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NABJ-Chicago Presents: Minute-2-Win-It II: Power Networking and Socializing

Jul 21st, 2011 | By admin | Category: Front Page, In The News, Whats Hot!

Date: July 28 (Thursday)
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Place: M Lounge at 1520 S. Wabash Avenue (Metered parking, CTA-accessible)
Cost: Free for NABJ-Chicago Members, $5 donation for all other guests
If you want to meet the influencers, movers-and-shakers within NABJ-Chicago, make sure to save the date of July 28 for “Minute-2-Win-It II.”  A pre-selected group of 20 attendees will get [...]



NABJ Scholarships

May 6th, 2011 | By PThompson | Category: In The News, News

NABJ-Chicago Chapter has three $1,000 scholarships to award to Chicago-area minority students studying journalism at an accredited college/university.
Interested students should contact NABJ-Chicago Scholarship Chair, Maudlyne Ihejirika, at mihejirika@suntimes.com Requirements are a transcript showing a 3.0 or better GPA, and an essay answering the following three questions:
 ”How has digital media impacted journalism?”
 ”How do I see myself [...]



NABJ statement on Shirley Sherrod

Jul 24th, 2010 | By PThompson | Category: Front Page, In The News, Whats Hot!

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is dismayed by the profound failure of media organizations in their rush to report on the allegedly racist remarks of former U.S. Department of Agriculture staffer Shirley Sherrod.



“Death and the Deadline: Are Media Images of Violence Hurting Troubled Chicago Communities?”

May 12th, 2010 | By Cwade | Category: Front Page, In The News, Whats Hot!

Thanks to all NABJ-Chicago members and guests who joined us at our Annual Membership Meeting 2010, followed by our “Death and the Deadline” panel discussion on May 19 at Red Kiva lounge in the West Loop.  We participated in a vigorous, and insightful conversation about the reality of community violence and what the media could [...]