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Bay
Area Black Journalist Association
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History |
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Formed
in March 1982, the Bay Area Black Journalist
Association (BABJA) is an organization
of African American media professionals
and students representing radio, television,
print, public relations, online journalism
and advertising. The association has become
the Bay Area’s black media organization
of choice with the objective to groom
black media professionals for leadership;
to enhance the coverage of issues of concern
to African American people; to work with
Bay Area media in hiring and cultivating
more blacks in management, and to make
the media more responsible.BABJA is an
affiliate of the National Association
of Black Journalists (NABJ), and as such,
has hosted two NABJ Regional Conferences,
attracting more than 250 black journalists
to the Bay Area. BABJA has been
the conduit through which many journalists
have gained successful employment to the
Bay Area media market—an area that
has a reputation for being one of the
most difficult markets to enter.
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| BABJA
Mission: |
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The
Bay Area Black Journalist Association
(BABJA) exists to serve as an advocate
and beneficial network of journalists,
students and media-related professionals.
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| BABJA
Goals: |
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To develop partnerships with local media
companies to ensure the hiring, retention
and promotion of black journalists.
- Encouraging
and mentoring black students with an
interest in journalism and media.
- To
provide a professional and social network
for black journalists to cultivate relationships
with each other.
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| BABJA
Board Members: |
President:
Bob
Butler
Bob
Butler has worked as a journalist since 1979, when he was first hired as at KDIA Radio in Oakland.
While attending San Francisco State in 1981, he
was hired as a desk assistant and editor
at KCBS and was promoted to fill-in
reporter during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
Bob
is a member of the Radio Television News
Director's Association, serves as the
Region 6 director of the National
Association of Black Journalists and is
a vice president on the national board of the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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Treasurer: John Ellis
Secretary: Crystal Carter
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Membership: Marcus Osborne
PR/Outreach: Kim Bardakian
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Student Representative:
Aaron Morrison
Immediate
Past President: John Hilton
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| National
Association of Black Journalists (NABJ): |
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The
National Association of Black Journalists
(NABJ)
is an organization of journalists,
students and media-related professionals
that provides quality programs and
services to and advocates on behalf
of black journalists worldwide.
Founded by 44 men and women on December
12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., NABJ
is the largest organization of journalists
of color in the world. Many of NABJ's
3,300 members also belong to one
of the dozens of professional and
student chapters that serve black
journalists nationwide. |
> Please
email us at info@babja.org
> Call
510-986-9390
> Or
mail to:
1714 Franklin Street #100-260
Oakland, CA 94612
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