Registration for the annual NABJ Convention & Career Fair is now open! This virtual event, happening August 18-21, 2021, promises to be even more exciting than last year’s historic gathering that saw 3,713 attendees. The convention will offer: 60+ media companies and exhibitors at our career fair (Yes,...
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced its plans to launch some major, long-needed changes with an overwhelming majority of its Board voting today to approve a proposal to overhaul the organization. NABJ is encouraged by the comprehensive plan billed by the organization as “transformational.”...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) applauds longtime member and its 2020 Journalist of the Year Yamiche Alcindor. Alcindor has been named the moderator of PBS/WETA’s Washington Week, the longest-running primetime news and analysis program on television. The program has been recognized for its journalism excellence...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is celebrating a huge appointment at the Los Angeles Times. After a 5-month search, longtime NABJ member Kevin Merida is the publication’s new executive editor. He will join the LA Times in June. According to The Washington Post, in...
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New and Returning Chairs Will Join Us for #NABJ21, #NABJAwards With the theme of “Navigating a Digital World – United by Mission, Driven by Purpose,” the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention & Career Fair will return as a virtual gathering this year and...
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By Kanya Stewart/Director of Communications In 1995, after being referred by a friend, Veronique Dodson came to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) from a temp agency to help the organization with database management — transferring a physical membership database into a new system. Her work...
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We are concerned about reports on April 13 that the Minnesota state police threatened to arrest journalists covering the protests if they did not leave. This growing nationwide trend among law enforcement agencies is unacceptable. The police should not be threatening journalists for doing their...
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Kim Godwin Makes History! First Black President and First Black Woman to Head ABC News First Black Executive and Black Woman to Head a Broadcast Network News Operation The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) congratulates longtime member Kim Godwin on her historic appointment as not...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is aware of and in touch with multiple parties regarding reports of CBS Executive Kim Godwin’s expected departure for a possible appointment as ABC News president. Ahead of confirmation, the news is met with jubilation among NABJ members...
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In an email to staff on Wednesday, April 7, CBS’s CEO George Cheeks announced that Peter Dunn, who served as president of the company’s television stations group, and David Friend, the senior vice president of news are no longer employed by CBS. “We have determined that...
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