NABJ Appalled at Alleged ‘Rank Racism’ at Fox News Schedules Meeting with CEO Suzanne Scott and Other Top Executives WASHINGTON —Two years after Fox News paid $10 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Black employees, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is appalled to learn...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2020 NABJ Statement on ABC's Firing of Barbara Fedida WASHINGTON – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is pleased that Disney/ABC News has taken decisive action by firing top ABC News executive Barbara Fedida, after substantiating allegations of racially insensitive comments made by her. The actions of...
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Read MoreNABJ Congratulates 2020 Fellowship, Internship and Scholarship Recipients NABJ awards fellowships, internships and scholarships annually to deserving professional and student members in journalism or media-related fields. Learn more about our recipients below. [gallery ids="11597,11598,11599,11600,11601,11602,11603,11604,11605,11606,11607,11608,11609,11610,11611,11612,11613,11614,11615"] ...
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NABJ, EHRP Announce the Winners of COVID-19 and the Black Community Storytelling Grants The National Association of the Black Journalists (NABJ) and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP), a journalism nonprofit, proudly congratulate the winners of a new reporting grant to focus attention on the impact of COVID-19 on the Black community. According...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2020 NABJ Applauds NBC's Fifty Percent Diversity Challenge, Implores All Media Companies to Adopt WASHINGTON —The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) applauds today's announcement by NBCUniversal (NBCU) regarding its aggressive diversity initiative. If fully implemented, as publicly outlined, NBCU’s “Fifty Percent Challenge Initiative”...
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By NABJ Founder Joe Davidson Issues facing Black journalists are many and deep, but the problems generally aren’t broadcast live on television. That was the situation for Omar Jimenez in Minneapolis on May 29. He was on the air when he and his CNN crew were suddenly confronted by the...
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NABJ Statement on Black Sports Online and Inappropriate Conduct Accusations WASHINGTON — The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is disappointed to learn of the reported harassment and mistreatment that women journalists have been experiencing as employees of Black Sports Online (BSO) and its CEO Robert...
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NABJ-NAHJ August 2020 Virtual Convention Registration Now Open! WASHINGTON (June 24, 2020) — Registration for the first-ever NABJ-NAHJ Virtual Convention & Career Fair is now open! Click here to register. Preregistration discounts end on July 6. The convention and career fair will be held August 5-8, 2020. The theme remains “Power...
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WASHINGTON – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is appalled at the allegations of discriminatory hiring practices and treatment of Black employees by a powerful ABC News executive, as detailed by Yashar Ali with the Huffington Post. Yashar’s story can be found here. We call...
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