Are you looking for a mentor … want to be one?
Journalists may face obstacles in the era of new media and NABJ-Chicago wants to prepare its young or inexperienced members to meet those challenges. In September, NABJ-Chicago will “reboot” its Mentorship Program, and we’re looking for mentors and protégés. If you’re interested in being a [...]

What’s coming up next in journalism? That’s an important question our members constantly consider as they plot career paths. NABJ-Chicago has gathered those behind some of our city’s latest twists on traditional media, spanning TV to the Web. They will share their journeys, and the lessons and challenges of a start-up.
Come join us for light [...]

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.

Hello, current and prospective members of NABJ-Chicago! The chapter has events coming up this summer and fall that you won’t want to miss, so now is the perfect time to renew your membership or join for the first time. Click here or select the “Become a Member” button on the top bar. Paying for your [...]

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 [...]

Thanks to all who joined us at Red Kiva lounge in the West Loop on April 22 for an invigorating and necessary discussion on whether there is a “black agenda”  in America,  and if our 44th President is beholden to it.  We would  like to extend our appreciation to our panelists– N’Digo’s Hermene Hartman, [...]

Thanks to all who made our Feb. 18 meeting a success!  Members of NABJ-Chicago and our guests gathered at  Red Kiva in the West Loop to discuss media coverage of, and raise money for,  Haiti.
We would like to thank our panelists and guests for an invigorating, important conversation.
-Moderator: Prof. Stephanie Shonekan of Columbia College
-State Senator [...]

The Africa Channel
WHAT: NABJ-Chicago’s November 2009 Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, November 5,2009 from 6p.m.–8p.m. (Presentation begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.)
TOPIC: THE AFRICA CHANNEL
WHERE: Red Kiva, 1108 West Randolph, Chicago, where many music performances and interviews are taped for The African Channel.

The Africa Channel is the first mainstream television network in the U.S. that [...]