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Meet the NABJ23 Monitor Staff
Students: Cayla Cade, Lentheus Chaney, Rosegalie Cineus, Alyssa Cooper, Maiya Crews, Edi Doh, Cassandra Dumay, Shanae’ Harte, Courtney Hancock, George Howard IV, Asar John, Grant Hines, Zoie Lambert, Kathryn Styer Martinez, Maya Nicholson, Christina Norris, […]
Community Interest
HBCUs grapple with activism on campus
By Elijah Pittman America is enduring a turbulent political climate, with legislation and U.S. Supreme Court rulings radically stripping back progress. The SCOTUS has repealed abortion protections and affirmative action, while several states have banned […]
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Remembering Black history, fighting erasure of American history
By Maleika Stewart The National Association of Black Journalists hosted a panel about race and education during the 2023 convention in Birmingham. The ‘Battle Over Black History’ panel discussed the correlation between the erasure of […]
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Lemon elected as 23rd president of NABJ
By Elijah Pittman and Cassandra Dumay NABJ Monitor NABJ membership has elected Ken Lemon to be its 23rd president with 66 percent of the votes against transgender presidential candidate Tre’vell Anderson (467-236) in a competitive […]
Community Interest
MLB gives Rickwood updated name for June 2024, legacy of Negro League continued
By Alyssa Cooper NABJ Monitor For more than 113 years, Rickwood Field has been a staple in baseball and more specifically, in Birmingham. Many professional players that would later go on to be inducted in […]
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NABJ Mourns Broadcast Pioneer Dilday
By Lentheus Chaney NABJ Monitor NABJ has been remembering broadcast pioneer and NABJ founder William Dilday this week after he died July 27 at age 85. Fellow founders recalled their experiences with Dilday at the […]
Community Interest
Misinformation targeting Black consumers flourishes
By Elijah Pittman Misinformation is a term that has been thrown around loosely in American politics, especially in the wake of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Fox News, Joe Rogan and Facebook have all […]
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PABJ, NABJ leaders disagree about cause of split
By Zoie Lambert NABJ Monitor In late 2022, the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists disassociated from the national organization due to an audit that required emails. The leaders of the two organizations view the split […]
Community Interest
Riding Bikes Becoming More Popular Among Black Women
By Kathryn Styer Martinez Catina Passmore is part of a growing trend in Birmingham. More and more Black women are riding bikes for leisure, recreation and competition. And she’s helping to lead that change. Passmore […]