NABJ Salutes the Nation’s Top Black Editors

Days, Moore Lead Pulitzer Newsrooms; Coleman, Agnew elected to ASNE Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 15, 2010 – This week The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) salutes the accomplishments of a few of the nation’s top black editors:

• Michael Days, editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, led his team to the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting;
• Greg Moore, editor of the Denver Post, led his newsroom to the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography;
• Milton Coleman, senior editor of The Washington Post, was elected president of the American Society of News Editors;
• Ronnie Agnew, executive editor, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., was elected chair of the ASNE Diversity Committee.

"This is an amazing week for NABJ,” said NABJ President Kathy Y. Times. "We are so proud of these four NABJ editors and the trails that they are blazing as leaders in their fields."

This news comes after an ASNE ‘news’ release this week reporting that the number of newspapers with no minorities on their staff rose to 465 last year in 2009, an increase of seven over 2008. Additionally, Black journalists in supervisory roles dropped by 20.3 percent to just 428 individuals helping decide what is considered news in print and online newspapers across the country.

"This is a true testament to the breadth of talent within the print contingency of NABJ,” said Deirdre M. Childress, NABJ Vice- President of Print. "In the wake of adversity and trying times for journalists of color in newsrooms across the country, the talent of our membership is shining through in big ways."

For more information about NABJ, contact Ryan Williams at rwilliams@nabj.org or 1-866-479-NABJ.