The National Association of Black Journalists is deeply saddened today. We have lost another giant. Warner Saunders built an enviable career from a foundation of grit, determination and love for his community, and over several decades ingratiated himself into the hearts and respect of the viewership whose living...
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Ken Smikle, publisher of Target Market News for 30 years, was an NABJ giant. He believed in the untapped power and potential within the black community, and in our responsibility as black journalists to mine it, promote and propel it. Ken dedicated his entire career to...
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NABJ members Kathy Chaney, former NABJ-Chicago president and assistant audience engagement editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, and Dahleen Glanton, columnist at the Chicago Tribune, are among the 2018 winners of the Studs Terkel Award. Presented annually, the Studs Terkel Awards honor journalists whose work follows the values...
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By Phil Thompson NABJ-Chicago VP of Print The challenges black teens face on the West and South sides are documented almost daily in newscasts and articles, and iMentor Chicago addresses their needs on a ground level. iMentor, which was created in 1999, pairs college-educated professionals with students from...
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NABJ-Chicago is the NABJ Professional Chapter of the Year, the national organization announced during the 43rd NABJ Convention and Career Fair in Detroit. The award is presented to a professional affiliate chapter for its accomplishments during the eligibility period. Among the criteria are the number of...
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By Phil Thompson NABJ-Chicago VP of Print Groups like NABJ and NAHJ advocate for their black and Latino members, but there are common challenges and setbacks many journalists of color face on the job every day. Exploitation. Marginalization. Microaggression. That's to name a few. Independent journalist Adeshina Emmanuel experienced this firsthand...
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NABJ-Chicago is joining 10 other Chicago journalism organizations for an All-Chicago Media Mixer. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, July 12 Per.so.na Nightclub, 408 S. Wells St., Chicago We'll be partying with the Chicago chapters of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Asian American Journalists Association, Association of Women Journalists,...
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The National Association of Black Journalists-Chicago Chapter mourns with journalists across the nation, and indeed, internationally, after the mass shooting attack carried out upon the Capital Gazette newspaper of Annapolis, Maryland. Our prayers are with family, friends and colleagues of the five journalists slain: Gerald Fischman, 61,...
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CHICAGO, IL (June 28, 2018) - By: Maudlyne Ihejirika, NABJCC President Dr. Helene D. Gayle leans back, thinks for a moment, brows furrowed. The question from her audience: Where will the first African-American woman to be President and CEO of Chicago’s oldest and largest community foundation, the #ChicagoCommunityTrust,...
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By Phil Thompson NABJ Chicago Vice President-Print Most would agree on the need. There’s a need for more stories about black, Latino and other minorities in Chicago, but many times what those stories are and how they’re written or broadcast gets lost in translation. Covering diversity in a...
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