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NYABJ Executive Board
2001-2003
Among its many programs
and activities, NYABJ holds professional
development seminars, panel discussions
on issues of interest to the black community,
workshops for high school students,
awards competitions to recognize excellence
in journalism, and fund raisers to provide
scholarships for aspiring journalists.
To date, the chapter has given more
than $55,000 in scholarships to area
students. NYABJ has also sponsored regional
NABJ conferences as well as press conferences
and news briefings with newsmakers.
As with most
volunteer organizations, much of our
work is done by dedicated members
serving on committees. NYABJ's committees
are Membership, Media Watch, Scholarship/Student
Outreach, Programs, Communications,
Newsletter, Awards, Web Site and Fund
Raising.
The committees are
led by the following leaders:
Scholarship/Student
Outreach
Saundra Booker
Administers the annual scholarship
and essay competition, works with
the Fund Raising Committee to raise
scholarship money, and solicits applications
from journalism students and instructors
within the New York college community.
The committee also administers the
annual high school journalism workshop.
Media Watch
Eric
Tait and Agnes
Green
Coordinates efforts to sensitize
the media to institutional racism
in coverage of news events, to expand
coverage of the black community in
America and abroad, and to monitor
and seek compliance with existing
EEOC and FCC laws.
Programs
Elisa
Keys and Zachary
Dowdy
Coordinates programs - including
but not limited to professional development
and African-Caribbean outreach - for
the monthly meetings and special events.
Membership
Keesa
Schreane and
Frankie Edozien
Conducts membership
recruitment efforts and related activities
while maintaining a current record
of active members and welcoming new
black journalists to the area.
Publicity
Anayo
Afolabi and
Zita
Allen
Publicizes NYABJ events
and activities, submits information
to the NABJ Journal and generates
news articles featuring NYABJ programs
and initiatives.
Awards
Mira
Lowe
Organizes and facilitates
the chapter's annual journalism awards
competition. The awards are presented
at a scholarship and awards dinner
each December.
Fund Raising
Coordinates money-making events for
NYABJ and writes for grants and sponsorship.
Newsletter
Feona
Huff
Coordinates and produces a
quarterly newsletter which supports
and publicizes the functions of NYABJ
and its membership.
Web Site
Herbert
Lowe and Alana
Robinson
Keeps NYABJ members advised
of advances in news technologies and
provides information on better ways
to use the Internet and computer-based
tools. The committee also manages
the chapter Web site, www.nyabj.org.
Any NYABJ member
interested in joining a committee
should contact one of the leaders
or Chapter President Errol
Cockfield.
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