Hill in the Hallways

By Rebekah Tsadik
NABJ Monitor Staff Writer
Actor Hill Harper, author of the new book “Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny,” and known for his role in “Lackawanna Blues,” was busy doing more than gambling on the Las Vegas Strip today.
Friday afternoon, Harper participated in the Washington Post’s “Being a Black Man” series at the [...]

Students meet Cynthia Tucker

By Cynthia Levy
NABJ Monitor Staff Writer
Pulitzer Prize winner, and acclaimed Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker visited the NABJ student project newsroom Friday afternoon.
The writer, who is nationally known for her columns opposing voter id policies and calling out former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell, answered questions posed by four student reporters.
Tucker reached back into history [...]

Polling update.

Members have been trickling in to vote for NABJ officers throughout the day.
“I was here earlier and it [turnout] was pretty good,” said Talia Buford, a member of the elections committee an dreporter for the Providence Journal.
Voting had picked up  between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., before Barack Obama made an appearance, and again just before 3 p.m.
Voting ends at [...]

Eye on South Africa

Photo by L. Kasimu Harris

By Aaron Morrison
NABJ Convention Online Staff
Calling attention to socioeconomic issues in other countries is something that actress Alfre Woodard doesn’t mind doing.She was joined by Sharon Gelman, executive director for Artists for a New South Africa at this year’s W.E.B. DuBois lecture at the 32nd annual NABJ Convention and Career Fair [...]

Adbul-Jabbar checks in

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar generated some buzz when he appeared in the lobby at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on Thursday.
He’s in town to promote his new book, “On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey through the Harlem Renaissance” at NABJ.
“It’s about the Harlem Renaissance and how it’s related to my life,” [...]

Sports for breakfast

Potential mentors and mentees shared breakfast at this morning’s Sports Task Force professional development session at the 32nd annual NABJ convention and career fair at Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The event, sponsored by ESPN, attracted more than 150 convention goers interested in networking with sports journalists. Steven Smith, a sportswriter and radio personality [...]

Spirit in the Words Poetry Competition winner is…

Photo by Bahiyaui Allen
Brent Solomon for his poem, “Corporate Brotha.” Solomon won the first place prize, $3,000.
Sheila Spencer’s poem, “We’re the Hands …,” took second place and the $1,5ooo prize.
And, Ronald Clark won third place with his poem “An Epidemic.” He received the $500 prize.
The event was hosted by poet Michael “MIKE-E” Ellison. He had the [...]

Registration humming along

Everything was almost all good during registration at the NABJ convention Wednesday. NABJ members were hugging, laughing and chattering about the election candidates in the ballroom area of Bally’s hotel and casino. Registration was slightly delayed when the Internet went down for a little over an hour. Despite the minor setback NABJ staff kept the [...]

Tech woes can’t stop multimedia learning

By Renita Burns
NABJ Online Staff
As NABJ kicked off its first round of special events on Wednesday – a series on multimedia learning labs – internet glitches slowed down some sessions, turning one interactive workshop into a discussion.
Novices and the experienced alike, went to the workshops hoping to get a hands on tutorial in multimedia software [...]

NABJ Lands in Vegas

Photo by Ana Alvarez
Campaign literature awaits.
By Renita Burns
NABJ Convention Online Staff
Thousands of black journalists are converging on Las Vegas for what NABJ expects to be one of its largest conventions ever.
Kristin Palmer, NABJ communications manager, said 700 to 800 people are expected to register onsite.
Palmer also said approximately 2,500 people have registered for the 32nd [...]