We are concerned about reports on April 13 that the Minnesota state police threatened to arrest journalists covering the protests if they did not leave. This growing nationwide trend among law enforcement agencies is unacceptable. The police should not be threatening journalists for doing their...
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Kim Godwin Makes History! First Black President and First Black Woman to Head ABC News First Black Executive and Black Woman to Head a Broadcast Network News Operation The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) congratulates longtime member Kim Godwin on her historic appointment as not...
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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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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is aware of and in touch with multiple parties regarding reports of CBS Executive Kim Godwin’s expected departure for a possible appointment as ABC News president. Ahead of confirmation, the news is met with jubilation among NABJ members...
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In an email to staff on Wednesday, April 7, CBS’s CEO George Cheeks announced that Peter Dunn, who served as president of the company’s television stations group, and David Friend, the senior vice president of news are no longer employed by CBS. “We have determined that...
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As communities worldwide celebrate transgender and non-binary people on Transgender Day of Visibility, the National Association of Black Journalists’ LGBTQ+ Task Force is proud to announce a new scholarship named after transgender journalist and advocate Monica Roberts. The Monica Roberts LGBTQ+ Task Force Scholarship is a...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is pleased to announce that Sandra Dawson Long Weaver, a co-founder of the organization, has been named the project coordinator for the NABJ-Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Black Press Grant Program. The program provides grants up to $10,000 to Black-owned media...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) condemns the behavior of Rob Lederman, a radio host for Cumulus Media’s 97 Rock in Buffalo, New York. During a Wednesday morning show segment, Lederman, who has since been fired, used blatantly racist and sexist slurs and comments to...
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On March 18, representatives from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Board of Directors met with Board and staff representatives of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The goal of the meeting was to discuss what steps would be taken, immediately and ongoing, to...
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The continuing attacks on people in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities continue to be a disturbing trend. “The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) continues to stand with the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) in its concern about the attacks on these communities,” said...
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