National Association of Black Journalists

NABJ President Dorothy Tucker

MMCA’s “Sheroes in Media” Award Gala Takes Place March 31st

Photo: YouTube Multicultural Media and Correspondents Association (MMCA) will convene the nation’s leaders in media advocacy (including NABJ President Dorothy Tucker) for a first-ever ...

NBCUniversal News Group partners with Morgan State University to launch NBCU Academy

NBCUniversal Partners with Morgan State University to Launch Journalism Academy

Photo: Morgan State University NBCUniversal News Group partners with Morgan State University to launch NBCU Academy, a new, innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development ...

Payne’s experience of hearing Malcolm X speak never abandoned him.

Legendary Journalist Les Payne Wins Posthumous Award for New Malcolm X Biography

On November 18, 2020, the 2020 National Book Award for nonfiction was awarded to Les Payne (posthumously) and his daughter and principal researcher Tamara ...

We need to understand how each of us participates in creating biases and stereotypes and own our responsibility to dismantle the

Soledad O’Brien to Host “Hard Truth About Bias” Race and Justice Conversations

[“The Hard Truth About Bias: Images and Reality”] For “The Hard Truth About Bias: Images and Reality,” O’Brien will talk with a wide cross ...

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NNPA’s Ben Chavis Believes Reports of Death of Black Print Media are Premature

NAACP President/CEO Johnson. Photo: Wikipedia. A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers ...

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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS DENOUNCES COMCAST AS SUPREME COURT CASE INVOLVING 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW BEGINS

[Supreme Court News\ Comcast Corp v. NAAOM] Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “Nearly ten years ago when Comcast sought to merge with NBC Universal, both companies ...

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ANTI-POVERTY ADVOCATE JENNIFER JONES AUSTIN BECOMES FIRST FEMALE CO-HOST OF WBLS’ “OPEN LINE” SHOW

[New York News\Black Radio] Jennifer Jones Austin: “It’s an honor and a privilege you to join Open Line. I’m thrilled to bring my voice ...

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The Left Forum 2017: Does Black Media Matter?

“Does Black Media Matter?” Panel SUNDAY June 4th Session 7: 3:40pm – 5:40pm Room: 1.129 Venue entrance: John Jay College of Criminal Justice 899 ...

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Les Payne: A Journalist in Full

Les Payne. Photo. SUNY Oswego-Flickr [From The archives] Originally published in Northeast Magazine, 1986   For a young black student fresh from “separate but ...