By Madison Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Association of Black Journalists said it is in conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 campaign team to schedule a Q&A session in September, in an updated statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the statement, the conversion could happen either in-person or virtually. In an earlier statement, NABJ President Ken Lemon said the organization was communicating with Harris\u2019 team about doing an in-person panel before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, but were told by her campaign at the time that her schedule could not accommodate the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe last update we were provided (earlier this week) was that Harris would not be available in person or virtually during our Convention,\u201d Lemon said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also in the statement, Lemon said the organization was in talks with both the Democratic and Republican parties since January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lemon said that since 1976, it has been customary to invite presidential candidates from major political parties to attend in-person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI consulted with a group of our Founders and past NABJ Presidents Tuesday on-site in Chicago, and as a group, we affirmed that the invitation to Former President Trump was in line with NABJ\u2019s usual practices since 1976,\u201d Lemon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tia Mitchell, NABJ Political task force chair and Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and said she was the connector between NABJ and the presidential candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She created a thread on X to make clarifications surrounding Harris not attending this year\u2019s NABJ Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n