NABJ-Chicago will dedicate its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, to "The George Floyd Conversation" amongst its members. The event, to be held 6-8 PM, via Zoom, is the chapter's first General Membership Meeting since going on hiatus in March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NABJCC...
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WASHINGTON – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is appalled at the allegations of discriminatory hiring practices and treatment of Black employees by a powerful ABC News executive, as detailed by Yashar Ali with the Huffington Post. Yashar’s story can be found here. We call...
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the NABJSports Task Force is pleased to announce that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has contributed $100,000 toward the NABJ COVID-19 Relief Fund to assist both sports and non-sports journalists whose jobs have been impacted by the...
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Journalists are invited to dissect lessons on racism and health inequity learned from Chicago's 1995 heatwave replayed during the pandemic. About this Event Q: What do Chicago’s 1995 heat wave and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common? A: The heat wave-death map and the COVID-19-death map are ALMOST...
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Fund strongly encourages applications from journalists of color, ethnic media and local media. WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2020 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that it is offering immediate emergency grants for U.S.-based journalists working on investigative stories related to police misconduct. The emergency grants...
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NABJ Disturbed by Silencing of Voices at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is greatly disturbed by developments at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. NABJ’s local chapter, the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation (PBMF), is closely monitoring the situation and put out a statement regarding developments here:...
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On The Philly Inquirer Headline The Philadelphia Inquirer issued an apology for an offensive headline this week to its readers and employees. The Inquirer’s op-ed headline “Buildings Matter, Too” was an offensive attempt to play off the “Black Lives Matter” movement. “Even vaguely suggesting a parallel between the...
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National Video Statement NABJ is appalled and angered by the actions of law enforcement officers - #JournalismIsNotACrime View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlsEOpE_cRQ...
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The National Association of Black Journalists(NABJ) condemns the arrests of CNN crew members, including reporter Omar Jimenez, who were simply doing their jobs and covering protests in Minneapolis this morning.They were handcuffed and led away by state police during a live shot even after Jimenez...
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The May NABJ Roundup Newsletter is now available. Read it here....
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