NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE TO MEET IN TULSA,APRIL 12-13

The National Association of Black Journalists Region III will be hosting its annual conference in Tulsa, April 12-13. The theme is “Press and Prosperity: NABJ Meets Black Wall Street.” The host site is Tulsa Community College Center for Creativity.

Hundreds of journalists from the region and the country are expected to gather in Tulsa. The range of topics covers the prominent and pressing issues facing the journalism community today.

The conference workshops are planned for Saturday. The Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project will be the opening session. Catherine McGloin and Gina Nortonsmith will be presenting their research on archives that journalists can use in their reporting of historical and contemporary racial injustices.

Catherine McGloin is a communication specialist with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. Photo Provided

Gina Nortonsmith is archivist for African American History at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections at the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. Photo Provided

Additional workshop topics scheduled are “A.I: Threat or Tool?” “Building and Sustaining Your Own Business,” “Journalism Jumpstart: College Strategies for a Thriving Media Center,” and “Newsfeed Navigator: Mastering Social Media as a Journalists.”

The two-day event will include the NABJ National President Ken Lemon, Region III Director Eva Coleman, Hall of Fame Honoree Cheryl Smith, and a host of other national and local journalism professionals and scholars, and invited guests to highlight specialized subjects.

Ken Lemon is national president for the National Association of Black Journalists. He is an Emmy Award-Winning reporter at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, N. C. Photo Provided

Eva D. Coleman is the Region III director for the National Association of Black Journalists. She is an award-winning TV producer and media educator based in Dallas, Texas. Photo Provided

At the awards program on Saturday evening, Gary Lee, managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and former Washington Post’s Moscow bureau chief, will be the guest speaker.

Gary Lee is the managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and former foreign correspondent for the Washington Post and Time. Photo Provided

The region includes the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Local sponsors of the conference are Justice for Greenwood, Northeastern University (Boston) Law – Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, Terence Crutcher Foundation, Tulsa Community College, TCC Connection, Report for America, The Oklahoma Eagle, Leah Heals, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Pro Chapter, and the NABJ-Tulsa chapter.

For registration information and the conference schedule, see https://nabjonline.org/event/nabjregion3tulsa/