WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan before returning to Washington, DC to be near her family.

Returning home put her in position to do what she considers her finest work. She was nominated for an Emmy for her numerous live reports outside the Pentagon with fleeing workers, worried relatives, and dedicated rescue personnel after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Audrey is particularly proud of the Emmy she won for a documentary she made in Flint, Michigan about a dancer who lands a dream contract at the Joffrey School of Ballet. She's now making her own dream come true with Audrey Barnes Media--and fulfilling a promise she made while working on her Master's degree at Northwestern University...to teach aspiring journalists and others how to make an unforgettable statement!

Nichole E. Jefferson is a graduate of Potomac Massage Training Institute (PMTI), in Washington DC. She is a nationally certified and licensed massage therapist and a professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association. With 15 years of Medical experience including medical technology, cardiovascular invasive technology, and education. She is currently teaching massage therapy at PMTI, as well as the owner of Caressence Therapeutic Massage.

"My belief as a Massage Therapist is to offer support to an individual through T.O.U.C.H. (Truly Offering "U" Comforting Hands). We assist the client in leading them to their own pursuit of relief of tension in the body, calming of the mind, and nourishment of the soul." — Nichole E. Jefferson

With a wealth of knowledge in anatomy and physiological allopathic medicine, Jefferson treats clients from a holistic preventative approach. Through massage therapy she treats your body as a whole in order to create an inner balance so that your body can be better prepared to ward off ailments. From Reiki, to Swedish massage, aromatherapy, hot stone massage, deep tissue massage, reflexology, pregnancy massage, CranioSacral Therapy, corporate chair massage, Raindrop Technique, and Vita-flex. Jefferson can bring your body into your own personal euphoria.

CREDENTIALS & CERTIFICATIONS:

•National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & BodyWork (NCBTMB)

•Professional Member of American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)

•Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), certified

•5 years of experience

•Licensed in DC and MD