Annual Report 2014

NABJ Annual Report 2014 A Message from the President 3

Board of Directors 7

Committees and Task Forces 9

NABJ Awards 11

S.E.E.D PrograM 15

MembershiP 19

Media Institutes 21

NABJ Annual Convention 23

Financial Report 25

B National Association of Black Journalists

Message from the President

Dear NABJ Members & Friends,

As the 20th President of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) elected in August 2013, I would like to thank you for your continued support of NABJ. This report provides a summary of the goals we’ve achieved, of our advocacy efforts, of the programs we hosted, and of the resources we provided to the membership, none of which would have been possible without your support.

During the 2013 and 2014 fiscal years, NABJ rose to the occasion and demonstrated that we remain committed to the cause of advocating on behalf of black journalists worldwide. Our advocacy efforts and programs were devoted to providing training and career development opportunities, sensitizing the media towards the portrayal of people of color, encouraging media entrepreneurism, celebrating exceptional work by black journalists or works which provided exceptional coverage of the black community, and developing a pipeline from which comes the next generation of highly-skilled journalists and capable newsroom leaders.

In the summer of 2013 we hosted a successful convention in Kissimmee, FL, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, which began a series of events designed to allow for skill development, the 2013 Hall of Fame, and national Media Institutes including the Health Disparities Conference and the Media Professionals Conference. NABJ also hosted a Media Institute on Energy in Houston, Texas. This was in addition to hosting our student-targeted programming like the NABJ Multimedia Short Courses.

All the while, NABJ spoke up when the time came about issues which needed to be addressed in the media. NABJ continues to make regular advocacy visits to media companies, NABJ task forces continue to host online trainings and webinars for their constituencies, and we seek continued partnerships with other organizations to make NABJ an organization relevant to you, and which works for you 365 days a year.

Through this report, we offer you but a sampling of the ways in which NABJ remains poised to lead. We strive to continue to increase our membership and sponsor support as well as provide innovative programs and resources.

I invite you to read our annual report for more information about the state of our NABJ.

Yours in Service,

Bob Butler Bob Butler NABJ President

23 National Association of Black Journalists Message from the Exec. Director

My dear NABJ Family and Friends,

Fiscal Year 2013 saw NABJ continue to maintain a stable financial foundation. Our cash flow position enabled us to continue to pay our debt in a timely manner including payroll, payroll taxes and fringe benefits, funding its retirement accounts and overall operation expenses. We closed all grant reports requested from our funders.

The 2013 Convention in Kissimmee FL, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center was a rousing success both financially and programmatically. It surpassed our expectations and attracted many new sponsors and gave rise for existing corporate partners to respond to our sponsor survey that they were very pleased with the convention and would be returning for future conventions.

The organization generated total revenues for the year 2013 of $2,816,506. The total organizational expenses for the year 2013 were $2,588,131. This resulted in a significant net profit for the year end 2013 of $228,375.

The 2014 calendar year however was financially challenging due to a change in the NABJ’s Executive Director’s position in February 2014 and a significant turnover in our fundraising department in January 2014. These two major events negatively affected the organization’s fundraising for the 2014 for both the convention and the organization as a whole. The organization’s 2014 revenue was significantly less than the revenue generated for the year 2013. The reduction in revenue for the year 2014 resulted in a ($227,137) deficit for the year 2014.

Despite the financial downturn for 2014, NABJ maintained the ability to pay all of its financial obligations in a timely manner, including payroll, payroll taxes, fringe benefits, funding its retirement accounts and overall operating expenses.

In October 2013, The Ford Foundation awarded NABJ a two-year $150,000 grant, to run from October 2013 to September 2015. The purpose of the grant was to provide funding for creation of the Online NABJ C.A.R.E.S portal, to develop an educational curriculum, for on-site outreach at the annual convention, scholarships to the annual convention and to provide advocacy for employers to hire journalists of color.

In addition to efforts of the Ford Grant, NABJ continued to expand programmatically and offer our members the high- quality services they have come to expect from our organization. From promoting diversity in the media marketplace to providing educational programming to connecting our members for career advancement, NABJ remains an invaluable tool for change.

Darryl R . Matthews Sr. Darryl R. Matthews, Sr. NABJ Executive Director

NABJ Annual Report 2014 43 Our Mission

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.

NABJ is committed to: Strengthening ties among black journalists.

Sensitizing all media to the importance of fairness in the workplace for black journalists.

Expanding job opportunities and recruiting activities for veteran, young and aspiring black journalists, while providing continued professional development and training.

Increasing the number of black journalists in management positions and encouraging black journalists to become entrepreneurs.

Fostering an exemplary group of professionals that honors excellence and outstanding achievements by black journalists, and outstanding achievement in the media industry as a whole, particularly when it comes to providing balanced coverage of the black community and society at large.

Partnering with high schools and colleges to identify and encourage black students to become journalists and to diversify faculties and related curriculum. Providing informational and training services to the general public.

45 National Association of Black Journalists 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 nation.

Many of NABJ’s members also belong to one of the dozens of professional and student chapters that serve black journalists nationwide.

NABJ Member Benefits: Access to year-round professional development through the NABJ Media Institute, the annual convention and career fair and regional conferences.

Opportunities — and a responsibility — to help ensure fair and balanced media coverage of the black community and to encourage the industry to hire and retain more black journalists.

Professional Development for black journalists seeking to improve their skills and advance to newsroom management.

Recognition of journalistic excellence and achievement via the annual Salute to Excellence and Special Honors awards.

Subscriptions to the annual NABJ Journal, NABJobs Online, NABJ Forum, and NABJ E-News.

Mentoring and recruiting the next generation of aspiring black journalists through our partnership programs with high schools and colleges across the country.

NABJ Annual Report 2014 65 NABJ Board of Directors 2013-2015 Parliamentarian President Region V Director

Mary Benton Bob Butler Cindy George Journalist and Media Reporter Health Access Reporter Relations specialist KCBS Radio Houston Chronicle Houston, TX San Francisco, CA Houston, TX

Vice President/Broadcast Region I Director Region VI Director

Dedrick Russell Reporter Sherlon Christie Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig WBTV, LLC/Raycom Sports Reporter Editor-in-Chief Media Asbury Park Press shades Magazine Charlotte, NC Neptune, NJ Oakland, CA Vice President/Print Region II Director Associate Representative

Troy Johnson Dawn Roberts Anchor/Reporter/On-Air Managing Partner/Founder Errin Whack Personality KD Communications Washington, DC WHUR 96.3 Group Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA Secretary Region III Director Student Representative

Corey Dade Gayle Hurd Contributing Editor, Anchor/Reporter/Producer Khorri Atkinson The Root WBZJ-FM/WPTF-AM York College at the City Curtis Media Group (Raleigh) Washington, DC University of New York Raleigh, North Carolina New York, New York Treasurer Region IV Director

Keith Reed Office of Mayor Kasim Reed Vickie Thomas Deputy Press Secretary Reporter WWJ/CBS Radio Detroit Atlanta, GA Detroit, MI

67 National Association of Black Journalists National Office Staff

Executive Director

Region V Director Darryl R. Matthews, Sr.

Finance Manager Mary Benton Nathaniel Chambers Journalist and Media Relations specialist Membership Manager Houston, TX Veronique Dodson

Region VI Director Program Manager Scott Berry

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig Development Director Editor-in-Chief Denise Brooking shades Magazine Oakland, CA Program Coordinator Associate Representative Lisa Waldschmitt

Executive Assistant Dawn Roberts Managing Partner/Founder Taylor Osborne-Smith KD Communications Group Communications consultant Philadelphia, PA Aprill O. Turner Student Representative program consultant Carol Ash

Khorri Atkinson York College at the City Development Assistant University of New York Jenae’ Bryant New York, New York Programming Assistant Intern Phillip Green

Membership Coordinator Amber Craddock

NABJ Annual Report 2014 87 Committees & Task Forces

AWARDS COMMITTEE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Developing and distributing criteria for various national journalism Oversee the election process and develop the rules that apply to it. categories in the annual NABJ Salute to Excellence awards contest. The committee shall set candidate standards, rules, regulations and Chair: Ray Metoyer, Multimedia Content Developer Townhall Productions qualifications for nominations and regulations governing the process and arbitrate any disputes to that procedure. The Board of Directors will have the authority to supersede decisions of the Committee by a COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE two-thirds vote of the Board’s members. Actively develop, implement and execute a communications strategy for Chair: Wesley Lowery, Reporter, The Washington Post NABJ.

Chair: Dawn Angelique Roberts, KD Communications Group and Aprill FINANCE COMMITTEE O. Turner, Turner Communications LLC Provide financial advice to ensure the Board of Directors successfully meets its financial goals. The committee shall also be available to provide CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE financial advice and counsel to the President, Treasurer and Board of Chairs: Allison Davis, Founder, Coopty Productions Directors, review and advise the Board on the annual budget, review Herbert Lowe, Professional in Residence, Marquette University spending and income quarterly. It shall be composed of the NABJ Kim Roberts-Hedgpeth, National Executive Director, American Youth Treasurer, two former NABJ treasurers, two independent financial Soccer Organization advisors and a top executive from a media company. Chair: Greg Morrison, CEO, Griotworks, Assignment Editor, CNN CONSTITUTIONAL AND OPERATING PROCEDURES COMMITTEE HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE Considering any proposed amendments to the Constitution and Operating Legendary black journalists who have made outstanding contributions Procedures suggested by any full member. The Committee shall make to journalism are inducted yearly. recommendations on such changes to the membership for consideration Chair: Maureen Bunyan, WJLA-TV (Washington); Hall of Fame NABJ according to the guidelines established by the Constitution and Operating Founder Procedures. Chair: Cindy George, Reporter & The Houston Advocate, Houston Chronicle Media Group HEALTHY NABJ COMMITTEE Chair: Cindy George, Reporter & The Houston Advocate, Houston Chronicle Media Group CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Chair: Charles F. Robinson, III, Reporter, Maryland Public Television HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Chair: Russell LaCour, Copy Editor, Tulsa World CONVENTION PROGRAM BOOK COMMITTEE Chair: Deirdre Childress Hopkins, Strategic Communications Manager, And Pennsylvania Convention Center Vice Chair: Melanie Eversley, MEDIA INSTITUTE COMMITTEE Reporter, USA Today The Media Institute offers professional development opportunities, Deputy Chairs: Brittany Geneva Cummings, Al Jazeera America technical training, historical documentation and educational programs. Ken Lemon, Reporter, WSOC (Charlotte, N.C.) Chair: Cindy George, Reporter & The Houston Advocate, Houston Dawn Angelique Roberts, Associate Representative and Board Liaison, Chronicle Media Group Managing Partner/Founder, KD Communications Group Cindy George, Parliamentarian and Healthy NABJ Coordinator, Reporter and the Houston Advocate, Houston Chronicle Communications Group MEDIA MONITORING COMMITTEE Student Assistant: Alison Hazel Monitoring the national media for discrimination and other injustices Designer: Antone Amye, Page Designer, Detroit News to people in the African diaspora in their coverage and employment practices. It shall report to the Board of Directors and the membership

issues of concern. COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS Foster effective chapter management, develop strategies for chapters to Chair: Eric Deggans, TV Critic, National Public Radio recruit and retain members, develop strategies to assist chapters in raising funds for scholarships and other award programs. It shall also aggressively MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE recruit members to NABJ and work to reach a consensus and make Locating new members, reclaiming former members and retaining recommendations on how mutual problems can be addressed and resolved current members, and creating programs for this purpose. It also shall within NABJ. be responsible for evaluating all membership applications and affiliate Chair: Duchesne Drew, Managing Editor for Operations, Minneapolis chapter applications. Star Tribune Marvin Hurst, Reporter, Gannett/KENS-TV Chair: Georgia Dawkins, Senior Producer, KSLA News 12

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE PRINT ADVOCACY COMMITTEE Actively pursuing new business partnerships and fundraising initiatives for Upon the direction of the Vice-President Print, this committee completes NABJ an annual census of managers in print newsrooms. Chair: Lynn Norment, Carol H. Williams Advertising Chair: Errin Whack, Independent Journalist

89 National Association of Black Journalists PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE DIGITAL JOURNALISM TASK FORCE Developing and implementing programs for the annual national Co-Chairs: Kiratiana Freelon, Student, CUNY Graduate School of convention. Journalism, Washington Post Chair: Deirdre Childress Hopkins, Strategic Communications Manager, Tracie Powell, Contributor, Columbia Journalism Review Founder, allDigitocracy.org Pennsylvania Convention Center

FOUNDERS TASK FORCE SPECIAL HONORS COMMITTEE Co-Chairs: Maureen Bunyan, Lead Co-anchor, WJLA-TV NABJ Special Honors represent the highest awards NABJ can bestow Les Payne, Newsday (Retired) upon a member. NABJ members, affiliate chapters and others nominate those who represent the best among black journalists. Awards include Bob Reid, BTR Media Works Lifetime Achievement, Legacy Award, Journalist of the Year and Emerging Journalist of the Year. GLOBAL JOURNALISM TASK FORCE Chair: Leisa Richardson, Metro Editor, The Indianapolis Star The Global Journalism Task Force promotes coverage of and about the African/African-American experience worldwide.

Co-Chairs: Jeff Ballou, News Editor, Al Jazeera English STUDENT EDUCATION ENRICHMENT & DEVELOPMENT Rochelle Riley, Columnist, Detroit Free Press (SEED) PROGRAM

The SEED program provides valuable benefits for student members by placing student interns at media companies nationwide; providing over LGBT TASK FORCE 12 scholarships annually, and coordinating the NABJ Convention student The mission of this task force is to unite NABJ’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and projects. transgender members so they may support and strengthen one another; to assist NABJ in carrying out its mission of inclusion and excellence. Chair: Delano R. Massey, Metro Editor, Lexington Herald-Leader Chair: Jonathan Adams, Public Information Officer, Lambda Legal

TASK FORCES POLITICAL JOURNALISM TASK FORCE The Political Journalism Task force is composed of journalists that cover ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TASK FORCE local, state, and national politics. The group’s purpose is to provide The NABJ Arts and Entertainment Task Force is available to members who support and programming for political journalists. cover arts and entertainment. Joining this group is a great way to connect to the broader arts and entertainment community. Chair: VACANT

Co-Chairs: Kelley Carter, ESPN and John-John Williams, Baltimore Sun PRINT JOURNALISM TASK FORCE The Print Journalism Task force is composed of print members and ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TASK FORCE advocates on their behalf. The Associate Member’s Task Force (AMTF) includes part-time journalists, Chair: Marlon A. Walker, Reporter, Detroit Free Press part-time freelance writers, educators, marketing and public relations professionals, as well as other media professionals. The purpose of this task SPORTS JOURNALISM TASK FORCE force is to advance the cause of issues related to these sectors and to NABJ. The NABJ Sports Task Force promotes diversity in America’s sports Chair: Dawn Angelique Roberts, Managing Partner/Founder, KD departments; provides programming toward developing the next wave of Communications Group America’s sports journalists. Chair: Marc J. Spears, NBA Writer, Yahoo! Sports BLACK PRESS TASK FORCE The Black Press Task Force includes journalists and owners of black media VISUAL TASK FORCE outlets. The group’s purpose is to advocate on behalf of black-owned media The NABJ Visual Task Force provides a venue for visual journalists in the and to foster camaraderie amongst journalists in this space. areas of photojournalism, design and informational graphics, broadcast Chair: Tene Croom, President, Tene Croom Communications photojournalism and visual leadership for newspaper, magazine, broadcast and online publications. BROADCAST TASK FORCE Co-Chairs: Danese Kenon, Multimedia Photojournalist, The The Broadcast Task Force includes radio and television journalists. The Indianapolis Star group’s purpose is to champion diversity in newsrooms across the country, David Trotman-Wilkins, Photo Editor, Newsday and to inspire camaraderie among broadcast journalists. Chair: Vince Hill, Anchor, KYW Newsradio YOUNG BLACK JOURNALISTS TASK FORCE The Young Black Journalists Task Force provides a forum and support for fellow journalists in their first few years. The Task Force annually COPY EDITORS TASK FORCE recognizes emerging journalists doing exemplary work. The Copy Editors Task Force includes copy desk managers, copy editors, Co-Chairs: Talia Buford, Energy Reporter, Politico news editors, line editors, layout and design editors, and yes, recruiters. Felicia Brown, Founder & CEO, Felicia Brown Talks Media The group’s purposes are to inspire the camaraderie among editors across the country; to share ideas about editing; and to discuss the ups and downs of working a non-traditional schedule. We also encourage college students to pursue copy editing and other careers in newsrooms. Chair: Diane Hawkins, Copy Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal

NABJ Annual Report 2014 109 NABJ 2014 Hall of Fame January 16, 2014 | The Newseum | Washington, DC

Every year, NABJ pays homage to legendary back journalists who have made outstanding contributions to the industry. Founded on April 5, 1990, we have been proud to honor the 50 members of the NABJ Hall of Fame over the last two decades and will continue to preserve their legacy for the future.

Herb Boyd Maureen Bunyan Ernest Dunbar Author, Educator, NABJ Founder, Globetrotting and National/ veteran TV News Journalists, Editor, Interanational Broadcaster, Primary and Writer Correspondent Anchor for ABC 7

Jay Harris Moses Newson Lee Thornton Publisher, Dean, Reporter, Editor, and Educator, and the and Founding Public Affairs Specialist first black woman Director to cover the White House regularly for CBS News.

Bernard Shaw Zelda Ormes Anchorman and First African-American Reporter woman newspaper cartoonist

Ida B. Wells Award The Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism & NABJ jointly and proudly award the prestigious Ida B. Wells Award to a media executive or manager who has made outstanding efforts to make newsrooms and news coverage more accurately reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.

We were proud to declare leading daily newspaper editor, writer, newsroom recruiter, educator, and training facilitator, Sheila R. Solomon the recipient of this year’s award. NABJ Special Honors

NABJ Special Honors represent the highest award bestowed upon our members. NABJ members, affiliate chapters, and others nominate those who represent the best of the best in black journalism.

Journalist of the Year Stephen Henderson “Stephen Henderson’s career has been one marked by incisive, and detailed reporting about politics, policy and urban affairs. Many might also remember his time as a Supreme Court reporter, which undoubtedly helped him learn to convey the importance of complex issues in an even more distinct and direct manner,” said NABJ President Bob Butler. “As an editorial writer and columnist Stephen has a unique voice which helps punctuate his arguments and which compels readers to seriously reflect on the issues facing them locally, nationally, and globally; often motivating them to seek solutions to the problems discussed.”

Lifetime Achievement Award Sandra Hughes “Sandra Hughes is a courageous pioneer who did not let racism get in the way of telling the story,” said NABJ President Bob Butler. “When anchoring her show at WFMY in the 70s, the station was evacuated when someone phoned in a bomb threat because they did not want to see a black person on air. As the building was evacuated, she kept doing her job.”

Emerging Journalist of the Legacy Award Year Hugh Grannum Wesley Lowery Community Service Award Journalism Educator of the Michaela Pereira Year Linda Florence Callahan, Chapter of the Year PH.D Philladelphia Association of Black Journalists Patricia Tobin (PABJ) Media Professional Award Tiffany R. Warren Student Chapter of the Year The University of Missouri Student Journalist of the Chapter of NABJ Year (NABJ-MU) Claudia Balthazar Averi Harper

NABJ Annual Report 2014 1112 2014 Salute to Excellence Winners

Awarded at the annual Convention and Career Fair, the NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards highlight exceptional pieces of journalism in print, broadcast, and multimedia. These awards cover the various range of talents and occupations within our industry, including design, photography, long-form written pieces, serial stories, documentaries, and interviews.

Newspapers Newspaper - Photography: Single Image Magazines Radio “Jim Brown” Newspaper Over 150,000 Lonnie Timmons III Magazines Over 1 Million Radio - Network The Plain Dealer Newspaper - News: Single Story Magazines - Investigative Radio - News: Short Form “Stash Houses” Newspaper - Photography: Multiple “Wrongfully Convicted: There was no “USC Students Allege Racial Profiling Breat Heath, John Hillkirk, & Images possibility in their mind that I didn’t By LAPD” Shannon Green “A Human Tragedy ” do it” Shereen Marisol Meraji & Shula USA Today Billy Smith II Jordan Michael Smith Neuman Houston Chronicle NPR Newspaper - News: Series Magazines - Sports “Detroit in crisis | Feeling the heat” Newspaper Under 150,000 “A Man Apart” Radio - Feature John Carlisle & Romain Blanquart Nick Chiles & Amy DuBois Barnett “Outside the Lines and The Sporting Detroit Free Press Newspaper - News: Single Story Johnson Publishing Company Life: Chamique Holdsclaw” “This Should Hurt Everybody” Josina Anderson, Greg Amante, Newspaper - Feature: Single Story Maudlyne Ihejirika & Becky Magazines - Business Brandon Lowe, Carolyn Hong, & “It’s so good to be alive” Schilkerman “Black Wealth Challenge” Dwayne Bray Cassandra Spratling Chicago Sun-Times Kimberly Seals-Allers & Amy DuBois ESPN Detroit Freepress Barnett Newspaper - News: Series Johnson Publishing Company Radio - Sports Newspaper - Feature: Series “Black, Poor Children Hit By Cars“ “Outside the Lines and The Sporting “My daughter’s kitchen” Doug Livingston & Dave Scott Magazines - Commentary/Essay Life: Leroy Hoard: Three to Remember” Maureen Fitzgerald Akron Beacon Journal “My Family Tree--In Black and White” Kelly Naqi, David Lubbers, Tim The Philadelphia Inquirer Dionne Ford Hays, & Dwayne Bray Newspaper - Feature: Single Story More Magazine ESPN Newspaper - Investigative “The Freedom Fighter” “What Happened to Kendrick Ernie Suggs Magazines - Art & Design: Page Design Radio - Documentary Johnson?” Atlanta Journal-Constitution “The Comedy Issue” “Reconciliation Way” Victor Blackwell, Devon Sayers, Ian Robinson & Amy Dubois Barnett Delaney Hall, Al Letson, Taki Marylynn Ryan, Jamie Morrison, Newspaper - Feature: Series Johnson Publishing Company Telonidis, Abby Wendle, & Johnita Due “Celebrating Success” & Sarah Gels CNN Jenice Armstrong Magazines - Art & Design: Graphics State of the Re:Union & WJCT Philadelphia Daily News “Black History Month Challenge” Newspaper - Specialty Ian Robinson & Amy Dubois Barnett Radio - Top 15 Markets “Shifting Gears” Newspaper - Investigative Johnson Publishing Company Martine Powers “Stats and Lies” Radio - News: Long Form The Boston Globe Margaret Downing Magazines Under 1 Million “Black In Seattle” Houston Press Tonya Mosley & Phyllis Fletcher Newspaper - Sports Magazines - General Reporting KUOW Public Radio “His Father, and His Rock” Newspaper - Sports “People’s Inaugural Ball Changed Lives” Joe Rexrode “Trailblazing cowboy” DeNeen L. Brown Radio - Investigative Detroit Free Press Jenni Carlson The Washington Post “In Cook County Courts: Not Guilty? The Oklahoman Go to Jail Anyway” Newspaper - Business Magazines - Single Topic Series Robert Wildeboer, Cate Cahan “Buying Black” Newspaper - Business “Ticket to Opportunity” WBEX Chicago Public Media James E. Causey “Broad Minded” Sarah Karp, Rebecca Harris, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Valerie Russ & Lorraine Forte Radio - Feature Philadelphia Daily News Catalyst Chicago “The Mary Jane Mindset: Newspaper - Commentary Teenagers and Marijuana” “Rochelle Riley’s Commentary” Newspaper - Commentary Magazines - Investigative Temitayo Fagbenle & Gemma Weiner Rochelle Riley “I’m Just a Rapper” “Boxed In: How a Criminal Record WNYC’s Radio Rookies Detroit Free Press Kareem “Tef Poe” Jackson Keeps You Unemployed For Life” St. Louis Riverfront Times Abbie Nehring Radio - Documentary Newspaper - Special Project The Nation Institute “Race and Racism: A State of “Clues to Cancer” Newspaper - Special Project Opportunity Documentary” Angela Townsend & Lynn Ischay “Forgotten” Magazines - Specialty Jennifer Guerra The Plain Dealer Daily News Staff “The War Within” Michigan Radio: State Opportunity Philadelphia Daily News Nick Chiles & Amy DuBois Barnett Newspaper - Art & Design: Graphics Johnson Publishing Company Radio - Public Affairs: Segment “Medgar Evers ” Newspaper - Art & Design: Graphics “Is the Face of Marriage Equality In Sam Hundley “Destination: White House” Illinois Too White?” The Virginian-Pilot Amy Raudenbush & Becky Batcha Natalie Moore & Derek John Philadelphia Daily News WBEZ Chicago Public Media

Newspaper - Photography: Multiple Radio - Public Affairs: Interview/ Images Discussion “Beauty & the Streets” “Howard University and the Challenges Alejandro A. Alvarez Facing Black Colleges” Philadelphia Daily News Brendan Sweeney & Katherince Goldgeier The Kojo Nnamdi Show

1213 National Association of Black Journalists 2014 Salute to Excellence Winners

Televison Television - Public Affairs: Program Television - Public Affairs: Interview/ Digital Media “Hadiya Pendleton Segments from The Discussion Television - Network War in Chicago” “Black Women & Reality TV” Digital Media - Single Story: Feature Susan Zirinsky, Maureen Maher, Angela Robinson, Vickie Whitlock “Science Rap B.A.T.T.L.E.S. Bring Hip- Television - General Assignment: Short Marcelena Spencer, Josh Yager, WSB & WPBA Hop Into The Classroom ” Form Kathleen O’Connell Adam Cole, Maggie Starbard, Ben “Black and Missing” CBS News / 48 Hours Television - Market 16 & Below de la Cruz, Vikki Valentine, Anne Steve Osunsami, Brinda Adhikari, Gudenkauf Havey Goldberg, Jessica Velmans, Television - Public Affairs: Segment Television - General Assignment: Short NPR Christine Brouwer, Michael Corn “Bernice King” Form ABC News Phil Hirschkorn, Mark Strassmann, “March on Washington: A New Orleans Digital Media - Online Project: Feature Mike Epstein, Daniel Drake Retrospective” “BrotherSpeak: Exploring the Lives of Television - General Assignment: Long CBS News (Formerly) Norman Robinson, Ben Greene, & Black Men” Form Megan Spencer Chris L. Jenkins, Garrett Hubbard, “The Untold Story” Television - Public Affairs: Interview/ WDSU-TV Rahiel Tesfamariam, Lonnae O’Neal Michelle Miller, Joneil Adriano, Chris Discussion Parker, Ray Baker Licht, Angela Ross, Jason Roberts “Justice for Trayvon:Our Son is Your Television - General Assignment: Long The Washington Post/Maynard Institute CBS This Morning Son” Form for Journalism Education BET News “Redemption at Negro Head Creek” Television - Spot News BET Networks/BET News Steve Crump Digital Media - Interactive: News “Georgia Shooting: Saving the School” WBTV “Reinvestingating Rape: Old Evidence, The Staff of World News Television - Top 15 Markets New Answers” ABC News Television - Rachel Dissell & Leila Atassi Television - General Assignment: Short “Reaching New Heights” Comcast Local Media Development Television - Investigative Form Byron Reed “The Pioneer Hotel Fire” “JFK 50 Years Later; The Black KUSA-TV Digital Media - Interactive: Feature Steve Kroft, James Jacoby, Michael Perspective” “His Dream, Our Stories” Karzis, Matthew Lev, JeffF ager, Bill Amanda Fitzpatrick & Macario Television - International Steven Hansen Owens Hernandez “From Haiti to Home” NPR 60 Minutes KDAF-TV CW33 News Matt Renoux KUSA-TV Digital Media - Commentary/Weblog Television - Feature: Short Form Television - General Assignment: Long “Collection of Columns” “Medgar Evers & The FCC” Form Television - Feature: Short Form Mary C. Curtis Randall Pinkston, Phil Hirschkorn, “The Dream Lives On” “Turning Trash Into Treasure” WashingtonPost.com David Gladstone, Hart Faber Byron Pitts, Mary Marsh, Jeanmarie Steve Crump CBS News Condon, Jon Meyersohn WBTV Digital Media - Sports ABC News “Interview with Floyd Mayweather” Television - Feature: Long Form Television - Feature: Long Form Lee Hawkins “Robin’s Journey” Television - Spot News “Ava-joye Burnett Learns to Swim” The Wall Street Journal Robin Roberts, Janice Johnston, “Toddlers Tossed” Ava-Joye Burnett Karen Leo, Roxanna Sherwood, Lisa Reyes & Alan Flamenhaft WRIC-TV David Sloan John Green, & Keturah News 12 Westchester Gray Television - Specialty ABC News Television - Investigative “The Perfect Match” “Failed to Death” Christine Nelson & Leighton Grant Television - International Molly Baker, Ellen Crooke, Mike WBTV “The Gift of Sight” Thomas, Rebecca Lindstrom, & David Muir, Christine Romo, 11 Alive News Team Television - Sports Jeanmarie Condon, & Almin WXIA - 11Alive News “Smart Football Scholar” Karamehmedovic Claudine Ewing & Andy Desantis ABC News Television - Feature: Short Form WGRZ-TV “John Lewis: The March” Television - Specialty Devin Fehely Television - Documentary “Autism in South Africa” WXIA - 11 Alive News “For Jobs and Freedom: A Black Alphonso Van Marsh, Tina Kraus, Nouveau Special” Abdi Cadani, Maura McHugh, Television - Feature: Long Form Everett L. Marshburn & Joanne Jacqueline Barnathan, & Bill Felling “The Fly Jock, The Legal Crusader & A Williams CBS News Pastor for Change” Milwaukee Publc Television Amanda Fitzpatrick, Macario Television - Sports Hernandez, Cody Marcom Television - Public Affairs: Segment “Richie Parker: Drive” KDAF-TV, CW33 News “Black Nouveau: Pullman Porters” Victor Vitarelli, José Morales, Valerie Joanne Williams Gordon, Lauren Stowell, & Tom Television - International Milwaukee Public TV Rinaldi “Scarsdarle Strings” ESPN Tara Rosenblum & Douglas Television - Public Affairs: Interview/ Pawiikowski Discussion Television - Documentary News 12 Westchester “Christian Ferguson” “Wynton Marsalis Segment from 48 Tim Lampley Hours Presents Nelson Mandela: Father Television - Public Affairs: Program STL-TV of a Nation” “Oakland Tries to Even the Odds for Wynton Marsalis, Peter Schweitzer, African American Boys” James Stolz, Sarah Prior, Bruce Joshua Johnson, Joanne Elgart Television - Public Affairs: Program Spiegel Jennings, Robin Epstein, Nicole “Soldiers’ Stories: A Black Nouveau CBS News / 48 Hours Atkinson Roach, & Linda Peckham Special” KQED Everett L. Marshburn, Liddie Collins, Darryll Fortune, & Joanne Williams Milwaukee Publc Television

NABJ Annual Report 2014 1314 S.E.E.D. Program

The Student Education Enrichment and Development (SEED) Program offers financial, educational, and mentoring support as part of NABJ’s dedication to our student members and aspiring journalists of color. Whether through hands-on training workshops or by connecting young journalists with experienced professionals, NABJ is committed to creating a foundation for the next generation of outstanding journalists.

NABJ awards scholarships annually to deserving high school and college students interested in pursuing journalism careers. Over the last decade, NABJ has awarded more than a half a million dollars to students studying broadcast, print, and online journalism; photography; graphic design; and communications. NABJ’s scholarships are named in honor of NABJ Founders and pioneering black journalists.

Allison E. Fisher Les Payne Founder’s Scholarship ($2,500) Scholarship ($2,500) Jamiee Swifft Nancy Deville Howard University University of California Berkeley

Carole NABJ Scholarship ($2,500) Simpson Scholarship ($2,500) Kiratiana Freelon Yamiche Alcindor CUNY Graduate School of New York University Journalism

DeWayne Wickham Visual Task Force Founder’s High School Scholarship ($1,500) Scholarship ($2,500) Quinn Western Aaron Ladd California State University, Chico Unviersity of Missouri - Columbia

Larry Whiteside Visual Task Force Scholarship ($3,000) Scholarship ($1,500) Tierra Smith Alyssa Pointer Grambling State University Western Kentucky University

1415 National Association of Black Journalists Student Short Courses The NABJ Student Multimedia Short Course is aimed at encouraging student members to pursue television management as a career. Each year, students from around the country participate in broadcast and print short courses organized and staffed by NABJ’s professional members. The project gives students access to mentors who work as news directors, producers, writers, assignment editors, directors and the like, at some of the top television stations in the country, as well as give them hands- on experience and a practical understanding of what these jobs entail.

Multimedia Student Projects NABJ offers an expenses-paid fellowship to outstanding students pursuing a career in journalism. For one week during the Annual Convention & Career Fair, aspiring journalists can receive invaluable real-life newsroom experience and produce daily coverage of the convention. Students produce stories for the NABJ Monitor, the convention newspaper, NABJ TV, NABJ Radio and nabjconvention. org, the daily news web site. They work alongside professional journalists and journalism educators from across the country. Students gain experience using the latest tools as they cover NABJ’s annual convention and longer-form multimedia storytelling of broader issues.

NABJ Journalism Workshop (JSHOP) NABJ’s JSHOP is a four-day workshop for local high school students in the host city of NABJ’s Annual Convention & Career Fair. The program provides interactive learning opportunities through lectures, presentations, hands-on training and field trips. The students learn journalism fundamentals for newsgathering, writing, photography, video production, radio, graphic design, editing, and social media. Professional journalists, educators, and journalism college students provide mentorship and supervision.

NABJ Internships NABJ offers summer internships annually to college students interested in pursuing a career in journalism. Students gain hands-on training in reporting, editing, photography, graphic design, video production, and public relations at various U.S. news organizations. Past internships sites include NBCUniversal, CBS, NPR, The Associated Press, and Bloomberg News.

NABJ also offers internships at our National Office. Interns gain experience in day-to-day operations of a national, non- profit membership organization devoted to providing quality programs and member services. Summer interns also help to plan and carry out the NABJ Annual Convention & Career Fair.

For more information on NABJ’s S.E.E.D. Program, please visit www. nabj.org. NABJ Annual Report 2014 15 2014 NABJ High School Workshop - JSHOP

JSHOP Students JSHOP Faculty

Aaron Donlow Rachel Smith Russell LaCour Ray Hamilton Aaron Ladd Vadohl Smith Sheryl Kennedy Haydel Terrence Thames Kwame Manu Toni Thomas Sandra Combs Terry Collins Shantell Mitchell Donstonette Singleton Adriian Gardner Faith Jessie Danielle Prioleau Olivia Warren Dana Littlefield A’liyah Smith Eva Coleman

2014 Student Multimedia Projects

Student Participants Rhonda Elnagger, Deseré Cross, Demtria Mosley, Temple University UNC Chapel Hill DePaul University Rochelle Alleyne, Joshua Jamerson, Lauren Elliott, University of Florida Chelsea Land, Ohio University Missouri School of Journalism University of Missouri Alexandria Benford, Sean Hurd, Arielle Ray, University of Maryland Erin Simon, George Washington University University of Miami The University of Kentucky Wilborn Nobles III, Louisiana State Daniel Dumas, University Teniko Hassell, Wayne State University Yveline Thomas, Florida A&M University Hofstra University Anyssa Roberts, Raishad Hardnett, University of Kentucky Wilton Jackson, University of Southern California Azizzar Mosupi, University of Southern Mississippi University of Johannesburg / Tierra Smith, Alexis Rogers, Times Media, Inc. (South Africa) Grambling State University Jordyn Holman, University of Missouri University of Southern Melanie Balakit, Kayla McBride, California University of Maryland Tydel Mosley, Temple University Savannah State University Natalie Johnson, Sophia Allison, Florida A & M University Columbia College Kamrel Eppinger, Ann-Makir Magloire, University of Miami University of Florida Maritza Moulite, Wisly Clairvoyant, Florida International University University of Florida Logan Wilson, Ebony Shamberger, Temple University Georgetown University – School of Kori Tuitt, Monica Herndon, Continuing Studies Stony Brook University University of Miami

Patricia Nicolas, Christalyn Solomon, Crystal Garner, Emerson College Aisha McCullough, Hampton University The University of Southern Ohio University Mississippi Prinesha Naidoo, Tiara Williams, Rhodes University / Times Aaron Turner, Claflin University Benjamin Greene, San Jose City College Media, Inc. (South Africa) Marquette University

Mentor Team Leaders/ Mentors Michael Douglas Delano Massey Akili Ramsess Mark Turner Marshall Latimore Ken-Yon Hardy Aprill Turner Greg Moore Gerrick Kennedy Denise James Ethan Donaldson Sherri Williams Ingrid Sturgis Michelle Johnson Anthony Williams Karen Mitchell Rabiah Burke Andale Gross Janell Lewis Rashaun Rucker Hanniyyah Sharpe-Brown Ken McFarlin Kia Breaux Jemal Brinson Marc Willis

1617 National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Annual Report 2013 17 Membership

Beginning in 2008 with the financial collapse, NABJ membership declined as the economy worsened. It continued this downward spiral to a low of 2,589 in October of 2010.

In the winter of 2010, we launched a series of membership campaigns and marketing efforts to return membership numbers to their previous levels. Membership began to increase from the start of 2011 and as of October 2014 membership had risen to 3,035.

Full membership and high school membership increased marginally while student, associate and corporate membership all increased significantly in 2011-14 from their 2010 lows.

Quarterly Membership (2009-2014)

June Analysis of Membership Demographics (2011 -2014) Total: 3175

Total: 2691

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NABJ Journal The NABJ Journal has long been the organization’s key publication. It provides news and information about NABJ activities, its members, its affiliate chapters, and other journalism organizations with similar goals.

Articles written by our talented members and journal committee, the NABJ Journal explores industry-related issues and trends as they affect African Americans, examines the media’s triumphs and deficiencies, and spotlights the outstanding achievements of journalists of color.

NABJ Website Quarterly Membership (2009-2014) The NABJ website is a digital one-stop-shop for our members. They can find updates and news releases which highlight the achievements of NABJ members and breaking news events.

Members can also find a full schedule and details for upcoming events. Additionally, there is members only access to networking and career tools such as the NABJ job bank.

Social Media Facebook and Twitter offer up-to-the-minute updates on NABJ events and happenings. It also allows for real-time interactions with NABJ members and their work. Social media provides NABJ and its members a themometer for what’s new and exciting in the journalism industry in real time as its happening.

NABJ Members can also share their excitement about upcoming NABJ events and dicuss what speakers they’re looking forward to the most.

Email Listservs NABJ email blasts remind members about upcoming events and offer special discounts campaigns to promote registration.

NABJ Annual Report 2014 1920 NABJ Media Institutes

The NABJ Media Institute offers quality web seminars and hands-on professional development, entrepreneurial guidance, and technical training at sponsored events around the country. The Institute seeks to connect, educate, and inspire member journalists on topics that directly affect the communities that they serve. Exploring topics ranging from multimedia technology, political reporting, and health care issues, the Insititute connects journalists with front-line stakeholders, researchers, policy makers, and other journalists to exchange ideas and information about the topics that matter the most.

Media Institute on Health, Health Policy and Health Inequities April 10-12, 2014 Henry Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC The goal of this conference was to provide print, broadcast and digital journalists the tools to effectively report on the impact of health care reform and health policy on under-served communities. The briefing gave our members access to high ranking health administration officials.

Media Institute for Media Professionals and Entrepreneurs October 3, 2014 Tropicana Casino & Resort, Atlantic City, NJ The goal of this one day conference is to give media professionals tools needed to start their own businesses by networking with other journalists, public relations professionals and entrepreneurs to discuss topics such as transitioning into public relations and teaching, using social media to build your personal brand, landing projects and contracts, and renewing and redefining career goals.

NABJ Media Institute on Health Reporting in California November 15, 2014 UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA The goal of this free one-day workshop is to give print, broadcast and online journalists the tools they need to more effectively report on health stories affecting underserved communities across California. Journalists and media professionals will leave with resources to inform and empower readers, listeners and viewers on how to take action to improve their lives through better health.

2021 National Association of Black Journalists Development Report

NABJ Corporate Partners The Africa Channel Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Alabama State University (ASU) HBO American Federation of Teachers Hearst Television, Inc. Andrew Young Foundation John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford Astellas Pharma US, Inc. LIN Media Bloomberg LP Major League Baseball (MLB) The Boston Globe Marquette University Boston University, College of Communications The McClatchy Company CBS News MillerCoors Chrysler Group LLC Multicultural Marketing Resources (MMR) CNN NASCAR The Coca-Cola Company National Basketball Association (NBA) Comcast|NBCUniversal National Football League (NFL) Daryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen Boston New England Sports Network (NESN) Disney Sports Peniel Solutions, Inc. Dow Jones News Fund Planned Parenthood Eli Lilly and Company Prince Lobel Tye, LLP ESPN Prudential Financial, Inc. FedEx Corporation Raycom Media Fox News Channel & Fox Business Network Rent-A-Center Fox Sports SAG-AFTRA Gannett Company, Inc. Toyota General Motors Turner Sports GoRVing Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment United Airlines US Virgin Islands Wells Fargo WGBH Yahoo! Sports NABJ Foundation Grants

Ford Foundation $85,000 Dow Jones Foundation $10,000 Andrew Young Foundation $10,000 W.K. Kellogg Foundation $50,000 Annie E. Casey Foundation $45,000 Gannett Foundation $ 30,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $5,000 John S. & James L. Knight Foudnation $10,000

NABJ Annual Report 2014 21 2014 Convention & Career Fair

NABJ was very excited to bring its 39th Annual Convention and Career Fair to Boston, MA. In honor of NABJ’s first convention in Boston, the Boston Association of Black Journalists and the Boston Globe hosted a celebration of food, fun and live entertainment at the historic Boston Red Sox Fenway Park for attendees and provided access to a Red Sox game. This year’s workshops covered topics crucial to a wide range of journalists, from college students still honing their skills to mid-career members looking to make the move to management all the way up to our veterans who needed to upgrade their skills for digital newsrooms. Our newsmaker plenaries covered topics including the mid-term elections and government policies that threaten a free press in America. Special workshops looked at the 50th anniversaries of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and the Voting Rights Act. A stellar lineup of movies at our annual film festival, our golf tournament, the Boston chapter evening event, the Gospel Brunch and the popular Sports Task Force Jam, as in every year, raised thousands of dollars in scholarships for NABJ students. Members also competed in the annual 5K run and our community service project to help formerly homeless veterans move into permanent housing.

2223 National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Annual Report 2014 2324 Financial Report

2425 National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Annual Report 2014 2526 Financial Report

2627 National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Annual Report 2014 2728 Financial Report - - - - 2,257 7,577 4,350 2,627 4,669 1,025 9,487 6,414 8,335 51,821 10,290 58,132 18,702 36,939 75,260 21,125 10,634 48,186 14,018 25,557 68,995 20,371 117,422 302,905 436,513 155,902 107,741 143,277 639,808 177,792 2013 Total 2,588,131

$

$

- 687 5,348 3,764 8,412 1,194 7,496 8,090 37,023 41,435 33,358 25,615 34,289 17,862 63,971 25,900 30,342 65,993 17,918 21,646 13,414 11,046 62,577 25,343 24,570 41,157 22,050 113,237 400,170 280,464 105,508 615,426 211,680 195,777 2014 Total 2,572,762

$

$

------535 687 694 500 715 5,128 1,055 4,350 5,398 3,778 2,979 12,834 25,900 30,342 31,760 17,918 21,646 11,046 25,343 34,946 35,982 60,858 16,655 19,189 89,359 113,237 615,426 Total 1,188,260

$

$

------6,689 2,900 10,205 19,794 $

$ Membership Development arid Chapter arid ------896 274 715 202 4,247 1,093 2,450 26,113 32,485 31,712 100,187 Supporting Services Governance $

$

------535 687 694 500 5,128 1,055 6,145 8,833 1,450 3,497 2,882 2,705 5,196 25,900 30,342 21,555 17,918 21,646 11,046 25,343 29,146 12,408 18,096 86,909 113,237 615,426 1,068,279 Office National

$

$

------220 500 3,764 8,412 6,996 4,312 8,016 2,861 34,233 37,023 32,303 40,900 12,781 34,289 59,621 59,598 44,650 24,502 17,862 24,570 365,224 244,482 210,965 106,418 Total 1,384,502 Year 31, Ended December 2014

$ Statement of FunctionalStatement Expenses Page 1Page of 1

$

(With Comparable Totals(With for 2013) ------348 650 214 190 4,289 1,791 1,037 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTSBLACK NATIONAL 14,660 10,415 33,594 Regional $ $ $

------24 986 101 3,134 3,406 7,415 3,500 2,358 51,996 14,621 30,000 25,350 142,891 Programs

$

$ $ ------300 428 44,000 58,103 13,375 Program Service Program SEED $

$

Scholarship and Communication, ------86 294 124 700 354 4,873 1,752 7,217 11,393 26,793 Media Institute

$

$ ------220 500 9,881 7,906 2,988 3,764 8,412 1,788 6,996 34,233 37,023 14,362 32,303 15,273 21,918 52,649 40,900 66,993 28,981 12,781 210,315 286,875 226,060 1,123,121

$ $ Convention

Salaries Bonus Benefits Employee Taxes Payroll Audio visual services Services Credit and Bank Banquets and meals Decorator Exhibit expense Depreciation Dues and subscriptions Equipment Lease Entertainment Equipment repairs Grants, and scholarships Facilities Rental In-kind convention expenses Insurance Novelties Office lease Office supplies Taxes Property Postage anti shipping Printing and duplication Production fees Professional Refunds Security Software Telephone help Temporary Training Ground Transportation Registration services online and Website Total

2829 National Association of Black Journalists 114 89,727 39,693 16,042 10,245 302,905 108,720 207,219 148,453 565,822 1,327,566 2,816,506

2013 Totals

$

$ 40 4,250 37,467 34,289 39,990 11,455 101,625 208,206 166,000 544,084 1,198,219 2,345,625 2014 Total

$

$ - - - - - 40 8,628 1,084 1,400 37,467 Total 208,206 256,825

$

$ ------

208,206 208,206 Membership $ $

Support Services ------40 1,084 8,628 1,400 48,619 37,467 Office National $ $

- - - 2,850 34,289 92,997 39,990 11,455 166,000 544,084 Total 2,088,800 1,197,135

$

$

------4,289 4,924 47,478 38,265 $

$

Regional Page 1 Page 1 of ------7,152 30,000 145,152 108,000 Year Ended December 2014 31, Programs $

$

Statement of Functional Revenues (With Comparable Totals for 2013) ------

350

7,555

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS OF BLACK ASSOCIATION NATIONAL 47,895 39,990

Program Service!. Program SEED $

$

Scholarships and and Scholarships Communications, Communications, ------1,664 71,911 70,247 Media Institute $ $

- - - - - 3,900 2,500 92,997 166,000 980,623 530,344 1,776,364 Convention $

$

Unrealized Gain On On Gain Unrealized Investments Total Interest Income Interest In-Kind Contributions In-Kind Program Income Program Job Line Revenue Job Membership Dues Booth Revenues Booth Contribution - Restricted - Contribution Revenues Advetising Contributions and Grants Grants and Contributions Unrestricted Registration Revenues Registration

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