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Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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Brooks Moves To WRC In Washington, D.C.
Washington native and "NABJ Baby" Andre Brooks will join WRC-TV Washington as producer of its 5-6 am morning newscast. He comes to the NBC O&O WRC-TV, from WAVY-TV, an NBC affiliate in Norfolk, Virginia where he produced their morning news program.
Burney named Editorial Page Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer
Melanie Burney, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and former NABJ parliamentarian , is joining the Inquirer Editorial Board as an editorial writer, editorial page editor Harold Jackson announced on Wednesday. Burney won the in-house Vigoda Award for her coverage of schools in neighboring Camden, N.J., revealing a culture of cheating that had existed for decades. Source: Richard Prince Journalisms
"Inside the NFL's" Cris Carter receives Urban League Honor
Cris Carter co-host of HBOs Emmy award-winning series Inside the NFL, and brother John Carter owners of Carter Brothers LLC, received the first Entrepreneurship Award from the National Urban League (NUL) at the NULs annual Awards Dinner. The inaugural award, presented by Magic Johnson was a result of growth, dedication to economic development opportunities and leadership in our communities.
Errol Cockfield Named Press Secretary For New York Governor
Former Region I Director Errol A. Cockfield Jr. has been hired by New York's Gov. Eliot Spitzer as press secretary, James M. Odato reported Friday in the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union .
Before joining the governor's office, Cockfield served as press secretary for New York's Empire State Development Corp., after he left his Albany bureau chief post at Newsday .
Spitzer hired Cockfield and, as a senior adviser, veteran Albany lobbyist Bruce Gyory at a time when the Spitzer administration has been "taking a public relations beating since midsummer," Odato wrote.
"Both come in at a turbulent time for the administration, with lawmakers in both houses, particularly Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, expressing frustration with Spitzer's driver licensing policies and complaining of his autocratic style," Odato said.
Doug Mitchell Wins a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant
NPR Producer/Director and "Next Generation Radio" project leader Doug Mitchell has been chosen for a Fulbright Senior Specialist grant in Communications and Journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago Chile.
The University has created a student online radio station and hopes to become a model for Chilean radio/multi-media journalism as well as a place to develop new ways of communicating with audiences. Doug will be offering seminars and workshops to the School's students and faculty to instruct them how to continue developing the model of public radio journalism in Chile.
Fulbright Senior Specialist projects are designed to provide U.S. faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with professional counterparts at non-U.S. post-secondary academic institutions on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) assists in the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals.
Tonyaa Weathersbee, a columnist with The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. and BlackAmericaWeb.com, won her 10th award for commentary in her eight years. She placed third place for serious commentary in the South Florida Society of Professional Journalists' 2005 Sunshine State Awards Contest. Tonyaa's past awards also include a 2000 first place award for commentary in the NABJ Salute to Excellence Contest, and being inducted into the NABJ Region 4 Hall of Fame in 2005.
Millete Birhanemaskel, a reporter for The Greeley Tribune, has won her paper a first place award from the Inland Press Association. Birhanemaskel's series about going back to her native Ethiopia with her father took the top prize. She also went to Liberia on an NABJ/UN fellowship.
'In Contact' host Angela Robinson receives honor
Angela Robinson, named Journalist of the Year by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, hosts a weekly news telecast sponsored by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. We admire Angela for being steadfast in bringing voices that are often overlooked into the public policy debate," said Rev. Jesse Jackson in a statement.
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