By: Will Jones, ABC 7 Chicago / NABJCC Board Member (Chicago, IL) - There were some heated exchanges between candidates hoping to be the next Illinois Attorney General at a Feb. 26 Candidates Forum hosted by NABJ-Chicago. Held at CBS 2, the forum, moderated by Derrick Blakley, CBS...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Brenda Butler, 773-960-8304, Brenda@nabjchicago.org Lynn Norment, 312-520-0146, lynn@normentmedia.com NABJ-Chicago will host a forum for Illinois Attorney General Candidates on Monday, February 26, 2018, at CBS 2 Chicago, at 22 West Washington, Chicago. The media organization has invited all 10...
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Registration is Now Open for #NABJ18: Driving Journalism, Technology & Trust The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) welcomes you to join us Aug. 1-5, 2018 in Detroit, for our annual Convention & Career Fair, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center! #NABJ18 will feature comprehensive journalism...
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(Chicago, IL) -- NABJ-Chicago extends a great big thanks to our members and supporters who donated toys for needy children at the 2017 #RedHotHolidayParty: A Toy Drive and Scholarship Fundraiser. The toys were collected at the Dec. 7 event held at Pazzo’s South Loop, which drew...
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THANK YOU, NABJCC! THANK YOU, CHICAGO-LAND! You made our 2017 RED HOT HOLIDAY PARTY TOY DRIVE & SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER a successful evening! We toasted the holidays and helped needy kids and students! None of it possible without your support! Great turnout by TV and radio, print and digital, black-owned and mainstream, P.R. and communications professionals, academe...
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[NABJCC President Maudlyne Ihejirika delivers the organization's 2016 toy drive donation to Martha Kenahan, Development Manager at Envision Unlimited, a Chicago nonprofit providing foster care, autism and community integration programs for disabled children and adults, 92 percent of whom are low-income.] Photo by Susie Shin. (CHICAGO)...
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Patricia Andrews-Keenan (right), editor of the Chicago edition of the Harlem Fine Arts Magazine, and emcee Deborah Grable welcome guests to this evening of Harlem Fine Arts Show, cohosted with the National Association of Black Journalists, Chicago Chapter. [Photo/Brenda Butler] By Brandon Pope (Chicago, IL) - Fine...
Read MoreBy Nakia Jones, Senior, Brooks High School [caption id="attachment_2238" align="alignleft" width="169"] Nakia Jones, Senior, Brooks High School[/caption] (Editor's note: Four members of NABJ Chicago paid a visit to the students with True Star Media and Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy to talk journalism careers and media issues...
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It begins with an atmosphere of negative stereotyping and degrading language—and when those two things are left unchallenged, the result can be murder. – Rohina Malik from “It Started with a Necklace” By Sandra Jackson-Opoku, NABJ-Chicago Member (CHICAGO) — The jury’s still out on it, but Muslims may well...
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NABJ-CC needs your help! Our new “NABJ Road Show” mentoring project recently kicked off and we’re looking for media professionals to mentor students. The “Road Show” brings writers, broadcasters, photographers and other journalists to Chicagoland high schools, colleges and youth programs. We’re particularly interested in reaching...
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