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Elgin Nelson, Williamena Kwapo and Richard Tzul (‘23) getting ready to host "Afro-Latinx Voices", a panel discussion about the Afro-Latinx diaspora, anti-Black racism within the Latinx community and the lack of Afro-Latinos in newsrooms, February 27, 2023 at UC Berkeley.
Sponsored by the NABJ UC Berkeley Chapter and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Chapter.
Congrats to our NABJ UC Berkeley member Chloe Reynolds ('21) and the talented team of journalists whose COVID-tracking story got published in The New York Times! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
In January, Chloe Reynolds ('21)—a multimedia student studying motion graphics, coding & data visualization— was brought onto a team of New York Times reporters tracking the spread of through 3,000 correctional facilities. Their findings are stunning: https://nyti.ms/3wRFPJa.
Congrats to our NABJ member Gracelynne West ('22) for receiving UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's Chauncey Bailey Fellowship!👏🏾 Read more about her full-circle journey to the Bay Area below:
Audio, multimedia and investigative reporter Gracelynne West (‘22) has been named the 2021 Chauncey Bailey Fellow at Berkeley Journalism.
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Denounces Anti-Asian Racism & Attacks. We Stand with Our Colleagues. We Urge Law Enforcement to be Aggressive in Helping Bring an End to These Tragedies & Encourage Members & All Journalists to Follow Coverage Guidelines Issued by AAJA. More: bit.ly/3vDAk04
While today is the last day of , Black history is every single day of the year. We wanted our last spotlight to focus on the news publications that have provided a platform for Black people to express themselves & advocated for their advancement in society. Our final spotlight goes to
In 1827, after growing exhaustion over the negative stories about Black people in the press, a group of free Black men in New York City founded the first African-American newspaper in the United States: The Freedom's Journal. The paper paved the way for other historic Black-owned newspapers such as The North Star, founded in 1847 by famed abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. From there, Black-owned news publications began forming across the U.S. and their rise continued into the 20th century.
From The Chicago Defender, and Pittsburgh Courier, all the way to publications such as EBONY and Jet, the Black Press has allowed the world to see the positive aspects of African American life & provide a platform for Black people to discuss issues relevant to the community.
Learn more about the Black Press and its history here: https://nnpa.org/black-press-history/
Ernest Owens is an award-winning journalist based in Philadelphia and the CEO of Ernest Media Empire, a media company that offers writing, communications and consulting services to public service and community advocacy organizations.
At 29 years old, Ernest already has many firsts: He's
Philadelphia Magazine's first Black Editor-at-Large and PABJ's first openly gay president. Known for his authoritative opinion writing and reporting on race, LGBTQ issues and pop culture, Ernest's star continues to rise in the journalism world.
His work has appeared in the The New York Times, Washington Post, HuffPost and many Philadelphia publications. He also hosts the podcast, "Ernestly Speaking."
Learn more about Ernest and his work here: https://ernestowens.com/
Jelani Cobb is a writer, author, educator and professor of journalism at Columbia Journalism School. He has been a contributing writer for The New Yorker since 2012, and became a staff writer for them in 2015. He is a graduate of Howard and has a doctorate in American history from Rutgers.
Cobb frequently covers race, history politics and culture, and he has published several essays and anthologies in addition to his books. He specializes in post-Civil War African-American history, Cold War history and 20th-century American politics.
In 2015 he won the Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism for his columns on race, the police, and injustice.
Learn more about Jelani and his work here: http://newyorker.com/contributors/jelani-cobb
Dawn Porter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a vast body of work that has appeared on HBO, PBS, CNN, and Discovery to name a few. Her recent films include 2020's
John Lewis: Good Trouble about the life of Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis, and The Way I See It about
White House photographer Pete Souza.
She spent the early part of her career as a lawyer before transitioning to documentary film. She made her directorial debut in 2013 with the film "Gideon's Army" which won the best editing award at Sundance Film Festival.
She is the founder and head of Trilogy Films, a film production company that specializes in documentaries.
Learn more about Dawn and her work here:
https://www.trilogy-films.com/dawn-porter
Cheryl Devall is a journalist, editor, and radio correspondent based in the Bay Area. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia Journalism, she has written and produced stories for publications across the country, including the Courier Journal, The Mercury News, and the Chicago Tribune.
Devall edited the 2019 radio documentary "Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul" for , which was nominated for a Peabody award. She was the senior radio editor for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and edited the audio version of their "All Work, No Pay" report which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Her decades-long career has covered a variety of stories, and she has mentored numerous reporters who have gone on to lead successful careers. Learn more about Cheryl and her work here:
https://cheryldevall.com/a-bit-of-background
William "Bill" Drummond is a veteran journalist and lecturer at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His work spans 5 decades, covering civil rights, foreign affairs, & recently, incarceration. In 2012 he partnered w/ the San Quentin News to teach journalism to inmates.
Drummond's early journalism career began in the '60s writing for the Courier Journal before joining the Los Angeles Times where he was one of the few African American reporters at the publication during that time. In 1976, he was appointed a White House Fellow by President Gerald R. Ford.
Drummond has been on the Berkeley J-school faculty for over 30 years and has taught classes on race, policing, and the San Quentin News where J-school students have the opportunity to serve as editors. In 2020, he released a new book called "The Prison Truth," about the history of the San Quentin Newspaper, including stories from the inmates behind it.
Learn more about Bill and his remarkable career here: https://journalism.berkeley.edu/person/drummond/
Pam Moore is a news anchor at KRON 4 News in San Francisco. Moore joined the station in 1991 as an anchor and general assignment reporter. She was nominated for an Emmy for the special ‘Selma to Ferguson."
Moore also contributed to KRON 4’s five-part news series “About Race," which was nominated for a Peabody Award. In 2009, she was honored for her commitment to journalism by the Bay Area Black Journalists Association.
Moore has been committed to community service in the Bay Area and has won several awards for her volunteer work. In 2018, she received the Vanguard supporter award from the
East Oakland Youth Development Center for her scholarship and support.
Learn more about Pam and her work here: https://www.kron4.com/author/pam-moore/
Robin Givhan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic, journalist, and senior critic-at-large for the Washington Post. Her journalism work has appeared in various news and fashion publications such Vogue, Harper's Baazar, and The New Yorker to name a few.
Givhan's notable fashion critiques include first ladies, politicians, and designers amongst others. In 2006, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Criticism for her fashion coverage, making her the first-ever fashion writer to win the award.
Learn more about Robin and her work here: https://www.robingivhanwriter.com/about
Sherrell Dorsey is a data journalist, entrepreneur, and founder/CEO of The Plug Daily, a tech newsletter and platform dedicated to Black innovators and leaders. Dorsey's work has been featured in several publications including Vice, Axios, and the Washington Post.
Dorsey built her original concept for The Plug while a student at
Columbia Journalism School where she earned her Master's in Data Journalism degree.
In 2018, she was named one of CNET's most inspiring women. Learn more about Sherrell and her work here: https://www.sherrelldorsey.com/about
Ginger Thompson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Chief of Correspondents ProPublica. She previously worked for The New York Times where she spent 15 years as their Mexico City bureau chief.
Thompson's groundbreaking investigative reporting work has exposed issues in federal policy on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border ranging from immigration to the war on drugs.
In 2019, she was awarded the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Learn more about Thompson and her work here: https://www.propublica.org/people/ginger-thompson
Gordon Parks was a photographer, author, & film director whose work documented American life & culture from the early 1940s into the 21st century. Some of Park's notable work includes his photo essays on the lives of African Americans with themes that explored poverty and racism.
Park's work and legacy live on through The Gordon Parks Foundation which he co-founded in 2006 shortly before his death. You can learn more about Parks and his work here: http://gordonparksfoundation.org
Omar Jimenez CNN is a Chicago-based journalist and news correspondent for CNN where he has worked since 2017. He is also a graduate of Medill - Northwestern University.
Jimenez, who is of Afro-Latino heritage, has covered domestic & international events including the trials of the Baltimore officers charged in Freddie Gray's death and the aftermath of the Notre Dame fire in Paris.
He covered the BLM protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and made national headlines after state police arrested him live on-air during one of the protests.
Learn more about Jimenez and his reporting here: https://www.cnn.com/profiles/omar-jimenez
Michel Martin is a journalist and weekend host of
NPR's "All Things Considered." She has worked in print, radio, and television throughout her 25-year career including the Washington Post and the Wallstreet Journal. She won an Emmy while at ABC News for her coverage of the international campaign to ban the use of landmines.
In 2019, Martin was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in journalism. Learn more about her and her work here: npr.org/people/5201175/michel-martin
William Monroe Trotter was a journalist and vocal advocate of racial equality during the early 20th century. In 1901, he co-founded the Boston Guardian, an independent Black-owned newspaper that he used as a forum to oppose discrimination and segregation of African Americans. He was the first African American to receive Phi Kappa Beta honors from Harvard University where he graduated.
Trotter advocated for an end to racial segregation, often coming at odds with prominent African Americans such as Booker T. Washington who held differing views. In 1905, he & W.E.B. Dubois co-founded the Niagra Movement which had a more radical approach to confronting inequality.
The Niagra Movement would later serve as the foundation for the
NAACP. Trotter continued his advocacy work through the Boston Guardian and he dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights. Learn more about his life and legacy here: https://bit.ly/3u1Hyua
Malaika Jabali is a journalist, activist, and public policy attorney who has written for numerous publications including Essence, Teen Vogue, Vox, and The Guardian where she is currently a columnist.
In 2019, she received the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) Media Award for her debut political feature "The Color of Economic Anxiety" in Current Affairs magazine. As a full-time public policy attorney, she writes legislation and examines federal and New York City housing policy.
Learn more about Malaika and her work here: https://bit.ly/3b9Jecr
Nadia Hallgren is an award-winning director & cinematographer from the Bronx, New York and is best known for her Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary "Becoming" featuring Michelle Obama. This was her first feature-length film debut.
Hallgren, who is of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage, has filmed numerous award-winning documentaries including the Oscar-nominated Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner "Trouble the Water" (2008) and "Trapped" (2016). Her 2019 film "After Maria" was put on the Oscar shortlist.
In 2017, Hallgren became a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Learn more about her and her award-winning film work here: https://bit.ly/2MUoJbJ
Kristen Welker is a television journalist and longtime correspondent for NBC News where she has worked since 2010. Welker interned at the Today Show in 1997 while a student at Harvard and later became a weekend anchor & reporter for NBC’s Philadelphia news affiliate in 2005.
She joined NBC News West Coast Headquarters in 2010 and became a White House correspondent the following year. In 2020, Welker became the new co-anchor of and was a moderator for the final presidential debate making her the second Black woman to have the role.
That same year, she won the award for Outstanding Broadcast Journalist at the Washington Women in Journalism Awards. Welker received lots of praise for her presidential debate moderation and you can watch her noteworthy moments from the event here: https://bit.ly/2LMLkq0
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an award-winning journalist and activist. She was the first African American woman to enroll at the University of Georgia, earning her B.A in Journalism in 1963.
After leaving the New Yorker, she became the Harlem Burea chief for the New York Times and her work in the editorial room was as significant as her reporting, leading The Times to change its use of the term Negroes when referring to African American people. Hunter-Gault has also worked for NPR and PBS, later moving to CNN where she became their Johannesburg bureau chief in 1999. She held her role at CNN until 2005 and was inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame in that same year.
A trailblazer in her own right, Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s career helped tell stories that mattered and shape how those stories were being told.
You can read more of her recent work here: pbs.org/newshour/author/charlayne-hunter-gault
Moneta Sleet Jr. was an American press photographer best known for his work at EBONY magazine. In 1969, Sleet won the
Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of a grieving Coretta Scott & Bernice King at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral. Sleet became the first African American man to win the Pulitzer, and the first African American to win the award for journalism.
Learn more about Sleet and his historic photography work here: https://bbc.in/2MKKlHv
Wendi C. Thomas is an investigative journalist based in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2017, she founded MLK50, a one-year project that expanded into a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on poverty, power and public policy in Memphis. In 2019, Thomas received
NABJ's Best Practices Award for her efforts in creating
MLK50. The following year she won the Selden Ring Award for "Profiting from the Poor," an investigative series she did in partnership with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network.
Learn more about Thomas and "MLK50: Justice Through Journalism" here: https://bit.ly/2YXMamO
Madeline Anderson is a documentary filmmaker and television producer, best known for her 1970 short documentary "I Am Somebody" about Black female hospital workers on strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
Anderson's 1960 film, "Integration Report 1" which documents the first sit-ins during the Civil Rights movement, is recognized as the first documentary film to be directed by an African American woman.
In 1993, Anderson was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and in 2019, the Library of Congress selected her film "I Am Somebody" to be preserved in the National Film Registry. Learn more about her legendary career here: https://s.si.edu/3p0uKR3
Les Payne was a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor & columnist Newsday. He was also the fourth president and co-founder of NABJ. With his daughter Tamara Payne as his principal researcher, Payne undertook an epic 30-year-project to write "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X," for which he posthumously won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2020, among many other honors.
Learn more about Payne and his legacy here: https://lespayne.org/
Tre'vell Anderson is an award-winning journalist and current Editor-at-Large for Toronto's Xtra Magazine. They are also the current president of the National Association of Black Journalists - Los Angeles Chapter. Anderson gained wide recognition for their work at the LA Times where they covered film and entertainment in Hollywood through their diversity beat with a focus on Black and q***r film.
In 2020, Anderson was included in The Root's "100 Most Influential African Americans" list. Anderson has been a vocal advocate of Black and LGBTQ inclusion and continues to uplift their stories and uncover their intersections through the lens of pop culture. You can learn more about Anderson and their work here: https://bit.ly/3oWAPOv
Gayle King is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist, author and television personality who co-hosts CBS This Morning. She also serves as editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine.
King has conducted several notable interviews for CBS ranging from celebrities to world leaders and in 2018 was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. The following year she was included in Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list.
Gwen Ifill was a print and broadcast journalist who broke innumerable barriers in her career covering politics. She covered seven presidential campaigns, moderated three national debates, and co-anchored the PBS NewsHour until her passing in 2016.
Ifill's first job in broadcast journalism was as a congressional correspondent for NBC News. In 1999, she became the moderator and managing editor of PBS’ Washington Week, making her the first Black woman to host a national political talk show. She moderated the vice-presidential debates in 2004 and 2008 and was a moderator during the Democratic primary debates in 2016.
Ifill published a book, mentored countless young journalists, and became one of the most trusted and respected reporters in the nation. Learn more about her work and legacy here: pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/gwen-ifill
Felipe Luciano is a journalist, activist, and poet based in New York City. A two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, Luciano was the first Puerto Rican television anchor of a major media network station in the United States. Luciano's career in journalism started in radio where he hosted a variety of NYC programs. He then moved on to television broadcast, where he was one of the original anchors for "Good Day New York" on FOX-5 NY.
Inspired by the activism of the Black Panther Party, he co-founded the New York chapter of the Young Lords Party to organize against gentrification. He was also a founding member of The Original Last Poets. Luciano is a lifelong advocate of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage, community empowerment, intercultural communication, and civil rights. He is one of the most recognized Afro-Latinos in the United States.
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While today is the last day of #BlackHistoryMonth, Black history is every single day of the year. We wanted our last spotlight to focus on the news publications that have provided a platform for Black people to express themselves & advocated for their advancement in society. Our final spotlight goes to #TheBlackPress In 1827, after growing exhaustion over the negative stories about Black people in the press, a group of free Black men in New York City founded the first African-American newspaper in the United States: The Freedom's Journal. The paper paved the way for other historic Black-owned newspapers such as The North Star, founded in 1847 by famed abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. From there, Black-owned news publications began forming across the U.S. and their rise continued into the 20th century. From The Chicago Defender, and Pittsburgh Courier, all the way to publications such as EBONY and Jet, the Black Press has allowed the world to see the positive aspects of African American life & provide a platform for Black people to discuss issues relevant to the community. Learn more about the Black Press and its history here: https://nnpa.org/black-press-history/
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