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 [...]

Thank you to all who joined us for our 2010 holiday party themed “All Stars at All-Star Bar and Grill.”  We had a huge list of “who’s whos” at this star-studded, musical affair, but most importantly, we raised a significant amount toward scholarships for the next generation of journalists.
We don’t have enough space to list [...]

“Journos Behind the Politicos: From the Newsroom to the Backroom”

On the eve of the Nov. 2 elections, candidates jockey for votes, headlines and face time. No one is more important in this competition than the media strategists, many of whom are former journalists. They must guide their charges through debates and debacles, bright lights to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]