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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Check out all of the ways you can interact with NBCUniversal at NABJ: Storytelling is what we pride ourselves on at NBC, and at this year's NABJ conference, you'll have a chance to tell us your story. News leaders from across our Owned & Operated TV...
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The 2018 NABJ Annual Convention is approaching and we at The Walt Disney Company want to meet you! While you network with your peers and forge powerful connections, we invite you to hear first-hand from our recruiters and media industry leaders during the Career Fair in Booth #1600. Get a...
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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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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2018) -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has selected Natasha S. Alford, deputy editor and digital host at TheGrio.com, as the Michael J. Feeney Emerging Journalist for 2018. This award recognizes a black print, broadcast, digital or photojournalist with less than...
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NABJ is offering assistance to #NABJ18 NABJ members are encouraged to apply for the Columbia Journalism School Fellowship or the NABJ hardship registration. Details on eligibility are below. Students The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is providing five partial scholarships to the 2018 NABJ annual convention in Detroit, Michigan. Each fellowship winner will...
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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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CNN is hosting TWO day-long workshops at the NABJ Convention in Detroit on Wednesday, Aug. 1! For on-air TV reporters: Talent executives, on-air coaches and CNN correspondents will teach and challenge you on what it takes to make it to the network. Topics include enterprise reporting, on-air performance & presentation, storytelling, critical thinking and...
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Washington, DC (June 12, 2018) -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) proudly announces the selection of Wynona Redmond, president and founder of Wyn-Win Communications, as the recipient of the 2018 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award. Named for the pioneering publicist, media entrepreneur, and co-founder...
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Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2018) - The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) applauds ABC President Channing Dungey for her leadership in response to a recent social media post by Roseanne Barr, which Dungey described as "abhorrent" and "repugnant." NABJ consistently challenges racial stereotypes, slurs and hurtful...
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