The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of

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journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in

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, by 44 journalists, the NABJ's stated purpose is to provide quality programs and services to and advocate on behalf of black journalists. The organization has worked for diversity and to increase the number of minorities in newsrooms across the country. The association's national office is on the main campus of the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

. The current president is Dorothy Tucker, Investigative reporter for

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CBS Chicago, and the executive director is Drew Berry. The NABJ states that it has a membership of 4,100 and is the largest organization of journalists of color in the United States. The organization was one of the four minority journalist member associations in the UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. until they seceded from the organization in Spring 2011. The organization's annual Salute to Excellence Awards honors coverage of African-American people and subjects. Awards given include Journalist of the Year, Emerging Journalist and Lifetime Achievement; past honorees have included

Lester Holt Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of ''NBC Nightly News'' and ''Dateline NBC''. On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of ''NBC Nightly News'' following the ...

Ed Bradley Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor. He was best known for his reporting on ''60 Minutes'' and CBS News. Bradley began his journalism career as a radio news repo ...

Carole Simpson Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940) is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast. Education and career Simpson, a graduate of the Un ...

Byron Pitts Byron Pitts (born October 21, 1960) is an American journalist and author, working for ABC News as co-anchor for the network's late night news program, ''Nightline''. Until March 2013, he served as a chief national correspondent for '' The CBS Eve ...

Charlayne Hunter-Gault Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born February 27, 1942) is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the ...

Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program ...

, and

Michele Norris Michele L. Norris ( ; born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist who has worked as an opinion columnist with ''The Washington Post'' since 2019. From 2002 until 2011, she was co-host of the National Public Radio (NPR) evening news progra ...

. NABJ also maintains the NABJ Hall of Fame, which is designed to honor black journalists.

History

The founding meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists was held on December 12th, 1975 in Washington D.C. at the Sheraton Park Hotel (now the Marriott Wardman Park). The interim committee for a National Association of Black Journalists, The Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, Chicago Association of Black Journalists, San Francisco Association of Black Journalists and the Washington Association of Black Journalists hosted the founding to create the National Association of Black Journalists based on the work of the Black Perspective, a 1967 group of journalists. The National Association of Black Journalists saw fit its creation because at the time, there were associations of other professions including teachers, lawyers and doctors and believed journalists to be as important and other professions. A 1968 Kerner Commission Report mentioned how small a role black people held in a white media environment.Jackson, D. (1997). "The outspoken mr. stone": A conversation with chuck stone.''The Black Scholar, 27''(1), 38-57. The National Association of Black Journalists was founded to increase the presence of black people in mainstream media and change the misrepresentation of black people. The organization used the constitution of The Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia. Founded on Friday, December 12th, 1975, the organization explicitly stated their excitement to cover the 1976 presidential campaigns.

Founders

* Norma Adams-Wade, '' Dallas Morning News'' * Carole Bartel, ''CORE Magazine'' * Edward Blackwell, ''

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'' * Reginald Bryant, ''Black Perspective on the News'' * Maureen Bunyan, WTOP-TV (Washington, D.C.) * Crispin Campbell,

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) * Charlie Cobb,

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(Washington, D.C.) * Marilyn Darling,

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) *

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'' * Joe Davidson, '' Philadelphia Bulletin'' * Allison J. Davis,

WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, airing programming from the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station WSBK-TV (ch ...

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) * Paul Delaney, ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' * William Dilday, WLBT-TV (

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) * Sandra Rosen Dillard, ''

Denver Post ''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 ...

'' * Joel Dreyfuss, ''

'' * Sam Ford,

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Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

) * David Gibson,

Mutual Black Network The Mutual Black Network (MBN) was founded by the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1972 as the first national full-service radio network aimed at African Americans; it was initially branded as Mutual Reports before the branding change to MBN. With 98 ...

* Sandra Gilliam-Beale,

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Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

) * Bob Greenlee, ''

New Haven Register The ''New Haven Register'' is a daily newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut. It is owned by Hearst Communications. The Register's main office is located at 100 Gando Drive in New Haven. The ''Register'' was established about 1812 and ...

'' * Martha Griffin,

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* Derwood Hall,

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) * Bob Hayes, '' San Francisco Examiner'' * Toni Jones, ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

'' * Mal Johnson, Cox Broadcasting * Vernon Jarrett, ''

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'' * Claude Lewis, '' Philadelphia Bulletin'' * H. Chuku Lee, Africa Journal Ltd. * Sandra Dawson Long, '' News Journal'' (

) * Pluria Marshall, freelancer * Acel Moore, ''

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'' * Les Payne, '' Newsday'' * Alex Poinsett, ''

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'' * Claudia Polley,

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* Richard Rambeau, Project Bait (

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) * W. Curtis Riddle, ''

Louisville Courier-Journal The ''Courier Journal'', also known as the ''Louisville Courier Journal'' (and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), and called ''The Courier-Journal'' between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017, is the highest circulation newspape ...

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, WTOP-TV (Washington, D.C.) * Charlotte Roy, ''

'' * Vince Sanders,

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* Chuck Stone, '' Philadelphia Daily News'' * Jeannye Thornton, '' U.S. News & World Report'' * Francis Ward, ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...

'' * John C. White, ''

Washington Star ''The Washington Star'', previously known as the ''Washington Star-News'' and the Washington ''Evening Star'', was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the ''Sunday Sta ...

'' * DeWayne Wickham, '' Baltimore Sun'' * Paul Brock, Founding NABJ Executive Director

Annual convention and career fair

NABJ annually holds the nation's largest journalism convention and career fair each summer with plenary sessions and workshops for career and professional development. Recent speakers have included former U.S. Presidents

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, George W. Bush and

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, Liberian President

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Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

, and

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Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926)
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. The convention features hundreds of recruiters and as the largest career fair in journalism, is among the best means of finding a journalism position in the industry. The NABJ Career Fair encompasses the nations broadcast, print, and online media including recruiters from

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'', ''

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. NABJ held its first convention in October 1976 at

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, which at the time had recently established the second school of communications at a historically black college or university in the nation (the first was the School of Communications at

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). Future locations of the NABJ Convention and Career Fair include Washington, D.C. in 2020; Houston, Texas in 2021;

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in 2022;

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

in 2023;

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

in 2024; Cleveland, Ohio in 2025 and

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

in 2026. In October 2014, CNN withdrew its support for the 2015 Convention and Career Fair after the NABJ criticized the network for its lack of diversity on air and its treatment of black employees.

Scholarships

The organization also distributes more than $100,000 in

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college journalism students, places 14-16 students at paid

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ships and sponsors short courses for students at

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Task forces

* Arts & Entertainment Task Forces - members who cover arts and entertainment * Associate Member's - part-time journalists, educators, marketing and public relations professionals * Copy Editors - copy desk managers, news editors, design editors * Digital Journalism * NABJ Founders - NABJ Founders, past presidents, and former national board members * LGBT Taskforce - lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members * Sports Task Force - sports reporters, correspondents and analysts * Visual Task Force - photojournalists, design/informational graphics * Young Journalists - journalists in their first few years * World Affairs - promotes worldwide coverage of African/African-Americans

Presidents

Twenty-one people have served as president of the National Association of Black Journalists: * Chuck Stone, 1975–77 * Vernon Jarrett, 1977–79 *Bob Reid, 1979–81 * Les Payne, 1981–83 *Merv Aubespin, 1983–85 *Al Fitzpatrick, 1985–87 *DeWayne Wickham, 1987–89 *Thomas Morgan III, 1989–91 *Sidmel Estes-Sumpter, 1991–93 * Dorothy Butler Gilliam, 1993–95 *Arthur Fennell, 1995–97 *Vanessa Williams, 1997–99 *William W. Sutton Jr., 1999–2001 *Condace Pressley, 2001–03 *Herbert Lowe, 2003–05 * Bryan Monroe, 2005–07 *Barbara Ciara, 2007–09 *Kathy Y. Times, 2009–11 *Gregory Lee Jr., 2011–2013 *Bob Butler, 2013–2015 *Sarah Glover, 2015–2019 *Dorothy Tucker, 2019–present

Awards

During its Annual Convention and Career Fair, NABJ presents various awards at the annual Salute to Excellence Awards Gala.

Journalist of the Year

*1979 - Acel Moore, ''

'', Les Payne, '' Newsday'' *1980 *1981 - Robert C. Maynard, ''

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'',

, ABC *1982 - Gil Noble, WABC-TV, New York *1983 - Joe Ogelsby, '' Miami Herald'' *1984 - Morris Thompson, ''Newsday'' *1985 - Kenneth Walker, ABC, Dennis Bell, ''Newsday'' *1986 -

, PBS *1987 - Andrew W. Cooper, '' The City Sun'', Brooklyn, NY *1988 -

Michel du Cille Michel du Cille (January 24, 1956 – December 11, 2014) was a Jamaican-born American photojournalist who won three Pulitzer Prizes. He shared the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography with fellow ''Miami Herald'' staff photographer Carol ...

, ''

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'' *1989 -

, CNN *1990 - Maureen Bunyan, WUSA-TV, Washington, DC *1991 -

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, CNN *1992 -

ABC *1993 -

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, NBC

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*1994 -

Isabel Wilkerson Isabel Wilkerson (born 1961) is an American journalist and the author of '' The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration'' (2010) and '' Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents'' (2020). She is the first woman of African-A ...

, ''

'' *1995 - Andrea Ford, ''

'' eceased*1996 - Ed Gordon, BET News, NBC *1997 - Gary Fields, ''

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'' *1998 - Clarence Williams III, ''Los Angeles Times'' *1999 - Ron Allen, NBC *2000 - Kevin Mérida, ''The Washington Post'' *2001 - Gerald Boyd, ''The New York Times'' *2002 -

, CBS *2003 - George Curry, NNPA *2004 - Hannah Allam (''

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''), Middle East Bureau Chief *2005 - Andy Alford, ''Austin American-Statesman'' *2006 - Cynthia Tucker, '' Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' *2007 -

Dean Baquet Dean P. Baquet (; born September 21, 1956) is an American journalist. He served as the executive editor of ''The New York Times'' from May 2014 to June 2022. Between 2011 and 2014 Baquet was managing editor under the previous executive editor J ...

, Washington Bureau Chief, ''The New York Times'' *2008 -

Leonard Pitts Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr. (born October 11, 1957) is an American commentator, journalist, and novelist. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was originally hired by the ''Miami Herald' ...

, '' Miami Herald'' *2009 -

*2010 -

*2011 - Jacqueline Charles, '' Miami Herald'' *2012 - Pierre Thomas,

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*2013 -

Roland S. Martin Roland Sebastian Martin (born November 14, 1968) is an American journalist. He was a commentator for TV One, the host of ''News One Now'', and ''Washington on Watch With Roland S. Martin''. He was also a CNN contributor, appearing on a variety ...

, TV One *2014 - Stephen Henderson, ''

'', for his columns on the financial crisis facing his hometown of DetroitApril Turner
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976) is an American investigative journalist, known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. In April 2015, she became a staff writer for ''The New York Times.'' In 2017 she was awarded a Ma ...

*2016 -

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*2017 - April Ryan,

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*2018 - Jemele Hill, ESPN's ''The Undefeated''

Journalist of Distinction

* 2016 - Steve Crump,

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* 2017 - Leoneda Inge, WUNC Radio * 2018 - Everett Marshburn,

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* 2019 -

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Legacy Award

*2005 - Acel Moore, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' *2006 - Lawrence E. Young, ''The Press Enterprise'' *2007 - Glenn Proctor, ''

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'' (Newark, N.J.) *2008 - Evelyn Cunningham, ''

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'' *2009 - Leon Carter and Sandy Rosenbush, Sports Journalism Institute *2010 - Paula Madison, NBC Universal *2011 – Claire Smith (

) *2012 - Monica Pearson, WSB-TV (Atlanta) *2013 - Theodore "Ted" Holtzclaw, WABC (New York) (Posthumous) *2014 - Hugh Grannum, photographer (posthumously), ''

'' *2015 - Bryan Burwell, sports journalist (posthumously), ''The St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' *2016 - David Aldridge, Turner Sports *2017 - Ron Thomas, Director of the Journalism and Sports Program at Morehouse College *2018 - Robert McGruder,

(Posthumous)

Journalism Educator of the Year

*2005 - Karen Clark,

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*2006 - Kip Branch, Elizabeth City State University *2007 - Robert Adams & James Highland, Western Kentucky University *2008 - Nagatha Tonkins, North Carolina A&T State University *(no 2009 award given) *2010 - James Hawkins, Florida A&M University *2011 – Bonnie Newman Davis,

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia ...

*2012 – Allissa Richardson, ''

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known a ...

'' *2013 - Michelle Johnson,

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...

*2014 - Dr. Linda Florence Callahan, North Carolina A&T State University

Student Journalist of the Year

*2007 - Eddie Cole, Jr., Tennessee State University *2010 - Philip Lucas, Howard University *2011 – Ashley Williams, University of Southern California *2012 - Eric Burse, USC Annenberg School of Communications *2013 - Marissa A. Evans,

Marquette University Marquette University () is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of M ...

*2014 - Claudia Balthazar (Hofstra University’s graduate) and Averi Harper (Columbia University graduate) *2018 - Doni Holloway, UNC Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism

Community Service Award

*1997 - Joe Madison, WRC-Radio *1998 - Gwen Tolbart, KTVT, Dallas, TX *1999 - C. Ron Allen, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel *2000 - Andrew Humphrey, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C *2001 - Angela Curry, ''Kansas City Star'' *2002 - DeWayne Wickham, ''USA Today'', GNS *2003 - Yvonne Lewis-Harris, KTUL-TV, Channel 8 *2004 - Mollie Finch Belt, ''The Dallas Examiner'' *2005 - Derek Nathaniel Ali, ''Dayton Daily News'' osthumous*2006 -

DeMarco Morgan DeMarco Morgan is an American broadcast journalist currently anchoring at ABC News. Background In 1997, Morgan graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during which he earned an internship working at KOTV. In 2001, ...

, WISN-TV, Milwaukee *2007 - Linda Waller Shockley, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund *2008 - Margaret Bernstein, '' The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' * (no award given in 2009) *2010 - Michelle Singletary, Founder of First Baptist Church of Glenarden, MD *2011 – Stacey Tisdale, NBC, PBS and WowOWow.com *2012 - Albert Knighten, 107.5 FM *2013 - Dr. Shelley Stewart, The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation *2014 -

Michaela Pereira Michaela Pereira (born August 26, 1970) is a Canadian television personality best known as being a former anchor for KTLA in Los Angeles and for the KTTV FOX11 Los Angeles morning show, ''Good Day LA''. She announced on March 28, 2013, that she ...

, CNN

Emerging Journalist of the Year

*2003 - Issac Peterson III *2004 - Theola Labbé *2005 - Krissah Williams *2006 - Errin Haines and Trymaine Lee *2007 - Mara Schiavocampo *2008 - Sarah Hoye *2010 - Michael Feeney, ''The Daily News'' in New York *2009 - Cynthia Gordy *2011 - Kimberley A. Martin, ''Newsday'' *2012 - Gerrick Kennedy, ''L.A. Times'' *2013 - Yamiche Alcindor, ''USA Today'' *2014 - Wesley Lowery, ''Washington Post'' *2015 - Brittany Noble-Jones, KMOV in St. Louis, MO *2016 - Jamiles Lartey, ''The Guardian'' *2017 - Ernest Owens, ''G Philly'' (co-winner) *2017 - Candace Smith, ABC News *2019 -

Alexi McCammond Alexi Jo McCammond (born 1993/1994) is a political journalist. She served as an NBC and MSNBC contributor, a contributor for PBS's ''Washington Week'', and is currently a reporter for the political website Axios. McCammond appeared on 2020's For ...

Pat Tobin Media Professional Award

*2011 - Sheila Brooks, SRB Communications *2012 - Janet Rolle, CNN *2013 - Dawn Kelly, Prudential *2014 - Tiffany R. Warren, ADColor, Omnicom Groups

Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award

*1978 - Mal Goode, ABC News *1979 - Carl Murphy, Afro-American Newspapers *1980 - Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist *1981 - Lerone Bennett Jr., ''

'' *1982 -

Ethel Payne Ethel Lois Payne (August 14, 1911 – May 29, 1991) was an American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent. Known as the "First Lady of the Black Press," she fulfilled many roles over her career, including columnist, commentator, lecturer, ...

, Sengstacke Newspapers *1983 - Gordon Parks, Carlton Goodlett, ''San Francisco Reporter'' *1984 - Albert Fitzpatrick, Knight-Ridder Inc. *1985 - Lu Palmer, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *1986 - Jimmy Hicks, ''Amsterdam News'' osthumous*1987 - John H. Johnson, Johnson Publishing Co. *1988 - Armistead Pride, Lincoln University *1989 - Peggy Peterman, ''St. Petersburg Times'' *1990 - Vernon Jarrett, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *1991 - Sam Lacy, ''Afro-American'' *1992 - Chuck Stone, UNC *1993 - Luix Overbea, ''Christian Science Monitor'' *1994 - William Raspberry, ''Washington Post'' *1995 - Thomas Morgan III, ''The New York Times'' *1996 - William Brower, ''

Toledo Blade ''The Blade'', also known as the ''Toledo Blade'', is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications. The newspaper was first published on December 19, 1835. Overview The first issue ...

'' *1997 - Samuel L. Adams,

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

*1998 - Sarah-Ann Shaw, WBZ-TV, Boston *1999 -

Belva Davis Belva Davis (born Belvagene Melton; October 13, 1932) is an American television and radio journalist. She is the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She has won eight Emmy Awards and been recognize ...

, KPIX-TV, San Francisco *2000 - Joseph A. Palmer Sr., ''Proud'' magazine osthumousand Dr. Ernest C. Withers Sr., The Withers Studio *2001 - Charles Jackson, ''Oakland Tribune'' osthumous*2002 - Robert McGruder, ''Detroit Free Press'' osthumous*2003 - Greg Freeman, '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' osthumous*2004 -

Clarence Page Clarence Page (born June 2, 1947) is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of the '' Chicago Tribune'' editorial board. Early years Page was born in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Middletown High School in Middletown whe ...

, ''Chicago Tribune'' *2005 - Ed Bradley, CBS News *2006 - Earl G. Graves, Sr., '' Black Enterprise Magazine'' *2007 - Bernard Shaw, CNN *2008 - Harry Porterfield, WLS-TV, Chicago *2009 - Michael Wilbon, ''The Washington Post''/ESPN *2010 - Paul Delaney, ''The New York Times'' *2011 - Acel Moore, NABJ Founder & Pulitzer Prize Winner *2012 - Les Payne, ''Newsday'' *2013 - Gregory L. Moore *2013 - DeWayne Wickham, ''USA Today'', Morgan State University *2014 - Sandra Hughes, former anchor, WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC *2017 - Yvette Miley, MSNBC *2018 - Beverly White, KNBC Los Angeles *2020 - Kevin Merida, ESPN

Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist

*1989 –

Zwelakhe Sisulu Zwelakhe Sisulu (17 December 1950 – 4 October 2012) was a South African black journalist, editor, and newspaper founder. He was president of the Writers' Association of South Africa, which later became the Black Media Workers Association of So ...

, ''New Nation'', South Africa st winner*1993 – Ben Ephson, ''

West Africa (magazine) ''West Africa'' (1917–2005) was a weekly news magazine that was published in London for more than 80 years and closed in 2005.

'', Ghana *1994 – Zubeida Jaffer, Cape Town, South Africa *1995 – Kenneth Best, ''The Daily Observer'', Liberia *1996 – Babacar Fall, Pan-African News Agency, Senegal *1997 – Marie-Roger Biloa, ''Africa International'' magazine, Paris *1998 *1999 – Fred Mmembe, ''The Post'', Zambia *2000 – Rafael Marques, Angola *2002 – Milkias Mihreteab Yohannes, Eritrea *2003 – Geoff Nyarota, ''The Daily News'', Zimbabwe *2004 – Pius Njawé, Cameroon *2005 – Michèle Montas, Haiti *2006 – Deyda Hydara, and members of the Gambian Press Union (posthumous) *2007 –

National Union of Somali Journalists The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) was set up in August 2002 as an association called Somali Journalists Network (SOJON) to promote and protect freedom of the press and the interests of journalists after the former Transitional Nat ...

*2008 – Imprisoned Journalists of Eritrea *2011 – Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, Net Press *2012 - *2013 - *2014 -

Best Practices

*2006 - ''The Indianapolis Recorder'' *2007 - CNN *2009 - The Chauncey Bailey Project *2010 - NBC Universal *2011 - *2012 - TV ONE *2013 - ''Washington Post'' *2014 -

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

*2015 - Buzzfeed

Student Chapter of the Year

*1997 – University of Georgia *1998 – Boston Association of Black Journalists Student Consortium *1999 – Penn State Association of Journalists for Diversity *2000 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Student Consortium *2001 – Carolina Association of Black Journalists *2002 – Carolina Association of Black Journalists *2003 – University of North Texas *2004 – University of Oregon *2005 – Northwestern University *2006 – Temple Association of Black Journalists *2007 – University of Georgia *2008 – Florida A&M University *2015 - Northwestern University *2016 - University of Southern California *2017 - Morgan State University *2018 - North Carolina A&T University of Black Journalists *2019 - Winthrop University Association of Black Journalists

Chapter of the Year

*1996 – Garden State (New Jersey) Association of Black Journalists *1997 – Cleveland Chapter of NABJ *1998 – Richmond Association of Black Journalists *1999 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists *2000 – Wisconsin Black Media Association *2001 – Detroit Chapter of NABJ *2002 – Houston Association of Black Journalists *2003 – San Diego Association of Black Journalists *2004 – Black Journalists Association of Southern California *2005 – Hampton Roads *2006 – Houston Association of Black Journalists *2007 – Washington Association of Black Journalists *2008 – Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists *2012 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists *2013 – New York Association of Black Journalists *2014 – Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists *2015 - Pittsburgh Black Media Federation & Southern New England Association of Black Journalists *2016 - Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists & Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists *2017 - Pittsburgh Black Media Federation *2018 - Chicago *2019 - Rochester Association of Black Journalists & San Diego Association of Black Journalists

President's Award

*1993 -

William A. Hilliard William Arthur Hilliard (May 28, 1927 – January 16, 2017) was an American journalist. He was editor of ''The Oregonian'', the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, from 1987 to 1994 and was that newspaper's first African-American editor ...

, ''

The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 18 ...

'' *1994 - Nancy Hicks Maynard, ''Oakland Tribune'' *1995 - John Dotson, ''Akron Beacon Journal'' *1996 - Bob Johnson, BET *1997 - Vernon Jarrett, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *2000 - Patsy Pressley, National Association of Black Journalists *2001 - Paula Madison, NBC *2002 - Leonard Pitts, Jr., ''Miami Herald'' *2003 - Richard Prince, ''The Washington Post'' *2004 - Don Hudson, ''

The Clarion-Ledger ''The Clarion Ledger'' is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating d ...

'' *2005 - Monte Trammer, ''The Star-Gazette'' *2006 - Ryan L. Williams, National Association of Black Journalists *2007 - Rodney Brooks, ''USA Today'' *2008 - Roland Martin, CNN *2009 - Drew Berry, Drew Berry & Associates, LLC (back-to-back) *2010 - Drew Berry, Drew Berry & Associates, LLC *2011 - Johnathan A. Rodgers, TV ONE *2012 - Sarah Glover, NBC10 (Philadelphia) *2013 - Kelley L. Carter, ''EBONY'', and Maureen Bunyan, WJLA *2014 - Carol D. Ash, Kennedy King College and Vince Hill, KYW (Philadelphia) *2015 - Veronique Dodson, National Association of Black Journalists *2016 - Elise Durham,

Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the Un ...

*2017 - Sheila Brooks, SRB Communications *2018 - Vickie Thomas, WWJ/CBS Radio-Detroit *2018 - Ryan L. Williams,

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and politi ...

*2019 - Kelley Carter, ESPN's The Undefeated

References

External links

* {{authority control African-American press African-American professional organizations American journalism organizations Journalism-related professional associations Organizations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Washington, D.C. * Awards honoring African Americans