Get in the holiday spirit with the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago as we kick off the festive season with Red Hot music, dancing, appetizers and special NABJ-Chicago branded cocktails.

You may also win an opportunity to share a meal or just hang out with ABC’s Cheryl Burton, [...]

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The Lucas Film Presents…
Double Victory – a documentary of the Tuskegee Airmen on Wednesday November 2, 2011.
A post movie discussion will be moderated by BET’s Ed Gordon.

NABJ-CHICAGO’S “MEDIA MASQUERADE AND KARAOKE CLASSIC”

Mix and mingle with Chicago’s media stars, sports and entertainment celebrities, and movers and shakers as they reveal their singing talents. Get ready to don your costume and take the microphone. Prizes will be presented for the most creative costume and most entertaining performance. Dress up or dress down if [...]

With fame, money and a sense of entitlement, it’s easy for stars to get in trouble and for the world to find out about it in real time. Front-page shenanigans of high profilers like Charlie Sheen, Tiger Woods and Chris Brown give some the perception that white stars receive more positive coverage than black celebs [...]

On behalf of NABJ-Chicago’s executive board, I would like to express my disappointment at learning of Chicago-based WBBM-TV’s decision to air a quote from a four-year-old boy about gun violence in the Park Manor community, apparently without providing proper context.  As this story about the incident on the Maynard Institute’s site on July 21 points [...]

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 [...]

Network with CBS-2 Stars, Meet NABJ Convention Chair & Enter Registration Raffle!
Get fired up for Philly and meet CBS-2 Movers-and-Shakers.
NABJ-Chicago members, come meet the official 2011 Annual Convention Chair, Rod
Hicks, get exciting details about the upcoming event in Philadelphia and enter
to win prizes including a free registration, several discounted registrations, 1
night at [...]

Burson-Marsteller is pleased to be hosting an open house for the members of the Chicago Chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and Black Public Relations Society (BPRS).

Date: May 18
Time: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., May 18
Location: NBC Towers at 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Join NABJ Chicago on May 18 for our Annual Membership Meeting. Make your voice
heard during our elections and get insights from career experts at this
important chapter event. First on the agenda will be our bi-annual election of
officers who [...]

“Minute 2 Win It: NABJ-Chicago’s April Mixer” at M Lounge
featuring Special Guest, recording artist Rahsaan Patterson
Date: April 28, 2011
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Location: M Lounge, 1520 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Our last event, “Future of Black Radio,” at Columbia College was standing-room-only and featured luminaries from the business and the personality side of the radio biz. [...]