The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of African-American journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C., by 44 journalists, the NABJ's stated purpose is to provide quality programs and services to and advocate on behalf of black journalists. The organization has worked for diversity and to increase the number of minorities in newsrooms across the country. The association's national office is on the main campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The current president is Dorothy Tucker, Investigative reporter for WBBM-TV CBS Chicago, and the executive director is Drew Berry. The NABJ states that it has a membership of 4,100 and is the largest organization of journalists

of color The term "person of color" ( : people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered " white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the ...

in the United States. The organization was one of the four minority journalist member associations in the UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. until they seceded from the organization in Spring 2011. The organization's annual Salute to Excellence Awards honors coverage of African-American people and subjects. Awards given include Journalist of the Year, Emerging Journalist and Lifetime Achievement; past honorees have included Lester Holt, Ed Bradley, Carole Simpson, Byron Pitts, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Bernard Shaw, Gwen Ifill, and Michele Norris. NABJ also maintains the

NABJ Hall of Fame The National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame is a hall of fame project of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) honoring African-American and other journalists. The original Hall of Fame list was established on April 5, ...

, which is designed to honor black journalists.

History

The founding meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists was held on December 12th, 1975 in Washington D.C. at the Sheraton Park Hotel (now the Marriott Wardman Park). The interim committee for a National Association of Black Journalists, The Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, Chicago Association of Black Journalists, San Francisco Association of Black Journalists and the Washington Association of Black Journalists hosted the founding to create the National Association of Black Journalists based on the work of the Black Perspective, a 1967 group of journalists. The National Association of Black Journalists saw fit its creation because at the time, there were associations of other professions including teachers, lawyers and doctors and believed journalists to be as important and other professions. A 1968 Kerner Commission Report mentioned how small a role black people held in a white media environment.Jackson, D. (1997). "The outspoken mr. stone": A conversation with chuck stone.''The Black Scholar, 27''(1), 38-57. The National Association of Black Journalists was founded to increase the presence of black people in mainstream media and change the misrepresentation of black people. The organization used the constitution of The Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia. Founded on Friday, December 12th, 1975, the organization explicitly stated their excitement to cover the 1976 presidential campaigns.

Founders

* Norma Adams-Wade, ''

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'' * Carole Bartel, ''CORE Magazine'' * Edward Blackwell, '' Milwaukee Journal'' * Reginald Bryant, ''Black Perspective on the News'' *

Maureen Bunyan Maureen Bunyan (born 1946 in Aruba) is an Aruban-American Washington, D.C.-based television journalist. She was the lead co-anchor at WUSA for 22 years from 1973-1995. In 1999 she returned to television when she co-anchored WJLA-TV, helping t ...

, WTOP-TV (Washington, D.C.) * Crispin Campbell, WNET-TV ( New York City) * Charlie Cobb, WHUR (Washington, D.C.) * Marilyn Darling, WHYY-TV ( Wilmington, Delaware) * Leon Dash, '' Washington Post'' * Joe Davidson, ''

Philadelphia Bulletin The ''Philadelphia Bulletin'' was a daily evening newspaper published from 1847 to 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the largest circulation newspaper in Philadelphia for 76 years and was once the largest evening newspaper in the United ...

'' * Allison J. Davis, WBZ-TV ( Boston) * Paul Delaney, '' The New York Times'' * William Dilday,

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( Jackson, Mississippi) * Sandra Rosen Dillard, '' Denver Post'' *

Joel Dreyfuss Joel Dreyfuss (born September 1945) is a Haitian-American retired magazine editor. Personal life A Haitian-American, Joel Dreyfuss was born in September 1945 in Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti. He grew up in Monrovia, New York City, and Pari ...

, '' Washington Post'' * Sam Ford, WCCO-TV ( Minneapolis) * David Gibson, Mutual Black Network * Sandra Gilliam-Beale, WHIO-TV ( Dayton, Ohio) * Bob Greenlee, '' New Haven Register'' * Martha Griffin, National Public Radio * Derwood Hall, WSOC-TV ( Charlotte, North Carolina) * Bob Hayes, ''

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'' * Toni Jones, '' Detroit Free Press'' * Mal Johnson,

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Vernon Jarrett Vernon Daurice Jarrett (born Daurice Vernon Jarrett; June 19, 1918Jarrett's year of birth according to the 1920 United States Census, U.S. Social Security Death Index, and the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index is 1918. Conflicting ...

, '' Chicago Tribune'' * Claude Lewis, ''

'' * H. Chuku Lee, Africa Journal Ltd. * Sandra Dawson Long, '' News Journal'' ( Wilmington, Delaware) * Pluria Marshall, freelancer * Acel Moore, '' Philadelphia Inquirer'' * Luix Overbea, '' The Christian Science Monitor'' *

Les Payne Leslie Payne (July 12, 1941 – March 19, 2018) was an American journalist. He served as an editor and columnist at ''Newsday'' and was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. Payne received a Pulitzer Prize for his investig ...

, ''

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'' * Alex Poinsett, '' Ebony'' * Claudia Polley, NBC News * Richard Rambeau, Project Bait ( Detroit) * W. Curtis Riddle, '' Louisville Courier-Journal'' * Max Robinson, WTOP-TV (Washington, D.C.) * Charlotte Roy, '' Detroit Free Press'' *

Vince Sanders Vince Sanders is a veteran of the broadcast industry having spent nearly 40 years on the job. He has written two books, both titles dedicated to his years behind the microphone or on the stage as an actor: ''Can't Get HERE from THERE'' and ''That's ...

, National Black Network *

Chuck Stone Charles Sumner "Chuck" Stone, Jr. (July 21, 1924 – April 6, 2014) was an American pilot, newspaper editor, journalism professor, and author. He was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was the first president of the National ...

, ''

Philadelphia Daily News ''Philadelphia Daily News'' is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper is owned by The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. The ''Dail ...

'' * Jeannye Thornton, '' U.S. News & World Report'' * Francis Ward, '' Los Angeles Times'' * John C. White, '' Washington Star'' * DeWayne Wickham, ''

Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by Tr ...

'' * Paul Brock, Founding NABJ Executive Director

Annual convention and career fair

NABJ annually holds the nation's largest journalism convention and career fair each summer with plenary sessions and workshops for career and professional development. Recent speakers have included former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama,

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and Bill Clinton, Liberian President

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Mon ...

, Hillary Clinton, and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade. The convention features hundreds of recruiters and as the largest career fair in journalism, is among the best means of finding a journalism position in the industry. The NABJ Career Fair encompasses the nations broadcast, print, and online media including recruiters from Gannett Corporation, NBC News, CNN, Bloomberg, Google, ESPN, '' The Huffington Post'', '' The New York Times'', and Tribune Company. NABJ held its first convention in October 1976 at Texas Southern University, which at the time had recently established the second school of communications at a

historically black college or university Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...

in the nation (the first was the School of Communications at Howard University). Future locations of the NABJ Convention and Career Fair include Washington, D.C. in 2020;

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

in 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada in 2022; Birmingham, Alabama in 2023; Chicago, Illinois in 2024;

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

in 2025 and Atlanta, Georgia in 2026. In October 2014, CNN withdrew its support for the 2015 Convention and Career Fair after the NABJ criticized the network for its lack of diversity on air and its treatment of black employees.

Scholarships

The organization also distributes more than $100,000 in scholarships to African-American college journalism students, places 14-16 students at paid internships and sponsors short courses for students at historically black colleges and universities.

Task forces

* Arts & Entertainment Task Forces - members who cover arts and entertainment * Associate Member's - part-time journalists, educators, marketing and public relations professionals * Copy Editors - copy desk managers, news editors, design editors * Digital Journalism * NABJ Founders - NABJ Founders, past presidents, and former national board members * LGBT Taskforce - lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members * Sports Task Force - sports reporters, correspondents and analysts * Visual Task Force - photojournalists, design/informational graphics * Young Journalists - journalists in their first few years * World Affairs - promotes worldwide coverage of African/African-Americans

Presidents

Twenty-one people have served as president of the National Association of Black Journalists: *

, 1975–77 *

, 1977–79 *Bob Reid, 1979–81 *

, 1981–83 *Merv Aubespin, 1983–85 *Al Fitzpatrick, 1985–87 *DeWayne Wickham, 1987–89 *Thomas Morgan III, 1989–91 *Sidmel Estes-Sumpter, 1991–93 *

Dorothy Butler Gilliam Dorothy Pearl Butler Gilliam (born November 24, 1936) is an American journalist who was the first African-American female reporter at ''The Washington Post''. Biography Gilliam was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 24, 1936. She was t ...

, 1993–95 *Arthur Fennell, 1995–97 *Vanessa Williams, 1997–99 *William W. Sutton Jr., 1999–2001 *Condace Pressley, 2001–03 *Herbert Lowe, 2003–05 *

Bryan Monroe Bryan Monroe (August 22, 1965 – January 13, 2021) was an American journalist and educator, who was the editor of CNNPolitics.com (2011–15). He was previously the vice president and editorial director of ''Ebony'' and '' Jet magazines'' at Jo ...

, 2005–07 *Barbara Ciara, 2007–09 *Kathy Y. Times, 2009–11 *Gregory Lee Jr., 2011–2013 *Bob Butler, 2013–2015 *Sarah Glover, 2015–2019 *Dorothy Tucker, 2019–present

Awards

During its Annual Convention and Career Fair, NABJ presents various awards at the annual Salute to Excellence Awards Gala.

Journalist of the Year

*1979 - Acel Moore, '' Philadelphia Inquirer'',

, ''

'' *1980 *1981 -

Robert C. Maynard Robert Clyve Maynard (June 17, 1937 – August 17, 1993) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher and editor, former owner of ''The Oakland Tribune'', and co-founder of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in Oakla ...

, '' Oakland Tribune'', Max Robinson, ABC *1982 -

Gil Noble Gilbert Edward "Gil" Noble (February 22, 1932 – April 5, 2012) was an American television reporter and interviewer. He was the producer and host of New York City television station WABC-TV's weekly show '' Like It Is'', originally co-hosted with ...

, WABC-TV, New York *1983 - Joe Ogelsby, ''

Miami Herald The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida, city in western Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County and the M ...

'' *1984 - Morris Thompson, ''Newsday'' *1985 - Kenneth Walker, ABC, Dennis Bell, ''Newsday'' *1986 - Charlayne Hunter-Gault, PBS *1987 -

Andrew W. Cooper Andrew W. Cooper (August 21, 1927 – January 28, 2002) was an African-American activist during the Civil Rights Movement, businessman, and journalist. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of '' The City Sun''. Biography Cooper was born in 192 ...

, ''

The City Sun ''The City Sun'' was a weekly newspaper that was published in Brooklyn from 1984 through 1996. Its primary focus was on issues of interest to African Americans in New York City. ''The City Sun'' was founded by African-American journalists Andrew ...

'', Brooklyn, NY *1988 - Michel du Cille, '' The Washington Post'' *1989 - Bernard Shaw, CNN *1990 -

, WUSA-TV, Washington, DC *1991 - Soledad O'Brien, CNN *1992 - Carole Simpson, Charlayne Hunter-GaultABC *1993 - Bryant Gumbel, NBC Today *1994 - Isabel Wilkerson, '' The New York Times'' *1995 - Andrea Ford, '' Los Angeles Times'' eceased*1996 -

Ed Gordon Ed or Edward Gordon may refer to: * Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (1814–1879), Scottish judge and politician * Edward Gordon (politician) (1885–1964), New Zealand politician * Edward R. Gordon (1886–1938), American director and act ...

, BET News, NBC *1997 - Gary Fields, '' USA Today'' *1998 - Clarence Williams III, ''Los Angeles Times'' *1999 - Ron Allen, NBC *2000 - Kevin Mérida, ''The Washington Post'' *2001 - Gerald Boyd, ''The New York Times'' *2002 - Byron Pitts, CBS *2003 - George Curry, NNPA *2004 -

Hannah Allam Hannah Allam (born 1977) is an American journalist and reporter. Biography Allam was born in Oklahoma to a Muslim family in 1977. Currently working for the Washington Post, Allam has a wide background within MSN outlets. Prior to Washington P ...

('' McClatchy Newspapers''), Middle East Bureau Chief *2005 - Andy Alford, ''Austin American-Statesman'' *2006 - Cynthia Tucker, ''

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

'' *2007 - Dean Baquet, Washington Bureau Chief, ''The New York Times'' *2008 - Leonard Pitts, ''

'' *2009 - Michele Norris, National Public Radio *2010 - Soledad O'Brien, CNN *2011 -

Jacqueline Charles Jacqueline Charles is an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Charles is an Emmy Award-winning Caribbean Correspondent at the Miami Herald. Biography Charles was born on Grand Turk Island of the Turks and Caicos. She was raised an on ...

, ''

'' *2012 - Pierre Thomas, ABC News *2013 - Roland S. Martin, TV One *2014 - Stephen Henderson, '' Detroit Free Press'', for his columns on the financial crisis facing his hometown of DetroitApril Turner
"NABJ Announces 2014 Salute to Excellence Awards Finalists"
Friday, May 30, 2014, accessed 11/18/2014. *2015 - Nikole Hannah-Jones *2016 - Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News *2017 -

April Ryan April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. From January 1997 to November 2020 Ryan served as a White House correspondent and Washington, D.C., bureau chief for Ameri ...

, American Urban Radio Networks *2018 -

Jemele Hill Jemele Juanita Hill (; born 1975) is an American sports journalist who writes for ''The Atlantic''. She worked nearly 12 years for sports conglomerate ESPN. She wrote a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 and formerly hosted ESPN's '' His and Hers''. ...

, ESPN's ''The Undefeated''

Journalist of Distinction

* 2016 - Steve Crump, WBTV * 2017 - Leoneda Inge, WUNC Radio * 2018 - Everett Marshburn, Milwaukee PBS * 2019 -

Mel Showers Melvin J. Showers is an American journalist and news presenter. He is best known for his work at WKRG-TV in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. In his early life, Showers worked in the military as an Intelligence Analyst in the Far East, Midd ...

, WKRG

Legacy Award

*2005 - Acel Moore, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' *2006 - Lawrence E. Young, ''The Press Enterprise'' *2007 - Glenn Proctor, '' The Star-Ledger'' (Newark, N.J.) *2008 -

Evelyn Cunningham Evelyn Cunningham (January 25, 1916 – April 28, 2010) was an American journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller.The Associated Press, "Evelyn Cunningham, Journalist and Aide, Dies at 94", ''The New York Times'', April 29, 2010available onlin ...

, ''

The Pittsburgh Courier The ''Pittsburgh Courier'' was an African-American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1907 until October 22, 1966. By the 1930s, the ''Courier'' was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. It was acqu ...

'' *2009 - Leon Carter and Sandy Rosenbush, Sports Journalism Institute *2010 -

Paula Madison Paula Williams Madison is an American journalist, writer, businessperson, executive and a former NBCUniversal executive who is now CEO of a family investment group based in Chicago. On May 20, 2011, she retired from NBC after more than 35 years in ...

, NBC Universal *2011 – Claire Smith ( ESPN) *2012 - Monica Pearson, WSB-TV (Atlanta) *2013 - Theodore "Ted" Holtzclaw, WABC (New York) (Posthumous) *2014 - Hugh Grannum, photographer (posthumously), '' Detroit Free Press'' *2015 - Bryan Burwell, sports journalist (posthumously), ''The St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' *2016 - David Aldridge, Turner Sports *2017 - Ron Thomas, Director of the Journalism and Sports Program at

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

*2018 - Robert McGruder, Detroit Free Press (Posthumous)

Journalism Educator of the Year

*2005 - Karen Clark, Langston University *2006 - Kip Branch, Elizabeth City State University *2007 - Robert Adams & James Highland, Western Kentucky University *2008 - Nagatha Tonkins, North Carolina A&T State University *(no 2009 award given) *2010 - James Hawkins, Florida A&M University *2011 – Bonnie Newman Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University *2012 – Allissa Richardson, '' Morgan State University'' *2013 - Michelle Johnson, Boston University *2014 - Dr. Linda Florence Callahan, North Carolina A&T State University

Student Journalist of the Year

*2007 - Eddie Cole, Jr., Tennessee State University *2010 - Philip Lucas, Howard University *2011 – Ashley Williams, University of Southern California *2012 - Eric Burse, USC Annenberg School of Communications *2013 - Marissa A. Evans, Marquette University *2014 - Claudia Balthazar (Hofstra University’s graduate) and Averi Harper (Columbia University graduate) *2018 - Doni Holloway, UNC Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism

Community Service Award

*1997 -

Joe Madison Joseph (Joe) Madison (born June 16, 1949), alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison", is an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View. Career Radio career Madison began his broadcasting career in ...

, WRC-Radio *1998 - Gwen Tolbart, KTVT, Dallas, TX *1999 - C. Ron Allen, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel *2000 - Andrew Humphrey, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C *2001 - Angela Curry, ''Kansas City Star'' *2002 - DeWayne Wickham, ''USA Today'', GNS *2003 - Yvonne Lewis-Harris, KTUL-TV, Channel 8 *2004 - Mollie Finch Belt, ''The Dallas Examiner'' *2005 - Derek Nathaniel Ali, ''Dayton Daily News'' osthumous*2006 - DeMarco Morgan, WISN-TV, Milwaukee *2007 - Linda Waller Shockley, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund *2008 - Margaret Bernstein, ''

The Cleveland Plain Dealer ''The Plain Dealer'' is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. In fall 2019, it ranked 23rd in U.S. newspaper circulation, a significant drop since March 2013, when its circulation ranked 17th daily and 15th on Sunday. As of Ma ...

'' * (no award given in 2009) *2010 - Michelle Singletary, Founder of First Baptist Church of Glenarden, MD *2011 – Stacey Tisdale, NBC, PBS and WowOWow.com *2012 - Albert Knighten, 107.5 FM *2013 - Dr. Shelley Stewart, The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation *2014 - Michaela Pereira, CNN

Emerging Journalist of the Year

*2003 - Issac Peterson III *2004 - Theola Labbé *2005 - Krissah Williams *2006 - Errin Haines and Trymaine Lee *2007 -

Mara Schiavocampo Mara Schiavocampo ( ), also Mara S. Campo, (born September 28, 1979) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, podcast host, and Executive Producer. Mara is the host of TV One's investigative show "Fatal Attraction: Last Words". She is also t ...

*2008 - Sarah Hoye *2010 - Michael Feeney, ''The Daily News'' in New York *2009 - Cynthia Gordy *2011 - Kimberley A. Martin, ''Newsday'' *2012 - Gerrick Kennedy, ''L.A. Times'' *2013 -

Yamiche Alcindor Yamiche Léone Alcindor ( ; born November 1, 1986) is an American journalist who is the host of ''Washington Week'' on PBS and a Washington correspondent for NBC News. In the past, she has worked as a reporter for ''PBS NewsHour'', ''USA Today'', ...

, ''USA Today'' *2014 - Wesley Lowery, ''Washington Post'' *2015 - Brittany Noble-Jones, KMOV in St. Louis, MO *2016 - Jamiles Lartey, ''The Guardian'' *2017 - Ernest Owens, ''G Philly'' (co-winner) *2017 - Candace Smith, ABC News *2019 - Alexi McCammond

Pat Tobin Media Professional Award

*2011 - Sheila Brooks, SRB Communications *2012 - Janet Rolle, CNN *2013 - Dawn Kelly, Prudential *2014 - Tiffany R. Warren, ADColor, Omnicom Groups

Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award

*1978 -

Mal Goode Malvin (Mal) Russell Goode (February 13, 1908 – September 12, 1995) was an African-American television journalist and news correspondent. Education and early work Goode was born in White Plains, Virginia, educated in the public school system o ...

, ABC News *1979 -

Carl Murphy Carl Murphy (January 17, 1889 – February 25, 1967) was an African-American journalist, publisher, civil rights leader, and educator. He was publisher of the ''Afro-American'' newspaper chain of Baltimore, Maryland, expanding its coverage with re ...

, Afro-American Newspapers *1980 -

Carl Rowan Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was a prominent American journalist, author and government official who published columns syndicated across the U.S. and was at one point the highest ranking African American in the United ...

, syndicated columnist *1981 -

Lerone Bennett Jr. Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works included ''Before the Mayflower'' (1962) and '' Forced into Glo ...

, '' Ebony'' *1982 - Ethel Payne, Sengstacke Newspapers *1983 - Gordon Parks, Carlton Goodlett, ''San Francisco Reporter'' *1984 - Albert Fitzpatrick, Knight-Ridder Inc. *1985 - Lu Palmer, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *1986 - Jimmy Hicks, ''Amsterdam News'' osthumous*1987 -

John H. Johnson John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was an American businessman and publisher. Johnson was the founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson's company, with its ''Ebony' ...

, Johnson Publishing Co. *1988 - Armistead Pride, Lincoln University *1989 - Peggy Peterman, ''St. Petersburg Times'' *1990 -

, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *1991 - Sam Lacy, ''Afro-American'' *1992 - Chuck Stone, UNC *1993 - Luix Overbea, ''Christian Science Monitor'' *1994 -

William Raspberry William Raspberry (October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2012) was an American syndicated public affairs columnist. He was also the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke Uni ...

, ''Washington Post'' *1995 - Thomas Morgan III, ''The New York Times'' *1996 - William Brower, '' Toledo Blade'' *1997 - Samuel L. Adams, University of Kansas *1998 -

Sarah-Ann Shaw Sarah-Ann Shaw (November 6, 1933 – March 21, 2024) was an American journalist and television reporter with WBZ-TV from 1969 to 2000. She was best known as the first female African-American reporter to be televised in Boston. Shaw was also know ...

, WBZ-TV, Boston *1999 - Belva Davis, KPIX-TV, San Francisco *2000 - Joseph A. Palmer Sr., ''Proud'' magazine osthumousand Dr. Ernest C. Withers Sr., The Withers Studio *2001 - Charles Jackson, ''Oakland Tribune'' osthumous*2002 - Robert McGruder, ''Detroit Free Press'' osthumous*2003 - Greg Freeman, ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-Dem ...

'' osthumous*2004 - Clarence Page, ''Chicago Tribune'' *2005 - Ed Bradley, CBS News *2006 -

Earl G. Graves, Sr. Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. (January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020) was an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses. A graduate of Morgan State University, he was the founder of ''Bla ...

, ''

Black Enterprise Magazine ''Black Enterprise'' is a black-owned multimedia company. Since the 1970s, its flagship product ''Black Enterprise'' magazine has covered African-American businesses with a readership of 3.7 million. The company was founded in 1970 by Earl ...

'' *2007 - Bernard Shaw, CNN *2008 - Harry Porterfield, WLS-TV, Chicago *2009 - Michael Wilbon, ''The Washington Post''/ESPN *2010 - Paul Delaney, ''The New York Times'' *2011 - Acel Moore, NABJ Founder & Pulitzer Prize Winner *2012 - Les Payne, ''Newsday'' *2013 - Gregory L. Moore *2013 - DeWayne Wickham, ''USA Today'', Morgan State University *2014 - Sandra Hughes, former anchor, WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC *2017 - Yvette Miley, MSNBC *2018 - Beverly White, KNBC Los Angeles *2020 - Kevin Merida, ESPN

Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist

*1989 – Zwelakhe Sisulu, ''New Nation'', South Africa st winner*1993 –

Ben Ephson Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson (born 1957) is a Ghanaian journalist and pollster. Ephson is the Managing Editor of the ''Daily Dispatch'' newspaper. Early life and education Ben Ephson was born in Accra in 1957. He had his secondary education at ...

, '' West Africa (magazine)'', Ghana *1994 – Zubeida Jaffer, Cape Town, South Africa *1995 –

Kenneth Best Kenneth Yakpawolo Best (born 28 October 1938) is a Liberian journalist who founded the Liberian newspaper ''The Daily Observer'' and a paper of the same name in The Gambia.Michael KudlakIPI World Press Freedom Heroes: Kenneth Best, ''IPI Report'', ...

, ''The Daily Observer'', Liberia *1996 – Babacar Fall,

Pan-African News Agency PanaPress or Pana or PanAfrican News Agency is an African news agency. It has its headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. It was founded on 20 July 1979 in Addis Ababa by the OAU and was relaunched by UNESCO in 1993. It provides news in English, French, ...

, Senegal *1997 – Marie-Roger Biloa, ''Africa International'' magazine, Paris *1998 *1999 –

Fred Mmembe Fred M'membe (born 11 March 1959) is a Zambian journalist known for his editorship of the '' Zambia Post''. He has received numerous international awards for his reporting. In 2000, the International Press Institute named him one of its World Pr ...

, ''The Post'', Zambia *2000 – Rafael Marques, Angola *2002 – Milkias Mihreteab Yohannes, Eritrea *2003 – Geoff Nyarota, ''The Daily News'', Zimbabwe *2004 –

Pius Njawé Pius Njawé (4 March 1957 – 12 July 2010) was a Cameroonian journalist and director of ''Le Messager'' as well as ''Le Messager Populi.'' Arrested over 100 times for his reporting, Njawé won several awards for his work, including the 1991 CPJ ...

, Cameroon *2005 –

Michèle Montas Michèle Montas (born 1946) is a journalist from Haiti and the former Spokesperson under UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010). Prior to her appointment, Montas headed the French unit of UN Radio. From 2003 to 2004 ...

, Haiti *2006 –

Deyda Hydara Deyda Hydara (June 9, 1946 – December 16, 2004) was a co-founder and primary editor of '' The Point'', a major independent Gambian newspaper. He was also a correspondent for both AFP News Agency and Reporters Without Borders for more than 30 ...

, and members of the Gambian Press Union (posthumous) *2007 – National Union of Somali Journalists *2008 – Imprisoned Journalists of Eritrea *2011 –

Jean-Claude Kavumbagu Jean-Claude Kavumbagu is a Burundian Internet journalist who has been arrested on multiple occasions for issues related to his reporting. In 2011, he was charged with treason in a high-profile trial and named a prisoner of conscience by Amnes ...

, Net Press *2012 - *2013 - *2014 -

Best Practices

*2006 - ''The Indianapolis Recorder'' *2007 - CNN *2009 -

The Chauncey Bailey Project Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr. (October 20, 1949 – August 2, 2007) was an American journalist noted for his work primarily on issues of the African American community. He served as editor-in-chief of '' The Oakland Post'' in Oakland, Californi ...

*2010 - NBC Universal *2011 - *2012 - TV ONE *2013 - ''Washington Post'' *2014 -

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

*2015 - Buzzfeed

Student Chapter of the Year

*1997 – University of Georgia *1998 – Boston Association of Black Journalists Student Consortium *1999 – Penn State Association of Journalists for Diversity *2000 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Student Consortium *2001 – Carolina Association of Black Journalists *2002 – Carolina Association of Black Journalists *2003 – University of North Texas *2004 – University of Oregon *2005 – Northwestern University *2006 – Temple Association of Black Journalists *2007 – University of Georgia *2008 – Florida A&M University *2015 - Northwestern University *2016 - University of Southern California *2017 - Morgan State University *2018 - North Carolina A&T University of Black Journalists *2019 - Winthrop University Association of Black Journalists

Chapter of the Year

*1996 – Garden State (New Jersey) Association of Black Journalists *1997 – Cleveland Chapter of NABJ *1998 – Richmond Association of Black Journalists *1999 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists *2000 – Wisconsin Black Media Association *2001 – Detroit Chapter of NABJ *2002 – Houston Association of Black Journalists *2003 – San Diego Association of Black Journalists *2004 – Black Journalists Association of Southern California *2005 – Hampton Roads *2006 – Houston Association of Black Journalists *2007 – Washington Association of Black Journalists *2008 – Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists *2012 – Atlanta Association of Black Journalists *2013 – New York Association of Black Journalists *2014 – Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists *2015 - Pittsburgh Black Media Federation & Southern New England Association of Black Journalists *2016 - Baton Rouge Area Association of Black Journalists & Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists *2017 - Pittsburgh Black Media Federation *2018 - Chicago *2019 - Rochester Association of Black Journalists & San Diego Association of Black Journalists

President's Award

*1993 - William A. Hilliard, '' The Oregonian'' *1994 - Nancy Hicks Maynard, ''Oakland Tribune'' *1995 - John Dotson, ''Akron Beacon Journal'' *1996 - Bob Johnson, BET *1997 - Vernon Jarrett, ''Chicago Sun-Times'' *2000 - Patsy Pressley, National Association of Black Journalists *2001 - Paula Madison, NBC *2002 - Leonard Pitts, Jr., ''Miami Herald'' *2003 - Richard Prince, ''The Washington Post'' *2004 - Don Hudson, '' The Clarion-Ledger'' *2005 - Monte Trammer, ''The Star-Gazette'' *2006 - Ryan L. Williams, National Association of Black Journalists *2007 - Rodney Brooks, ''USA Today'' *2008 - Roland Martin, CNN *2009 - Drew Berry, Drew Berry & Associates, LLC (back-to-back) *2010 - Drew Berry, Drew Berry & Associates, LLC *2011 - Johnathan A. Rodgers, TV ONE *2012 - Sarah Glover, NBC10 (Philadelphia) *2013 - Kelley L. Carter, ''EBONY'', and

, WJLA *2014 - Carol D. Ash, Kennedy King College and Vince Hill, KYW (Philadelphia) *2015 - Veronique Dodson, National Association of Black Journalists *2016 - Elise Durham, Florida A&M University *2017 - Sheila Brooks, SRB Communications *2018 - Vickie Thomas, WWJ/CBS Radio-Detroit *2018 - Ryan L. Williams, NBC News/ MSNBC *2019 - Kelley Carter, ESPN's The Undefeated

References

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* {{authority control African-American press African-American professional organizations American journalism organizations Journalism-related professional associations Organizations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Washington, D.C. * Awards honoring African Americans