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Updated: Friday, December 21, 2007
Published: Friday, December 21, 2007 |
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Black Journalists Group Issues Call for Best 2007 Coverage of the Black Experience
WASHINGTON, December 21, 2007 The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is calling for entries for its annual Salute to Excellence National Media Awards competition.
This national competition recognizes exemplary coverage of people or issues in the African/African-American Diaspora and is open to all professional print, photo, television, radio and online journalists. Entries are judged on content, creativity, use of medium and relevance to the black community. Categories range from television documentaries and newspaper investigative series to radio commentary and photojournalism.
Finalists will be announced next spring and winners announced during the NABJ Salute To Excellence Awards Gala, which will be held July 26, during the UNITY 08 Convention for Journalists of Color in Chicago.
From the questionable justice for the Jena Six to the inhumane treatment of Sudanese refugees in Darfur, journalists, this year, have had a multitude of stories to cover regarding the black experience, says NABJ President Barbara Ciara. These awards salute the writers, editors and broadcasters that dare to cover the stories that often may be off the radar, but still very much important to our society.
Only work originally published or broadcast during the judging period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007, is eligible for consideration. The deadline for entries is February 20.
Last years recipients included the journalists from the washingtonpost.com, CNN, CBS Evening News, Newsweek, and a host of small- and medium-market media that covered everything from the economics and politics to the social and health issues affecting black people.
For questions regarding the awards competition, contact the program director Ryan Williams at (301) 445-7100, ext. 113 or e-mail rwilliams@nabj.org.
» Download the Salute to Excellence Call for Entries Booklet
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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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