Patrick Washington

Background

About Patrick Washington

Patrick Washington was born in Dallas, Texas in the late fall of 1982 to Victoria Meek and James Washington. Victoria, an artist and James, and entrepreneur instilled in their son the idea of being unique creative and never working for anyone but yourself. With that idea Patrick moved through his early years creating and building. A graduate of Booker T. Washington HSPVA in Dallas, he and his schoolmates started a t-shirt company, which began the foundation for a future of business development as yet to be seen by the greater community at large. After high school Patrick attended Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia majoring in mass media studies with a concentration on film. Combining his parents’ talents for art and language he realized that the relationships he was building at the acclaimed HBCU were the networks he would need to achieve his goal of becoming a filmmaker. Those goals however, would be stifled by a disheartening stint in the Hollywood media industry immediately after his college tenure. A tad disappointed, Washington moved back home to Dallas in the fall of 2008 and began working with his father at his newspaper, The Dallas Weekly, helping create a new idea for the company. This is where the past would meet the future and the new DW Magazine and Media Company would be born. Reaching back into his past he reached out to his many artists and media degreed friends to create a digital network of content creators to rejuvenate the newspaper in the a multi media brand. Now working earnestly and with much dedication Washington is taking many strides in rebranding and re-educating the DFW Metroplex and the world of the capabilities of the Dallas Weekly and it’s active involvement in the greater African American community