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Convention Preview CONVENTION PREVIEW National Association of Black Journalists • July 2002 • $2.50 27th ANNUAL CONVENTION & JOB FAIR July 31 - August 4 Midwest Express Center BRING IT ON Wisconsinisconsin BlackBlack MediaMedia AssociationAssociation isis ReadyReady forfor PrimePrime TimeTime DROP IN YOUR NON- PROFIT INDICIA Write for the Journal! NABJ Journal — the official publication of the National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Journal, the news magazine of the National Association of Black Journalists, is back with a commitment to serving its readers. But we need you, too. Contribute to the Journal with fascinating stories focusing on the journalism industry, news, trends and personalities affecting African American journalists. To submit stories or ideas, photos or letters, call (301) 445-7100; fax to (301) 445-7101 or e-mail [email protected]. JULY 2002 VOL. 20 NO. 2 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TABLE OF BLACK JOURNALISTS NABJ Contents Publisher Condace Pressley Editor Rick Sherréll Copy Editors Andre Bowser Sharyn Flanagan Diane Hawkins Jon Perkins Lamar Wilson Contributing Writers Stephania Davis Errin Haines Eugene Kane M.L. Lake Gregory Lee Richard Prince Layout & Design Carolyn Wheeler CEW Productions NABJ Officers African World Festival, Milwaukee, Wisc. Aug. 2-4 President Condace Pressley WSB Radio (Atlanta) Vice President - Vice President - Features Broadcast Print Columns Mike Woolfolk Bryan Monroe From the President 2 WACH-TV (Columbia, S.C) San Jose Mercury News CONVENTION PREVIEW: To Our Readers 3 Secretary Treasurer Career-Wise 16 Gregory Lee Glenn E. Rice The Washington Post The Kansas City Star No longer Ol’ Milwaukee Departments Parliamentarian Immediate The evolution of a Genuine Sharyn Flanagan Past President Chapter Spotlight 5 American City . .6 USA Today William W. Sutton, Jr. Bookmarks 17 The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) The NABJ Journal (USPS number NABJ Directors Planting the SEED of pending) is published four times a Region I Region II year by the National Association of Robin Washington Sarah J. Glover Journalism Black Journalists – the largest The Boston Herald The Philadelphia Inquirer organization of journalists of color NABJ student project challenges Region III Region IV in the world. To discuss news items, Bonnie Newman Davis Ernie Suggs young minds . .10 photos and letters, call (301) 445- Virginia Union University Atlanta-Journal 7100, ext. 110; fax to (301) 445-7101 Constitution or e-mail [email protected]. For Region V Region VI Not Just Hard News information concerning advertising, Randye Bullock Stephanie Jones call Gerald Van Treeck at Achieve Randye I. Bullock, LLC The Commercial Appeal NABJers get in the ‘Spirit’ with Communications, phone (847) 562- (Detroit) (Memphis) poetry contest . .12 8633; fax (847) 562-8634; e-mail Region VII Region VIII [email protected]. NABJ Cheryl Smith Natalie Y. Moore members receive one free copy; KKDA Radio (Dallas) St. Paul Pioneer Press Author Showcase additional copies of this or back Region IX Region X issues are available to members Venita Hawthorne James Lynne Varner NABJ journalists turned authors and non-members at $1.50 each; The Arizona Republic Seattle Times showcase their wares in an annual subscriptions are $9. Associate Representative improved convention event . .14 Reprints not permitted without Meta Mereday, Marketing/Media Consultant prior written approval of NABJ. POSTMASTER: Send address Student Representative changes to NABJ, 8701-A Adelphi Tiffany Black, University of North Carolina Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783-1716. Executive Director Tangie Newborn Celebrating the Past and the Future in Milwaukee Although only 2 percent of African Americans are uilding the Best. Roman Catholics, the scandal has touched our commu- B If you’ve not caught the vision already, hang nity, sadly through the perpetration of violence. on because you are in for an exciting ride! Building the Not only will Milwaukee 2002 bring us together for From the President Best is more than a convention theme for NABJ 2002 in a time of education; it will also bring us together for a Milwaukee. “Building the Best” is the mantra time of celebration. This year, NABJ introduces a new for National Association of Black Journalists’ future. award. We will salute the late Associated Press corre- Building the best begins with each spondent Homer Smith, winner of the first NABJ NABJ member, and manifests itself in a Legacy Award. big way at the annual convention. If the NABJ Region I Director Robin Washington brought team of NABJ members, employees, and this idea to NABJ to recognize black journalists who vendors has done its jobs well, then have made extraordinary accomplishments under Milwaukee 2002 will be the best NABJ extraordinary circumstances. Smith graduated from the convention ever! University of Minnesota in the 1930s and was a writer Come 2003, as more and more NABJ for the Associated Negro Press while living in Moscow. members catch the vision of building the He was also a correspondent for the Associated Press best, we will say Dallas was the best NABJ during World War II, covering the Eastern Front. He convention ever. Atlanta will wear the was later named emissary to Ethiopia and started the crown in 2005 as will Detroit in 2006. first English-language daily newspaper in Addis Ababa. Condace Pressley If I sound like the captain of the NABJ He wrote “Black Man in Red Russia,” an account of his cheerleading squad, it is because I am! I was never a time in the USSR. Unless one is a student of black his- cheerleader in middle or high school. I don’t think that tory, more specifically the history of blacks in journal- was because I didn’t have “the look” as much as it was ism, you might not ever hear about Homer Smith. It is that I failed the coordination test when it came to the with this award that NABJ can introduce a new genera- cartwheels and other stunts. So today, I am more than tion of members to the heroes of our profession. proud to celebrate our association, NABJ. Robert G. McGruder is another hero of our profes- I look forward to seeing many of you July 31-Aug. 4 sion. NABJ will honor the late executive editor of the in Milwaukee for the 27th annual National Association Detroit Free Press with the NABJ Lifetime Achievement of Black Journalists convention. Each year the teams of Award. Just as Charles Jackson, the 2001 NABJ Lifetime people who produce the annual convention begin with Achievement Award honoree touched the lives of many the goal of providing you with substantive program con- members, so did Bob McGruder. He championed diver- tent. This includes professional development workshops sity in the newsroom and had an impact on many jour- designed to improve your skills. There are also plenary nalists around the country. We will salute his outstand- sessions crafted to expose you to issues and ideas that ing contribution to the enrichment, understanding and also will enable you to practice the craft of advancement of African American life and culture at the journalism better. NABJ Banquet on Friday, Aug. 2. For example, the three plenary sessions in Milwaukee NABJ will also salute former NABJ President will explore, among other issues, the digital divide and DeWayne Wickham of USA Today and the Gannett how the black business community is not yet “cashing News Service. Wickham wins the 2002 Community in” on the windfalls with e-commerce. It is a subject that Service Award for creating the Woodholme Foundation, has grown larger than the issue of so many African an organization dedicated to helping underachieving Americans simply not having access to the Internet and students. to technology. Speaking of the economy, in another ple- This is just a sampling of the programming planned nary session we will examine the current economic cli- for Milwaukee 2002. As you read this issue of the NABJ mate in the context of what stories we can tell to maxi- Journal, you will find more in-depth articles about the mize impact on our readers, viewers, and listeners. Also, convention. You should also know that “Building the NABJ will look at the “Crisis in the Catholic Church.” President, continued on page 11 2 www.nabj.org National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Journal / July 2002 Allow Me To Introduce Myself I welcome the opportunity to serve as the editor of tion’s editorial focus to concentrate on busi- the NABJ Journal. Quite frankly, I was surprised when ness, careers, technology and wealth-building Our Readers our president asked me to serve in this capacity. I will and established a presence for the magazine on take for granted that it was her recognition of the work over 600 newsstands throughout the south- To I’ve done as president of the Atlanta Chapter and as a east. magazine editor here in Atlanta that prompted her deci- From 1987 to 1994, Rick was founder and sion. If not, I thank her for the opportunity anyway. publisher of Urban Business Magazine in NABJ is 3,300-plus members strong Tampa, Fla. The bimonthly magazine targeted and most of you have no idea who I am, so the area’s black professional and entrepreneur let me help you out. As you get to know with a business and career focus. During the me, either through this publication, magazine’s lifetime, Rick also periodically through face-to-face interaction at upcom- served as editor, and at one time or another, ing conventions or through one of the served in all departments of the publication many occasions that we will surely have to including circulation, production and advertis- interact professionally, you’ll find that I am ing sales. He also founded The 4-1-1 Events and outspoken and straight to the point (But, I Entertainment News in Tampa, and served as also like to smile more than I like to editor and publisher of the biweekly newspaper.
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