(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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Statement of NABJ Chicago Chapter Board of Directors: NABJ Chicago Chapter is shocked and saddened by the sudden shuttering of DNAinfo Chicago and Chicagoist. The loss of the five-year-old #DNAInfo is further blow to our volatile industry, and will be harshly felt in a #Chicago Journalism landscape in need...
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Several of the 2017-19 NABJ Board of Directors and Executive Director Sharon Toomer at NABJ headquarters. Sarah Glover, NBC's social media pro, to lead the mighty NABJ through 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 27, 2017) -- In a historic move, members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)...
Read MorePhoto Courtesy: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 17, 2017) -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) applauds award-winning, veteran investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on her being named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow for 2017. One of 24 to receive the honor from the John D. and...
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