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News
Posted: Oct 25, 2011
Annual scholarship gala honors students, living legend

Our 2011 gala was a hit and we have some of the photos to prove it!


Want to get an early jump on next year's gala as a sponsor, ticket holder, scholarship applicant?
Contact us at sfbabja@gmail.com to learn more!

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Posted: Aug 15, 2011
Gregory Lee elected as 19th President of National Association of Black Journalists


NABJ Board 2011-13, from left, Associates rep Dawn Roberts; Region IV Director A.J. Ross;
VP-Broadcast Bob Butler; President Greg Lee; Treasurer Keith Reed; VP-Print Errin Haines;
Secretary Lisa Cox; Parlimentarian Cindy George; and Region VI Director Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig.
Photo by Z’ma Wyatt

From nabj.org

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) today announced that Gregory Lee, Jr. has been elected the 19th President of the organization. Lee, the Senior Assistant Sports Editor at The Boston Globe and the current NABJ Treasurer, won the election with 294 votes, 57% of the vote, defeating opponent Deirdre Childress of The Philadelphia Inquirer who received 168 votes. Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television received 50 votes.

Two of BABJA's own also join the 13-member board: Bob Butler was reelected as VP-Broadcast and Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig was elected Region VI Director.

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Posted: Aug 15, 2011
shades Magazine receives national award for new ‘media’ venture

shades Magazine publishers Z'ma Wyatt (left) and Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig (right)
with NABJ President Kathy Times after they win the inaugural Ray Taliaferro Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.
Photo by Katina Revels

From shades Magazine

On Thursday, Aug. 4, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) presented shades Magazine – Celebrating All Women of Color with the organization’s Ray Taliaferro Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. The honor was presented at the Association’s 36th Annual Convention and Career Fair in Philadelphia, Penn., the nation’s largest annual gathering of minority journalists.

shades Magazine, an Oakland, California start-up digital magazine business, focuses on celebrating women of color. The small two person enterprise, started in March of 2010, is principally run by CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig and Chief Finance Director (CFO) and Photo Director Z’ma Wyatt.

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Posted: Jun 17, 2011
2 men found guilty in murder of Chauncey Bailey

by Terry Collins

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found the leader of a financially troubled community group and another man guilty of murder in the brazen daytime shooting of the first American journalist killed on U.S. soil for reporting a story in more than a decade.


Yusuf Bey IV, former head of Your Black Muslim Bakery, also was convicted in the murders of two other men in a month-long spree of violence that culminated with the August 2007 shooting of Chauncey Bailey while he walked to the newspaper where he was investigating the financial woes of Bey's group. Read more.

 

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Posted: Jun 16, 2011
Alameda County 'apologizes' for wrongs committed against blacks in public ceremony

From President Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig

"On behalf of the Bay Area Black Journalists Association I want to again thank you, Alameda County Supervisors Nate Miley and Keith Carson and the rest of the Board for presenting BABJA with the Juneteenth Resolution - 'Apologizing for Slavery of African Americans and Calling for Reparations and Reconciliation.'

"As I said before the board this morning, we as black journalists have a commitment, and a duty, to continue doing our part to report on these injustices and help bring about a country where apologies to our community are no longer needed."

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Events
Event Date: Jun 20, 2012
Join us in the NOLA!

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER TODAY AT NABJ.ORG!!

Thousands of the nation's foremost journalists and media professionals will gather in
New Orleans June 20 through 24 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside!

The NABJ Annual Convention and Career Fair is the premier venue for digital journalism education, career development, and the nation’s leaders in media, business,
arts & entertainment and technology.

Professional journalists, students and educators will take part in full- and half-day seminars designed to strengthen and enhance their skills. Workshops throughout the five-day convention will highlight journalism ethics, entrepreneurship, specialized journalism and transitioning journalism skills to book publishing, screenwriting and media relations.
 
Event Date: Oct 2, 2011
Eighth Annual Young Journalists Scholarship Gala 2011

PURCHASE TICKETS OR MAKE A DONATION HERE!

Learn how you can be a sponsor for this year's event here.
 
Event Date: Jun 4, 2011
Reinventing Yourself: Using Your Skills to Find Your True Passion
 
Event Date: May 6, 2011
Young Journalists Scholarship Kick-Off Gala Mixer--June 2, 2011
 
Event Date: Apr 29, 2011
NABJ Media Institute on Health Reporting--Saturday April 30,2011, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

NABJ Media Inst.
 

The NABJ Media Institute on Health Reporting will be held this coming Saturday, April 30th at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.  The address is 121 North Gate Hall, Berkeley, California.  This FREE program with lunch included, "Covering Untold Stories in the San Francisco Bay Area" will give print, broadcast and on-line journalists the tools to more effectively report on health stories affecting under-served communities in the Bay Area. 

Register here.

National Association of Black Journalists

Media Institute on Health Reporting

"Covering Untold Stories in the San Francisco Bay Area"

April 30, 2011

University of California, Berkeley

Graduate School of Journalism

 

9:00am - 9:30am

Continental Breakfast & Welcome

 

9:30am - 10:45am                                                                 Workshop I   

Environmental Factors that Affect African American Health

Lack of grocery stores, numerous fast food outlets, poor air quality.

Moderator: Dr. Muntu Davis, Health Officer, Alameda County

                        Dr. Michael Lenoir, CEO, Ethnic Health American Network

                        Nikki Henderson, President, Peoples Grocery

                        Margaret Gordon, Co-Founder, Environmental Indicators Project

 

11:00am-12:00pm                                                                  Workshop II 

Community Health 

Your overall health is affected by the amount of education you have, your job and your income.

Moderator: Robert Phillips, California Endowment

Lori Jones, Director, Alameda County Social Services Agency

Jacky Johnson, Media Relations Associate, Youth UpRising

David Muhammad, Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County

 

12:00pm - 1:15pm

LUNCHEON   Principles of Health Disparities

  Speaker: Prerna Mona Khanna, M.D., M.P.H.

                          Medical Contributor, Fox News Chicago

 

1:30pm  - 2:45pm                                                                  Workshop III            

Stress

Living in a race-conscious society slowly wears down African Americans from all walks of life, making them more susceptible to heart disease and other stress-related illnesses.

Moderator:    Martin G. Reynolds, Editor, Oakland Tribune

Dori Maynard, President, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

                        Nadine Burke, Medical Director, Bayview Children's Health Center

                        Calvin Freeman, Principal, Freeman & Freeman Consulting

 

 

3:00pm - 4:15pm                                                                   Workshop IV

Solutions: Improving the Quality, Cost and Access to Care

This panel will explore how to solve long-standing health care problems with 21st century solutions.

Moderator:  Barbara Rodgers, Host/Anchor Comcast Newsmakers/CBS 5

Dr. Mark Smith, President, California Healthcare Foundation

Dr. Lloyd Dean, President, Catholic Healthcare West

Mary Lee, Associate Director, Policy Link

Dr. Calvin Wheeler, Physician in Chief, Kaiser Permanente's Fremont Medical Center

 

 

4:30pm - 5:30pm                                                                   Reception

Hosted by Bay Area Black Journalists Association and NABJ at Berkeley Student Chapter

 

The National Association of Black Journalists gratefully acknowledges our supporters--California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, California, The California Endowment, the Maynard Institute, The California Wellness Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and Safeway Foods

 

Again, registration is free.  Please visit here to reserve your space today!

 

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