{"id":510,"date":"2018-08-01T18:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T23:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/?p=510"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:35:19","slug":"passport-gives-1000-reason-to-explore-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/passport-gives-1000-reason-to-explore-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport gives $1,000 reason to explore Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By ARIELLE BRUMFIELD<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NABJ Monitor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DETROIT \u2014 If you\u2019re between visiting panels and navigating the career fair, consider putting some stamps on your passport \u2013 your NABJ Detroit Passport. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists has partnered with the City of Detroit to create the passport. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Detroit Passport is part tourism guide, part sweepstakes. The program was developed to encourage tourists to see local attractions while they experience the city\u2019s history and rich culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The passport advertises 10 iconic locations in the city that NABJ convention-goers can use as a resource to guide them during their free time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Convention-goers who use the passport have a chance to win $1,000. Those who get at least five of the 10 stamps in the passport can submit it to the NABJ Swag Area by 2 p.m. Aug. 4 to enter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winners of the Detroit Passport competition will be announced Saturday night during the Salute to Excellence Gala. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea for the Detroit Passport came from Rochelle Riley, honorary chair of this year\u2019s convention and a member of NABJ\u2019s Detroit Chapter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As someone who adopted Detroit as her hometown after living in the area \u00a0for 17 years, Riley said she wants convention-goers to \u201cexperience my Detroit.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riley, a columnist at the Detroit Free Press, said she remembers \u201ccoming to these cities for the convention and feeling like I couldn\u2019t experience the city.\u201d She hopes future NABJ host cities continue the passport program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registrants can get their passports from the Detroit Chapter\u2019s swag table outside the Ambassador Ballroom. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By ARIELLE BRUMFIELD NABJ Monitor DETROIT \u2014 If you\u2019re between visiting panels and navigating the career fair, consider putting some stamps on your passport \u2013 your NABJ Detroit Passport. The Detroit Chapter of the National <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/passport-gives-1000-reason-to-explore-detroit\/\" title=\"Passport gives $1,000 reason to explore Detroit\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}