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Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
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NABJ opens membership to high school students
WASHINGTON - High school students with a strong interest in journalism are now eligible to join the National Association of Black Journalists.
At its fall meeting October 14-16 in Washington, the Board of Directors set annual dues for the new membership class at $25.
NABJ President Bryan Monroe also created a special ad-hoc committee chaired by Parliamentarian Melanie Burney to develop recommendations on how the organization can best serve young aspiring journalists.
This is a big step for NABJ to open up membership opportunities to recruit, develop and train the next crop of journalists, said Monroe. We have a responsibility and obligation to identify and cultivate future journalists from among our ranks.
At the annual convention in Atlanta in August, NABJ members overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment expanding the student membership classification to include high school students for the first time in the organizations 30-year history.
Members also approved proposals to further clarify the process for amending the Constitution and to further define the grandfather clause for associate members.
As mandated by the Constitution, only full members were eligible to vote on the proposed amendments, which took effect Oct. 7.
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than 4,100 members, and provides educational, career development and support to black journalists worldwide.
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