WASHINGTON
(March 27, 2013) —The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
congratulates member and Region IV Director A.J. Ross who will join
WKYC-TV/Channel 3 News in Cleveland as a multimedia journalist in mid-April.
Ross was most recently a freelance reporter at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and a contributor to the New Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Previously, she was a reporter and fill-in anchor at WSYX-TV in Columbus, Ohio.
"I
am thrilled for A.J. and excited she is taking another great step in
her promising career,” said NABJ President Gregory Lee, Jr. "Viewers
will be well served by A.J.’s natural curiosity, her quick wit, and her
desire to tell a good story.”
Ross
began her on-air career as a reporter/anchor at WMBF-TV in Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina. Before becoming an on-air reporter she was a
production assistant at ESPN.
A 2005 graduate of Howard University, Ross is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
An
advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the
largest organization for journalists of color in the nation, and
provides career development as well as educational and other support to
its members worldwide. For more information, please visit www.nabj.org.