Media professionals from around the country were featured on more than 200 sessions, panels and workshops during the NABJ conference in Birmingham. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The final tally was 3,644. That’s how many journalists showed up in Birmingham Aug. 2-6 for the National Association of Black Journalists convention. That total is second only to the 2019 convention in Miami.
Symone Sanders Townsend, MSNBC, left; Dr. Jesse J. Lewis, Birmingham business icon, center and Errol Barnett, CBS News after Dr. Lewis was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
NABJ Board of Directors gather during Opening Ceremony in Birmingham. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
NABJ President Dorothy Tucker delivers remarks during the Opening Ceremony. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Art Franklin, right, businessman and member of the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists chats the NABJ convention. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Media professionals from around the country were featured on more than 200 sessions, panels and workshops during the NABJ conference in Birmingham. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
AL.com Columnist and Director of Content Development Roy S. Johnson shortly after being inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
The NABJ Convention in Birmingham drew more than 3,500 registrants, many of them friends and family. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Media professionals from around the country were featured on more than 200 sessions, panels and workshops during the NABJ conference in Birmingham. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
From left: The Rev. Thomas Wilder, Senior Pastor Bethel Baptist Church; former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington; AL.com columnist and Director of Content Development, Roy S. Johnson; Community Activist T. Marie King and Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center, Bob Dickerson following a panel discussion. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)
Radio legend Dr. Shelley Stewart speaks after being honored by the Birmingham Association of the Black Journalists. (Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)
Birmingham native and comedian Roy Wood Jr. serves as host during the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists Scholarship fundraiser. (Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)
Carla Wade, President, Birmingham Association of Black Journalists said the convention “turned out to be a bigger success than anyone, except the BABJ, expected. I have heard nothing but positive feedback on the convention and our Still Making Magic scholarship event.”
In a letter to local members, Wade said the chapter “shined because of the vision of its past leadership and because of its present membership, which was never content to do the bare minimum, instead striving to go the extra step to present BABJ and by extension Birmingham in the best way possible.”
This was the first time Birmingham had been a location for the national convention which featured more than 200 sessions, panels and workshops; nearly 90 career fair companies/organizations and 17 breakfasts, luncheons and receptions.
