Celebrating 40 Years
Since 1976 AABJ has been an advocate for diversity in mainstream media.
Upcoming - AABJ 40th Anniversary Holiday Reception
The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists cordially invites you to a celebration at the Loft at Castleberry inn! Please join us as we wrap up our 40th anniversary year with holiday cheer, food, drinks, fellowship and fun!! Scholarships for exceptional journalism students will also be announced.
Loft at Castleberry Hill, 170 Northside Drive SW, Suite 96, Atlanta, GA 30313
2/12/2016
AABJ Founders Reception #AABJ40 was wonderful! Learning about AABJ's amazing history and networking with fellow journalists. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate the kickoff event for our 40th anniversary, especially Carla Morrison and the new Board of Directors. Thanks to Carol M. Gantt for greeting guests at the door and filling in on the panel! Shout out to American Brand Central @abcatl for designing that great banner! Special thanks to Clark Atlanta University for hosting our reception!
2/7/2016
Meet the Panelists for the AABJ Founders Reception
Thursday, Feb. 11, 6-8:30 p.m.
Clark Atlanta University, 211 James P. Brawley Dr, Atlanta #AABJ40
Ernie Suggs will serve as a panelist at the AABJ Founders Reception. Ernie is a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a former NABJ Vice President and a Harvard University Neiman Fellow.
Jennifer Matthews will serve as a panelist at the AABJ Founders Reception. Jennifer is a cross-platform associate producer at CNN and an instructor at Kennesaw State University.
Stan Washington will serve as a panelist at the AABJ Founders Reception. Stan is an award-winning journalist and an editor, for The Atlanta Voice.
Blayne Alexander 11Alive will serve as a moderator for the AABJ Founders Reception. Blayne is a reporter and anchor for 11 Alive News, and a four-time regional Emmy Award nominee.
Angela Robinson will serve as a panelist for the AABJ Founders Reception. Angela is the host and executive producer of the award-winning News and Public Affairs Talk Show, IN CONTACT. The first of its kind, IN CONTACT presented by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, airs on the AIB Network here in Atlanta.
2/1/2016
Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Kicks-off 40th Anniversary Celebration
Founders Day Begins Year-long Event Schedule
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ) will mark the start of a year-long 40th anniversary celebration with its first Founders Day Reception & Talkback on Thursday, February 11, 6-8:30 pm, at Clark Atlanta University’s (CAU) Robert W. Woodruff Library Exhibition Hall, 211 James P. Brawley Drive in Atlanta.
Sponsored by the CAU Communications Department, the Founders Day event will be a celebration of Black History Month highlighted by a panel discussion of how AABJ diversified Atlanta media, the changes in the media industry and the organization’s rich history of mentoring young, aspiring Black journalists. Panel members also will field questions from the audience. Moderated by Blayne Alexander, a reporter-anchor for 11 Alive, the panel will feature AABJ notable founders and leaders, including Stan Washington, Atlanta Voice digital editor; Hal Lamar, Atlanta Voice Newspaper; Angela Robinson, executive producer and host of IN CONTACT; Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs and Jennifer Matthews, an associate producer at CNN and Kennesaw State University instructor. Panelists will push the conversation forward by exploring “AABJ: The Next 40.” A reception in the Exhibition Hall will immediately follow the program.
The Founders Reception and Talkback is open to the general public for a $10.00 admission and $5.00 for AABJ members and all students with ID.
2/1/2016
AABJ Founders Reception (Feb. 11) 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Contact: Carla Morrison | 404-319-2130, sistersoftodayandtomorrow@gmail.com OR Joy Barnes | 404-314-8591, jcbwpark@yahoo.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 1, 2016
Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Kicks-off 40th Anniversary Celebration
Founders Day Begins Year-long Event Schedule
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ) will mark the start of a year-long 40th anniversary celebration with its first Founders Day Reception & Talkback on Thursday, February 11, 6-8:30 pm, at Clark Atlanta University’s (CAU) Robert W. Woodruff Library Exhibition Hall, 211 James P. Brawley Drive in Atlanta.
Sponsored by the CAU Communications Department, the Founders Day event will be a celebration of Black History Month highlighted by a panel discussion of how AABJ diversified Atlanta media, the changes in the media industry and the organization’s rich history of mentoring young, aspiring Black journalists. Panel members also will field questions from the audience. Moderated by Blayne Alexander, a reporter-anchor for 11 Alive, the panel will feature AABJ notable founders and leaders, including Stan Washington, Atlanta Voice digital editor; Hal Lamar, Atlanta Voice Newspaper; Angela Robinson, executive producer and host of IN CONTACT; Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs and Jennifer Matthews, an associate producer at CNN and Kennesaw State University instructor. Panelists will push the conversation forward by exploring “AABJ: The Next 40.” A reception in the Exhibition Hall will immediately follow the program.
The Founders Reception and Talkback is open to the general public for a $10.00 admission and $5.00 for AABJ members and all students with ID.
“We are excited about embarking on the celebration of AABJ’s 40th year,” said Cheryl Collier, the newly elected President of AABJ and producer at HLN TV. “I feel lucky to be in this leadership position at this point in our history. We’re going to meet the challenge of bringing a heightened awareness about AABJ not only to the Atlanta metro at-large, but also to Black journalists in the Atlanta market who are members of the National organization but not yet local chapter members, following the likes of Jocelyn Dorsey and Monica Pearson who diversified our organization when they came in.”
Condace Pressley, the 40th Anniversary Committee Chair, is Marietta-born and bred and a past president of both AABJ and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Manager of Programming Operations for WSB-AM and producer and host of its Sunday show Perspectives, she was asked how she came to be named Chair. “I was volunteered,” she said proudly, “and I accepted because it was the right thing to do!”
AABJ immediate past presidents Eric Stirgus (2014-2015), AJC Staff Writer and Tenisha Bell (2011-2014), Perfect Pitch Media, also will participate in the Founders Day program, along with Angela Robinson, Host and Executive Producer of IN CONTACT, AABJ’s award-winning weekly news and public affairs talk show. Atlanta is the only NABJ chapter with a locally produced television show, which helped AABJ achieve Chapter of the Year in 2012.
The Founders Day program will start the year’s series of happenings to celebrate AABJ’s 40th year.
Scheduled events:
Saturday, June 25, 2016 – AABJ Family Fun Day and Picnic
Saturday, September 24, 2016 – AABJ Gala honoring founders & pioneers.
Thursday, December 8, 2016 – AABJ holiday party & scholarship benefit.
The public is invited to participate in all occasions. Watch for further information closer to event dates.
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