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08 08. 2017

#NABJNAHJ20: NABJ and NAHJ Announce Joint Convention Plans for 2020

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Momentum is already building for another successful joint convention! NAHJ President Brandon Benavides and NABJ President Sarah Glover attended SXSW 2017 in Austin, Texas. Glover's participation on a SXSW panel was a first for an NABJ President and the first time NABJ leadership attended the convention....

10 06. 2017

NABJ Chicago Chapter Hosts Black Male Media Project Workshop to #InspireBlackMen

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National Association of Black Journalists Launches Black Male Media Project to #InspireBlackMen NABJ Chapters to host workshops nationwide on June 10 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 7, 2017) -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is launching its Black Male Media Project, an initiative to help change the...

18 03. 2017

Fireside Chat With Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx

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Fireside Chat w/ Kim Foxx, Cook County State's Attorney March 16, 2017 Hosted at CBS 2 Chicago, WBBM-TV & Moderated by Derrick Blakley, CBS 2 Chicago - Political Reporter...

10 03. 2017

Remembering Famed Photographer Robert “Bobby” A. Sengstacke

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(Chicago, IL - Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.) Robert Abbott Sengstacke, affectionately called “Bobby,” an award-winning photojournalist and one of America's foremost photographic artists passed away on March 7, 2017 after a long illness. Sengstacke captured the famous and the infamous, saints, sinners, kings and common men...

17 11. 2016

Renita D. Young lands 2016-17 Reuters/NABJ Fellowship

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NABJ Chicago congratulates member Renita D. Young, who was chosen as a 2016/2017 Reuters/NABJ Fellow. Most recently, Renita was a web producer for WBBM’s combined television and radio website, CBSChicago.com. Prior to that position, she served as a staff reporter for NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune’s Baton...

26 10. 2016

Services held for “Cool Gent” Herb Kent

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Chicago said goodbye on Saturday, October 29, to the beloved DJ Herb Kent, whose mellow voice delighted radio audiences for more than 70 years. Final services were held at House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St. in Chicago. Herb died suddenly last Saturday evening. He'd broadcast his what was...

23 10. 2016

NABJ Announces Scholarship Winners

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29 08. 2016

Chicago Journalism Legends Dorothy Leavell, John White Inducted into NABJ Hall of Fame

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NABJ Chicago proudly applauds Chicagoans Dorothy Leavell, Crusader Newspaper Group publisher and Pulitzer Prize-winning former Chicago Sun-Times photojournalist and photojournalism educator John H. White, who were inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists' Hall of Fame on August 5. The pair joined nine other...

29 08. 2016

NABJ Chicago Mourns Passing of George Curry, Champion of Civil Rights, Black Press

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by Maudelyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-Times The Rev. Jesse Jackson describes legendary commentator, author and black press champion George Curry, as “talented, tough, tenacious.” Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton adds to that: “a tireless crusader for justice, and a true agent of change.” And Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G.K. Butterfield calls...

19 04. 2016

Landmark student free-press law passes IL House

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Rep. Guzzardi’s bill to protect high school journalists from censorship now faces Senate consideration SPRINGFIELD (April 19, 2016)--A civil liberties bill introduced by State Representative Will Guzzardi (D-39) passed unanimously out of the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday and will now face a vote in...