NABJ Chicago sends prayers and condolences to the family of Terry Dean, an impactful community journalist and former editor of Austin Weekly. We have lost a brave soldier on the battlefield and one who was a voice for the underrepresented. ...
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Seeing a white man commit an unprovoked attack against a Black journalist is bothersome given the historical context. NABJ-Chicago is troubled to see any journalist attacked while doing their job, especially one of our members. Shaquille Brewster, an NBC correspondent and NABJ-CC member recognized throughout the...
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Summer of '54 is an IPA born of a random conversation between collaborators Jay Westbrook & Shakeia Taylor. The name pays tribute to the first summer both Chicago baseball teams had a Black player. Minnie Minoso joined the White Sox in 1952, while Ernie Banks joined...
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IMPORTANT: If you received the email "[REMINDER] Your Invitation to Vote ...
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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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New Chicago-Area Maps Show Historic Disinvestments Behind Disparate COVID-19 Impact, Seek to Guide Future Investment CHICAGO – As Chicago works to equitably distribute vaccines amid a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted the city’s Black and Latinx neighborhoods, a collaborative of philanthropic stakeholders and researchers have unveiled the Mapping...
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[gallery type="slideshow" size="medium" ids="12165,12163,12164,12162,12161,12160,12159"] By Art Norman NABJ-Chicago Board Member Emeritus NBC5’s Jim Tilmon, the nation’s first Black TV weatherman, was a trained meteorologist and a commercial airline pilot. Jim was a captain for American Airlines, and the third black pilot hired by a major air carrier. As...
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[gallery type="slideshow" size="medium" ids="12073,12072,12074,12075"] The famed Black media publication that John H. Johnson founded in 1945 was recently purchased by former NBA star Junior Bridgeman for $14 million, after the publisher who bought it from Johnson Publishing was itself forced into bankruptcy earlier this year. https://bit.ly/2MgBNYf The athlete-turned-entrepreneur,...
Read MoreYou’ve accomplished a lot in your long career—and now what? Maybe you dream of going back to your roots: signing on with a local newsroom to bring all your experience to bear reporting on an important subject, long under-covered. Perhaps you are interested in doing...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) condemns the senseless violence and rioting that occurred yesterday at the U.S. Capitol, as well as the shameful mistreatment and arrests of journalists who were reporting from the scene. Among the U.S. Senators, Congresspersons, and staff who were placed...
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