NEW YORK The Associated Press’ recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement the online abuse that many journalists face routinely. During internal meetings after the Arizona-based reporter, Emily Wilder, was let go,…
Daytona Times photojournalist Duane C. Fernandez Sr. has been awarded a grant through the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) that will allow him to create a documentary about COVID-19 and its impact on the Black community in Daytona Beach and beyond.
The funding from NABJ is supporting journalists at Black-owned media outlets through the organizationâs âBlack Press Grant Program.â The program is supported by a $300,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
NABJ is an organization of 4,000 journalists, students, media-related professionals and educators. It aims to provide innovative, quality programs and services on behalf of Black Journalists worldwide.
Veteran Newsday reporter Michael Alexander, 77, dies newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As a full-time employee at Twitter in internal events, the CEO of her own company Sisters in Media, and an alum of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Oladotun Idowu has proven herself a positive and unstoppable force to be reckoned with.