By Lee Edwards, Chicago Defender Held at its traditional venue at Douglas Park located in the North Lawndale neighborhood, the 8th Annual West Side Music Festival was produced by the Westside Cultural Foundation (WCF), a non-profit organization which strives to bring art and culture to the...
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The 30th Annual African Festival of the Arts has selected NABJ Chicago president Maudlyne Ihejirika (Chicago Sun Times) to be Grand Yeye and Hosea Sanders (ABC 7 Chicago) to be Grand Baba at this year's festival. Maudlyne Ihejirika is an award-winning, urban affairs reporter, columnist and author with...
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By Monique Wingard, Chicago Defender Wall to wall Black excellence, in abundance, with a purpose — to invest in the education of Chicago’s best and brightest. The 100 Black Men of Chicago (100BMC) celebrated the 4th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser and White Party on Saturday, Aug. 17,...
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THE JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION in conjunction with the JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO present a free, day-long series of meetings, consultations and panel discussions intended for both experienced writers, photographers, broadcasters, videographers and media professionals involved with "creative music" (including but not limited to jazz) and...
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Dear NABJ Members: Thank you for entrusting me with your vote and your confidence in my ability to lead NABJ into the future. I am humbled, excited and will work hard to earn every vote that was cast. Now more than ever, our members need and...
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Posted by: Kanya Stewart MIAMI (Aug. 9, 2019)--The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) elected its Vice President-Broadcast, Dorothy Tucker as the 22nd President of the Association. Tucker, an investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago garnered411 votes, defeating Gregory Lee Jr., senior managing director of the...
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[gallery type="slideshow" size="full" ids="10901,10900,10899,10898,10897,10896"] Nearly 50 guests gathered at the M Lounge in Chicago’s south loop neighborhood for NABJ-CC’s Nonprofit News Mixer, sponsored by the Trace. The Trace is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom that analyzes gun violence in America. The purpose of the July 19 event...
Read MoreAs a Data Journalism Fellow for ABC Owned Television Stations, you will be charged with finding great local stories within the vast amounts of data that exist about our cities to support both investigative work and day to day consumer stories. You will be part of a...
Read MoreJob Description The Visual Content Producer will work to invigorate local news stories at WLS-TV/Chicago through techniques including use of motion graphics and special effects. This one-year fellowship is in conjunction with the Reinventing Local TV News Project at Northeastern University and the Visual Content Producer will also function...
Read MoreBy Sun-Times staff Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell — whose fearless voice has been a force for good in the city and its African American community for decades — will scale back her workload but still write periodically for the paper and serve as a consultant to...
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