The National Association of Black Journalists celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a reception in Washington, D.C., where it was founded and on the actual founding date, December 12. Dorothy Tucker, who is NABJ Vice President Broadcast and NABJ Chicago board member, attended. NABJ President Sarah...
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Columbia Links' annual town hall meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5 focuses on teens and mental illness. The forum, "Undiagnosed and Untreated: Teens and Mental Illness," will be held from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m at Columbia College's Music Center Hall, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. The event is free and open...
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NABJ-Chicago mourns the death of trailblazing journalist Louie Robinson. father of longtime Chicago TV anchor Robin Robinson, who died of heart failure on Oct. 2 at the age of 88. When actor Sidney Poitier and tennis great Arthur Ashe wanted to write books, they sought Mr....
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[caption id="attachment_848" align="alignleft" width="232"] Reuters-NABJ Fellow Justin Madden[/caption] Justin Madden (@IAmJustinMadden) will join the Chicago bureau for Reuters, where he will focus on the agriculture commodities markets. He is currently the Digital Breaking News Reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper in Kentucky, covering cops and courts,...
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Veteran Chicago TV news anchor Robin Robinson joins public television station WYCC-Channel 20's “In The Loop,” this week, as co-host and contributing correspondent. The station's flagship show, which airs at 7 p.m. Thursdays (with repeats at 1 a.m. Saturdays and 6:30 p.m. Sundays), is entering its sixth...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is disappointed with the response by the Chicago Tribune editorial board to the public outcry over a column by editorial board member Kristen McQueary, who called for a Hurricane Katrina-like storm as a starting point for fixing Chicago’s ills. McQueary wrote on Aug. 13 that...
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Letter sent to Bruce Dold and Kristen McQueary of the Chicago Tribune August 14, 2015 To: Bruce Dold Editor, Editorial Page Kristen McQueary Editorial Board member Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Kristen McQueary is certainly entitled to her opinion. But your readers are entitled to something far more important: respect and...
Read MoreExavier Pope, an active member of NABJ Chicago, was elected treasurer of the NABJ Sports Task Force at the 2015 conference in Minneapolis. Exavier, an attorney and sports legal and business analyst, is in demand with major news networks for his keen perspective. He has...
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[caption id="attachment_774" align="aligncenter" width="522"] Chicago Sun Times reporter Maudelyn Ihejirika and WBEZ's Natalie Moore won first place awards in NABJ's Salute to Excellence[/caption] NABJ-Chicago Chapter congratulates board member Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun Times reporter and assistant city editor, on capturing first place in the newspaper series category in...
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CBS 2-Chicago's Dorothy Tucker returns from the NABJ convention in Minneapolis as the organization's new Vice President for Broadcast after defeating two challengers in the hotly contested race. She will serve on the board alongside newly elected president Sarah Glover, a social media editor at NBC Owned Television Stations. With...
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