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Ready for some healthy food? Here are 7 nearby choices

August 3, 2023 NABJ Staff 0

By Cassandra Dumay This year’s convention destination, the Sheraton and Westin Birmingham Hotel, is close to an exciting downtown food scene. Here are some healthy food locations that are around a five-minute drive from the […]

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Black-owned Art Gallery a Symbol of Representation

August 3, 2023 NABJ Staff 0

BY Eleazar Yisrael NABJ Monitor Born and raised in Birmingham, Willie Williams Jr. represents the resilience Black art and Black people have endured in the South.  “In the art world, for the most part, black […]

From left to right: Karen Gray Houston, Craig Melvin, from the Today Show, and Sharon Stevens pose for a photograph on the first of the day of the NABJ Convention at the Sheraton lobby Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
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Birmingham conference offers Civil Rights history, affordability, central location in South

August 2, 2023 NABJ Staff 0

By Christina Norris NABJ Monitor When the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists President Carla Wade relocated to Birmingham from Las Vegas in 2020, she didn’t realize that NABJ had chosen Birmingham as the convention site […]

Amber Starks says she is a reflection of her Mvskoke ancestors and Black family. Some of her work is being shown in Portland, Oregon.
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Oregon artist embraces her complex Black and Native American identity

August 2, 2023 NABJ Staff 0

By Kathryn Styer Martinez NABJ Monitor Amber Starks, 42, owns three pairs of roller skates; her favorites are blue suede with turquoise flowers. When she glides around on eight wheels, she says, she skates in […]

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Hungry? 12 hot spots for good eats

August 2, 2023 NABJ Staff 0

By Christina Norris NABJ Monitor This year, NABJ convention-goers have several options for eating near the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. Here are a dozen restaurant options, both close and not too far.  Less than a […]

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Mini sports reporter makes moves on the sidelines

August 3, 2022 Jaya Franklin 0

Pepper Persley is breaking barriers and scoring big, one sideline at a time. […]

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Advice on self-care from experts

August 21, 2021 NABJ Staff 0

By Whitney Hughes NABJ Monitor Although self-care and mental wellbeing can look different for everyone, three mental health experts, Dr. Akilah Reynolds, Dr. Kortni Alston and Dr. Brandon Gillespie, have some tips that can help […]

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Finding My Abolitionist Voice as A Journalist

August 8, 2020 Carol Gantt 0

Noah Tesfaye It has been over five months since the brutal police murder of Breonna Taylor, and there has been no justice. Her death is a horrifying reminder of the systemic issues that exist within […]

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Black Journalists Seek The Truth Over “Objectivity”

August 8, 2020 NABJ Staff 0

By Noah Tesfaye When newspaper editor Ida B. Wells was investigating lynchings of Black Americans following Reconstruction after the Civil War, her priority was not objectivity. It was to tell the truth about the horrors […]

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A Closer Look: Tallahassee’s Activists

August 7, 2020 Carol Gantt 0

By Nallah Brown Just two days after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, the residents of Tallahassee experienced their trauma of state violence in Florida with the murder of Tony McDade. Amid a […]

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