NABJ Black Press Task Force

18/09/2022

I mean EVERY WORD.

10/06/2022

Why does the Black community oppose the menthol ban?

https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/06/10/why-does-the-black-community-oppose-the-menthol-ban/

Many in the social justice community and Menthol Is Not A Crime are opposed to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposal to ban menthol-flavored and other flavored ci******es.

04/04/2022

New Netflix Series by Shonda Rhimes to Focus on Queen Charlotte

https://chicagodefender.com/new-netflix-series-by-shonda-rhimes-to-focus-on-queen-charlotte/

The series centers on the rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte, it will also focus on Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury. TT

04/04/2022

Bruce Johnson, WUSA anchor and street-savvy reporter, dies at 71
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wusa9-anchor-bruce-johnson-dead/2022/04/04/db20438e-4c88-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html

He spent more than four decades with the CBS affiliate, where he was known for coverage of local politics and urban affairs.

12/02/2022

Save the Date: Our co-founders will be in conversation about the legacy of our namesake, Ida B. Wells, and her work as an investigative journalist on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. ET.

Be on the lookout for registration information!

06/02/2022

Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for guaranteed income. Now experiments are taking place in his hometown and other cities around the country
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/06/new-guaranteed-income-experiments-inspired-by-martin-luther-king-jr-.html

A new program plans to give Black women in Georgia up to $850 in guaranteed income per month. Similar experiments are also taking place across the country.

26/12/2021

Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/world/africa/desmond-tutu-dead.amp.html

The archbishop, a powerful force for nonviolence in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

24/12/2021

23/11/2021

Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, found dead in her Brooklyn home

https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/11/23/malikah-shabazz-daughter-of-malcolm-x-found-dead-in-her-brooklyn-home/

Malcolm X’s youngest daughter, Malikah Shabazz, was found dead in her Brooklyn home Monday night, according to the NYPD.

07/10/2021

Tina Turner sells music catalog spanning 60 years to BMG.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tina-turner-sells-music-catalog-spanning-60-years-bmg-n1280891

The music catalog includes Turner's 1984 hit "What's Love Got to Do With It," the album and single "Private Dancer," and the 1989 song "The Best."

05/09/2021

Here’s Rihanna’s Perfect Response To Her New Billionaire Status

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/lifestyle/rihanna-perfect-response-her-billionaire-110000013.html

Her response was simple.

29/08/2021

March on Washington. Thousands descend on Capitol to demand voting rights. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158691139127635&id=36517112634

By Gregory L. Coleman, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — More than 25,000 people from across the country, some as far away as California, gathered in the nation to protest efforts in more than a dozen states they said to make voting more difficult and to urge Congress to pass the John Le...

08/08/2021

This week’s cover “to mask or not to mask” as well as a tribute to Bishop Douglas Miles (https://afro.com/bishop-douglas-miles-koinonia-founder-finds-a-rhythm-in-heaven-his-heart-couldnt-know-on-earth/)

05/07/2021

A Disparaging Video Prompts Explosive Fallout Within ESPN

In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/sports/basketball/espn-rachel-nichols-maria-taylor.html

In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity.

04/04/2021

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is providing grant funding directly to support freelance reporters and producers at Black-owned media outlets through the “Black Press Grant Program.” The program is supported by a $300,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).

The grants aim to help ensure Black-owned print, broadcast, and digital outlets are resourced with original and innovative coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus vaccine, and/or its intersections into the nation’s K-12 education system.

A review of proposals will be led by the NABJ Black Press Task Force and NABJ staff. NABJ will distribute Black media content through its newly launched news platform.

NABJ co-founder Sandra Dawson Long Weaver, editorial director of the Tennessee Tribune in Nashville, is the project coordinator. Joining Long Weaver on this project are the following committee members: NABJ Black Press Task Force Co-chair Tené Croom, NABJ Vice President-Print Kathy Chaney, and NABJ’s Director of Finance Nathaniel Chambers.

Get more information and an application here: https://thenabj.wufoo.com/forms/w11l4zaq0zbievj/

24/02/2021

She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/24/henrietta-wood-reparations-slavery/

After the Civil War, Henrietta Wood made history by pursuing an audacious lawsuit against the man who’d kidnapped her back into slavery. Yet the story was lost to her own family.

19/02/2021

Serena Williams cries when talking about retirement after losing at the Australian Open.
https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-cries-retirement-question-australian-open-crowd-2021-2

Serena Williams' wave to the Australian Open crowd after losing to Naomi Osaka immediately sparked rumors about her possible retirement.

08/02/2021

Amanda Gorman style at the Super Bowl. https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-super-bowl-poetry-style

The poet kicked off the Super Bowl in an elegant, but youthful Moschino look.

16/01/2021

Uganda's president wins re-election amid claims of fraud.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/africa/uganda-presidential-election-yoweri-museveni-bobi-wine-intl/index.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=curated

Uganda's longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term in a vote his rival has rejected as rigged, calling on the country to dismiss the results.

18/12/2020

Meharry Medical College Announces Collaboration with University of Memphis and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for More Doctors of Color

“We will work together to diversify the healthcare provider pipeline and advance health care education,” said Dr. James Hildreth, the president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville. The institutions plan to create training and research for medical students of color, hoping they will grow the number of primary care doctors across the state.

Source: BLACKPRESS

https://bit.ly/3p3ir6S

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Meharry Medical College, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and the University of Memphis announced a historic

15/12/2020

From Talia Buford, Talent Director She says her company is hiring 11 reporters to cover the South and Southwest.

From Twitter posting:
We’ll start looking at applications after Jan. 4, 2021 but will continue accepting them until we have seen a great pool of candidates. Our goal is to extend offers by the end of February and welcome you to our team by April. So please get your applications in as soon as possible.

We don’t require a set number of years of experience, but these aren’t entry level positions. The South and Southwest units join our dynamite regional newsroom in Illinois https://t.co/nns5Qn5le5 ...

ProPublica Illinois is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.

26/11/2020

Happy Thanksgiving.

“The road back may not be as short as we wish. But there are solid reasons to feel confident about the future." - Richard Parsons, business executive, former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner.

20/11/2020

Vox, the flagship news site of Vox Media, is losing its top two editorial execs: Ezra Klein, co-founder and editor-at-large and founder, is leaving to join the New York Times’ opinion department, and editor-in-chief and SVP Lauren Williams will exit to launch Capital B, a local and national nonprofit news organization serving Black audiences.

Williams, who joined Vox in 2014 and was promoted to be Vox’s EIC in 2017, will be departing in February 2021. She plans to launch Capital B in mid-2021.

“The 6+ years I’ve spent helping to build Vox into what it is today have been the most rewarding of my career. I love Vox, and I love my team,” Williams wrote on Twitter. “There’s only one thing that could compel me to leave: the opportunity to create something I’ve dreamed about for a decade.” Williams previously worked at Mother Jones and TheRoot.com.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/vox-co-founder-ezra-klein-184906889.html

Vox, the flagship news site of Vox Media, is losing its top two editorial execs: Ezra Klein, co-founder and editor-at-large and founder, is leaving to join the New York Times' opinion department, and editor-in-chief and SVP Lauren Williams will exit to launch Capital B, a local and national nonprofi...

18/11/2020

There is a place for education in the fight against racism, but we shouldn’t confuse it for the fight itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/opinion/college-antiracism-teaching.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

There is a place for education in the fight against racism, but we shouldn’t confuse it for the fight itself.

15/11/2020

NAACP President Derrick Johnson talks about the power of the Black vote.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson explains how Black voters have transformed America’s electoral map.

02/11/2020

Vote tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3! Too much is at stake to stay home.
https://youtu.be/ZQ24MZwyc7U

Actor and activist Morgan Freeman tells us exactly whats at stake if we dont VOTE

10/10/2020

President Trump delivers brief speech to supporters at White House.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-holds-person-event-covid-19-diagnosis/story?id=73539130

President Donald Trump is delivering remarks from the White House at his first in-person event since he tested positive for coronavirus.

10/10/2020

President Trump recently concluded his remarks at a White House rally.

Candace Owens' BLEXIT group pays for some attendees' travel to the White House event.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/candace-owens-blexit-group-pays-attendees-travel-trumps/story?id=73531036

Some guests for Saturday's White House event featuring President Donald Trump had their travel and lodging paid for by Candace Owens' group, BLEXIT.

07/10/2020

ABC News' Alex Perez on coming out: It 'allowed me to find and marry the love of my life'

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/abc-news-alex-perez-coming-allowed-find-marry-73454688

ABC News' Alex Perez pens an essay about his coming out experience and story for National Coming Out Day.

05/10/2020

Behind the armor: Men seek ‘purpose’ in protecting property despite charges of racism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/behind-the-armor-men-seek-purpose-in-protecting-property-despite-charges-of-racism/2020/10/05/b8496fec-001e-11eb-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

Armed civilian groups, predominately White, have proliferated with the rise of racial justice protests.

29/08/2020

Rest in Peace Chadwick Boseman. Gone too soon.

For showing us how to conquer adversity with grace...

For showing us how to "Say it Loud!"...

For showing us how to walk as a King, without losing the common touch....

For showing us just how powerful we are...

Thank you

26/07/2020

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon, went this morning for the final time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the site of an event that helped define his place in civil rights history.

From Selma, Lewis will go on to Montgomery, where there will be a receiving ceremony in the city before he will lie in state at the Capitol from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/john-lewis-taking-final-ride-over-selma-bridge.html

Alabama is spending this weekend honoring one of its most beloved and revered sons. On Sunday morning, John Lewis’ body will be taken one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where he was infamously beaten by state troopers as he attempted to cross the span at the beginning of the landmark v...

21/07/2020

Top ABC News executive Barbara Fedida to leave after probe into 'racially insensitive comments'

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/top-abc-news-executive-barbara-fedida-leave-after-probe-racially-n1234406

During contract negotiations regarding "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts, Fedida is accused of having said ABC was not asking Roberts to "pick cotton," an allusion to slavery.

18/07/2020

John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/john-lewis-dead.amp.html

Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.

04/07/2020

The U.S. is observing the 4th of July as African Americans and others march and rally across the country denouncing police brutality, while they are also reminding the nation that Black lives matter. During these turbulent times consider the speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July“, from activist Frederick Douglass.

Douglass, a runaway slave, delivered the speech to an abolitionist group – the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society on July 5, 1852, in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York.

Here is an excerpt of the speech:

“Fellow-citizens; above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, today, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, “may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!” To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world. My subject, then fellow-citizens, is AMERICAN SLAVERY. I shall see, this day, and its popular characteristics, from the slave’s point of view. Standing, there, identified with the American bondman, making his wrongs mine, I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this 4th of July! Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery — the great sin and shame of America! “I will not equivocate; I will not excuse;” I will use the severest language I can command; and yet not one word shall escape me that any man, whose judgment is not blinded by prejudice, or who is not at heart a slaveholder, shall not confess to be right and just.”

Frederick Douglass full speech can be found here: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/

NPR released a video featuring descendants of Douglass reading lines from the speech. Here is a link to the video: https://youtu.be/NBe5qbnkqoM

This link will take you to a reading of the speech by award winning celebrated actor James Earl Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbOya3Ao09g

19/06/2020

The NABJ Black Press Task Force honors Juneteenth!

08/06/2020

Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, sold a memoir titled Don’t Forget to Ballantine. Don’t Forget, Ballantine said, will detail how the author got into TV journalism. (In addition to her role at PBS NewsHour, she is also a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC.) In particular, Ballantine continued, the book will show “how the precise path Alcindor took—as the child of Haitian immigrants and as a journalism prodigy covering Black Lives Matter and civil rights abuses—informs her point of view while reporting on one of the most chaotic administrations in modern times.” (From PublishersWeekly.com)

05/05/2020

Congratulations to Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times. Awarded 2020 Pulitzer Prize. https://t.co/ToOmaB8ZI8