The Art Institute of Chicago is seeking a professional that will be responsible for strategizing and implementing publicity and promotional plans for exhibitions and events at the museum. The Assistant Director will respond to media inquiries for images, interviews, and material and information about museum...
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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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The Daily Herald, suburban Chicago’s source for news, is looking for a sports- and news-minded copy editor to join its night copy desk. We are looking for a journalism grad who has a background in editing on multiple platforms—print, web, social media, other electronic communications—as...
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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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NABJ Chicago mourns the passing of former V103 personality Wali F. Muhammad, who died on July 16 after suffering a brain injury when he fell at his home in May. Wali, fondly known as "the Communicator," fell into a coma after the accident and never recovered,...
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[caption id="attachment_729" align="aligncenter" width="540"] NABJ to induct Dorothy Leavell and John H. White into its Hall of Fame on December 16, 2015.[/caption] July 20, 2015—The National Association of Black Journalists today announced that Chicagoans John H. White, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and photojournalism educator, and Dorothy Leavell, publisher...
Read MoreThe Reuters-NABJ Fellowship Journalism Program offers nine months of hands-on, real-world experience with competitive pay in a Reuters US bureau (New York, Washington, Chicago). This fellowship, open to members of the National Association of Black Journalists, is part of the Reuters Editorial Trainee Program, during...
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