Below are the names of the 44 men and women who gathered on Dec. 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., to form NABJ and where they worked at that time:

Dallas Morning News CORE Magazine Milwaukee Journal Founding Executive Director Black Perspective on the News WTOP-TV Washington, D.C. WNET-TV New York WHUR Radio Washington, D.C. WHYY-TV Wilmington, Del. The Washington Post Philadelphia Bulletin WBZ-TV Boston The New York Times WLBT-TV Jackson, Miss. Denver Post The Washington Post WCCO-TV Minneapolis Mutual Black Network WHIO-TV Dayton, Ohio New Haven Register National Public Radio WSOC-TV Charlotte San Francisco Examiner Chicago Tribune Cox Broadcasting Detroit Free Press Africa Journal Ltd. Philadelphia Bulletin News Journal Wilmington, Del. Freelancer Philadelphia Inquirer Christian Science Monitor Newsday NBC Ebony Magazine Project Bait Detroit WTOP-TV Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Daily News Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal U.S. News & World Report Los Angeles Times Detroit Free Press National Black Network Washington Star The Baltimore Sun