Sherlon Christie

2011 NABJ Sports Task Force Scholarship Party (Update)

2011-07-31T18:45:00.001-04:00

Just spoke with NABJ Sports Task Force chairman Greg Lee and he said to pass along the follow information...

ADVANCE ONLINE TICKETS SALES HAVE ENDED
We want to thank everyone that purchased already. Your ticket will be in an envelope waiting for you when you arrive and you can get it when you pick up your NABJ convention registration.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN PERSON
If you didn't get tickets yet, you can still purchase them in person at the NABJ convention registration area in the Philadelphia Convention Center. If you've missed any of the five previous parties (2006 in Indianapolis, 2007 in Las Vegas, 2008 in Chicago, 2009 in Tampa and 2010 in San Diego), you don't want to miss this one.

EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE 6TH ANNUAL PARTY
The luxurious Whisper Night Club (1714 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103) is only a 15 minute walk (0.6 miles) from the Marriott Hotel or a 5-minute drive (1 mile). We recommend car pooling (if you are driving) or taking a cab to save your feet for dancing. Party goes from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. and ticket prices can be found right here and check out the party's Facebook page to see who's coming through on Thursday, August 4.

We'll see you when you get to Philadelphia.

- Sherlon Christie

NABJSTF Events at 2011 Convention in Philadelphia

2011-07-25T15:03:00.001-04:00

Greetings,

NABJ Sports Task Force members...we are 9 days away from this year's NABJ convention in Philadelphia. I hope you are registered and ready for what is absolutely a can't miss NABJ convention. As promised, here is the updated schedule of NABJ Sports Task Force events and as always, I ask that you support NABJ Sports Task Force events so we can continue to be a leader of the NABJ Task Forces.

-Sherlon Christie

Thursday, August 4, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
SPORTS TASK FORCE MENTOR BREAKFAST
Powered by ESPN
Location: 119AB (Convention Center)
Join the NABJ Sports Task Force and ESPN for its annual mentorship breakfast. Aspiring journalists are paired with professional mentors from broadcast, print and online newsrooms.
Speakers: ESPN's Rob Parker and Claire Smith.

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
THE VANISHING BLACK SPORTS REPORTER: WHY DIVERSITY MATTERS
Location: 119A (Convention Center...same room as breakfast)

In an era where African Americans dominate the playing fields and arenas, the press boxes above and around them do not reflect that trend. The latest AP Sports Editors census reveals fewer people of color covering or leading newsroom coverage. What’s changed since earlier in the decade when America had six African American sports editors compared to today having one? What should those in power do to change the dynamic?

Panelists:
David Aldridge, Reporter and Analyst, TNT, NBA-TV and NBA.com
Hollis Towns, Executive Editor and Vice President-News, Asbury Park Press
Michael Anastasi, Managing Editor, Sports, Features and Production, Salt Lake Tribune
Steve Smith, Studio Analyst, NBA TV
Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBC Sports Group
Garry D. Howard, Editor-In-Chief, Sporting News

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CULTURAL TENSIONS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
Location: 115A (Convention Center)

Several issues have divided African Americans for years, including educated/uneducated, middle class/poor and urban/rural. As a result, offensive terms have been used to take aim at one’s "blackness.” Such instances have garnered national attention in the past year including ESPN analyst Jalen Rose’s "Uncle Tom” remark aimed at black Duke players in the 1990s; boxer Bernard Hopkins questioning the blackness of NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb; and Dr. Cornel West’s criticism of President Obama. In addition to closely examining these examples, we will also explore how these stories have been and should be covered by the media.

Panelists
Soledad O’Brien, Correspondent, CNN
Roland S. Martin, Analyst, TVOne, CNN, Essence
Dr. Argie Allen, Director of Clinical Training Programs, Drexel University,
Isiah Thomas, Former NBA Star and College Basketball Coach
Greg Anthony, Former NBA player and Current Basketball Analyst.
Nathaniel Normant, Chair and Associate Professor of African American Studies, Temple University
Bill Rhoden, Sports Columnist, New York Times

10:00 p.m. – 3:30 a.m.
SIXTH ANNUAL SPORTS TASK FORCE SCHOLARSHIP JAM
Location: Whisper Night Club (1714 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

What are folks saying about the best party at the NABJ convention the last five years running, CHECK OUT THE FACEBOOK EVENT.

Tickets are as cheap as $15 for NABJ members, get YOUR TICKET TODAY!

Friday, August 5, 2011

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
SPORTS PIONEER AWARDS CEREMONY
Location: 119A (same room as the breakfast from Thursday)

Saturday, August 6, 2011

10:30 a.m. – Noon
BLACK ATHLETE MANIFESTO
Location: 119A (same room as the breakfast from Thursday)

The Black Athlete has suddenly changed in front of our eyes. The superstars of our games are now born in the late 1980s, where they have faint memories of the Cosby Show or The Notorious B.I.G. and definitely have little concept of the Civil Rights Movement or the sacrifices of their predecessors. How do we deal with these athletes as journalists? How do we deal with those who are in the forefront of the Twitter generation, U-Stream craze and who seem to tattoo every one of their life achievements or opinions on their bodies? How do we close the generational gap and social gap between reporters and those athletes? And are these athletes more difficult to cover than those in the past?

Panelists
Kyle Draper, Studio Host, Comcast SportsNet
Jerry Brewer, Columnist, Seattle Times
Stephen A. Smith, Talk Show Host, ESPN Radio
Mitch Richmond, Former NBA Player
Vinnie Goodwill, Detroit Pistons Beat Writer, Detroit News

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sports Task Force Business Meeting & Elections
Location: 118C (Convention Center)

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2011-04-16T19:59:00.005-04:00

PRINT-NEWSPAPERS

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Assignment Editor, WFSB-TV, Rocky Hill, CT (Part-Time)
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News Producer, WCPO-TV - Cincinnati, OH
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News Producer,WICD-TV, Champaign, IL
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Producer, WTVT – Fox13, Tampa, FL
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Reporter, WTVT – Fox13, Tampa, FL
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Reporter/Producer, News 14, Greensboro, N.C.
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Producer, WPSA-TV, Spartanburg, SC
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Producer, WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL
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2010-09-30T16:12:00.004-04:00

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2010-09-07T22:56:00.002-04:00

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NABJ Conventions Past, Current and Future

2010-08-03T12:11:00.004-04:00

Updated 3:32 p.m. July 25th 2011

For the first time in my professional career, which started in 2003, I'm not at the mercy of an airline to attend an NABJ convention. I can drive. I can take a bus. I can take a train. I can't tell you how excited I am about that.

Philadelphia, the home of the 2011 NABJ convention, is only an hour's drive from me and I'm already planning to spend an entire week in Philadelphia. I hope others are considering that too.

Then the next year, the 2012 UNITY convention will be in Las Vegas, which I'm always excited about going to Las Vegas, and that will be going on during the 2012 Summer Olympics, which I will also attend. So, the next two summers will be filled with some very memorable events.

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The 2011 NABJ Convention will be in Philadelphia from August 3 to August 7 and the convention hotel will be the
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phldt-philadelphia-marriott-downtown/

The 2012 UNITY Convention will be in Las Vegas from August 1 to August 4 and the convention hotel will be the http://www.mandalaybay.com/

Get those vacation/time off requests in a.s.a.p.

Here is NABJ convention history past, current and future.

1976 -- Houston
1977 -- Baltimore
1978 -- Chicago
1979 – Washington, D.C.
1980 – Washington, D.C.
1981 -- Louisville
1982 -- Detroit
1983 -- New Orleans
1984 -- Atlanta
1985 -- Baltimore
1986 -- Dallas
1987 -- Miami
1988 -- St. Louis
1989 -- New York
1990 – Los Angeles
1991 -- Kansas City, Mo.

1992 – Detroit

1993 - Houston

1994 – UNITY in Atlanta

1995 – Philadelphia

1996 – Nashville

1997 – Chicago

1998 – Washington, D.C.

1999 – UNITY in Seattle

2000 – Phoenix

2001 – Orlando

2002 – Milwaukee

2003 – Dallas

2004 – UNITY in Washington, D.C.

2005 – Atlanta

2006 – Indianapolis

2007 – Las Vegas

2008 – UNITY in Chicago (July 23-27)

2009 – Tampa (August 5-9)

2010 – San Diego (July 28 – August 1)

2011 – Philadelphia (August 3-7))
2012 – TBA

2013 - Orlando (TBA)
2014 - New Orleans (TBA)
2015 - Minneapolis (TBA)

2016 - TBA
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2010-07-16T23:44:00.001-04:00

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2010-06-29T17:10:00.001-04:00

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2010-06-10T15:08:00.001-04:00

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2010-06-03T02:30:00.002-04:00

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2010-05-25T14:33:00.001-04:00

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2010-05-19T21:09:00.002-04:00

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2010-05-08T23:27:00.000-04:00

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2010-05-04T10:00:00.001-04:00

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2009-10-14T18:57:00.001-04:00

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UNITY: We're going to Las Vegas

2009-09-08T20:31:00.005-04:00

The following is the e-mail UNITY sent out at 6:20 p.m. on September 8 announcing its next convention city.

NABJ had its 2007 convention in Las Vegas and it appears UNITY is loving Las Vegas too.

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UNITY Selects Mandalay Bay in Vegas for 2012 Convention

UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. selected Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as the host for its 2012 convention. The UNITY convention is scheduled for August 1-4, 2012.

The UNITY board of directors heard presentations from two other cities, Los Angeles and Houston, before selecting Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay property as the host site. Los Angeles was selected as the backup city. "All three venues presented exciting opportunities for UNITY especially during these uncertain times, we greatly appreciate the interest and effort put forth by Los Angeles and Houston," said UNITY President Rafael Olmeda, "we are pleased that MGM Mirage, the parent company of Mandalay Bay, is considered one of the leaders in diversity in a manner that is well aligned with our mission and goals."

"UNITY continues to seek cost-efficient opportunities for the convention while also maximizing participant experiences at all levels" said Onica N. Makwakwa, UNITY Executive Director. "Mandalay Bay offers UNITY the potential to house all attendees under one roof as well as to potentially host all convention events in one location. We anticipate that this will allow members of the alliance partners as well as recruiters and job seekers to maximize networking opportunities."

The most recent UNITY convention was held July 23 - 27, 2008 in Chicago drawing over 7,500 journalists of color and media executives. Other past UNITY conventions have been held in Atlanta in 1994, Seattle in 1999, and Washington, D.C. in 2004.

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The upcoming NABJ/UNITY convention schedule

2010: NABJ in San Diego from July 28-August 1
2011: NABJ in Philadelphia from August 3-August 7
2012: UNITY in Las Vegas from August 1-August 4
2013: NABJ in Orlando (TBA).
2014: NABJ in New Orleans (TBA).
2015: NABJ in Minneapolis (TBA).

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2009-08-29T16:25:00.000-04:00

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Sherlon Christie
Sports Reporter
Asbury Park Press (N.J.)

Back to business

2009-08-15T07:52:00.002-04:00

The election is over.

The birthday is over.

It must mean it is mid-August and it is time to get back to work.

It is football season here in Jersey and we're gearing up for the production of our high school football tab, which comes out Sept. 10.

So, if you don't hear from me for a while, you know I'm knee-deep in football stories.

Thank You

2009-08-07T21:19:00.002-04:00

I'll keep this brief.

I don't know what I'll do to repay everyone that helped me with my campaign. All I can say is that we put on a very good show but we came up short. As I said in my title, thank you for believing in me.

http://mije.org/richardprince/kathy-times-wins-nabj-president

The home stretch (part 7)

2009-08-07T08:36:00.005-04:00

I'm wearing a burgundy suit, white shirt and multi-colored tie today.

Today is it.

You have a 5 p.m. deadline to cast your vote for the next board of directors.

If you have your own laptop, go to http://mynabj.org/ and vote online before the deadline.

user name = membership number
password = last name unless you have changed it.

If you have any issues, go to the registration area in the Tampa Convention Center and speak to someone from the national office. Your vote must count.

If you don't have a laptop you will need to go to the Tampa Convention Center room 7 today. The on-site voting area is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

Hopefully, we'll have good news around 5:15 p.m. or so.

MY PLATFORM

The home stretch (part 6)

2009-08-06T06:46:00.003-04:00

I'm wearing a light brown suit, gold shirt and multi-colored tie today.

If you are in Tampa tonight, come out and help me celebrate my 30th birthday at the Sports Task Force Party at Splitsville Lanes. Tickets are $20 in advance and more at the door. Get tickets near registration area. But before you come to the party, make sure you go online and vote Sherlon Christie for NABJ Secretary at http://mynabj.org.

MY PLATFORM

When you go to http://mynabj.org/
user name = membership number
password = last name unless you've changed it to something else.

any problems? Call the Marriott hotel number and ask for the nabj office during business hours.

The home stretch (part 5)

2009-08-05T20:57:00.005-04:00

I'm headed over to the white party at the Marriott in a little bit. I'm wearing a white, black and gold shirt and gold pants. Can't miss me. Say hello.

If you haven't voted yet...WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (smile).

MY PLATFORM

Now, go to http://mynabj.org/ and vote Sherlon Christie for NABJ Secretary.

user name = membership number
password = last name.

Any issues text or call me at 732 677 8240 or call the Marriott hotel number and ask for the nabj office during business hours.

The home stretch (part 4)

2009-08-04T10:23:00.006-04:00

For those individuals that plan to vote on-site in Tampa on Friday, August 7, you will need to go to the Tampa Convention Center room 7 on that day.

The on-site voting area is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 7 only but everyone is strongly encouraged to vote online before coming to Tampa or anywhere you can get internet access in Tampa at http://mynabj.org/

The home stretch (part 3)

2009-08-03T21:07:00.005-04:00

I took a short break from packing to download the 2009 NABJ convention booklet and plan out my Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the convention week.

Download the booklet for yourself

The home stretch (part 2)

2009-08-03T09:34:00.003-04:00

I know people that are

looking to join someone's room as a roommate. If you could use a little extra cash while in Tampa and don't mind sharing your room, contact me immediately at spchrist@yahoo.com, or 732 677 8240 or http://twitter.com/spchrist or hit me up on facebook under "Sherlon Christie"

See everyone in Tampa.

The home stretch

2009-07-31T00:13:00.004-04:00

I've spent the last few days helping NABJ members find roommates for the NABJ Convention and finding people buying/selling registrations they can no longer use.

Exhausting work...but hopefully I've made a difference.

Please show your appreciation by voting Sherlon Christie for NABJ secretary at

http://mynabj.org/ before August 7.

Thanks.

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2009-07-24T21:30:00.000-04:00

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Looking ahead to 2010 and 2011

2009-07-24T21:23:00.006-04:00

Hopefully, I'll see as many NABJ members as possible at this year's convention in Tampa from August 5-9.

I'm excited to see Michael Wilbon get this year's lifetime achievement award.

I'm even more thrilled to see Leon Carter and Sandy Rosenbush get this year's legacy award. I was a 2000 graduate of the Sports Journalism Institute and I'm still grateful for that opportunity.

I'll also be celebrating a very special birthday in Tampa at the 4th annual NABJ Sports Task Force party. I was there for the first party in Indianapolis in 2006 and haven't missed one since.

As you can see, it has been a good year for sports people. Let's hope it continues on August 7.

However, I'm a little sad that A LOT of my good friends are not attending this year's convention in Tampa for many reasons. Some friends are unemployed. More friends are broke. Others just didn't like Tampa as a convention city.

I can't fault anyone for how they choose to spend their money. I've been spending my own cash attending NABJ conventions since 2001. I only missed two conventions (2003 in Dallas and 2004-Unity in Washington, D.C.) and it was only because I got new jobs just before the convention those years. I felt guilty asking for time off in 2003 and 2004. Otherwise, I've made it my mission (five years and counting) to attend NABJ or Unity each year...even if it puts me in the red.

So, anyone that isn't coming to Tampa this year, I hope you will give strong consideration to the 2010 convention in San Diego (July 28 - August 1) and to the 2011 convention in Philadelphia (August 3 - August 7).

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2009-07-21T15:44:00.005-04:00

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Giving back to the next generation

2009-07-17T09:03:00.012-04:00

(the 2009 class of NEHSJC)

I recently took some time off the campaign trail to go back to my home state of Massachusetts.

I was the keynote speaker for the New England High School Journalism Collaborative (NEHSJC) on Tuesday, June 30. The ceremony was held at Regis College in Weston, Mass.

In 1996, when I was a bright-eyed, bushy-head high school junior at Brockton High, I participated in what was then the UMASS-Boston High School Journalism workshop. The program grew and was later renamed as the New England High School Journalism Collaborative. Even with a name change, the NEHSJC has one constant characteristic and that is the leadership of Carole Remick, the program's director.

(myself and Carole Remick)

Founded in 1987 the New England High School Journalism Collaborative (NEHSJC) is a non-profit organization that provides educational opportunities to high school students wishing to improve their writing skills and learn journalism techniques from professional writers. In collaboration with the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Regis College, the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Partners in Print, and professional journalists, the NEHSJC is able to offer an annual summer workshop, free of charge, to qualified high school students. The week long workshop provides an opportunity for these students to improve their writing and learn journalism techniques.

Since 1987, Remick has directed the program and when she asked me to come back and speak to the high school students...I immediately said "Yes" forgetting for a second that I was 1) on vacation and 2) I had planned to make a couple of NABJ campaign stops on the East Coast.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work Remick has done and I don't know if I can ever repay her for accepting me into the program in 1996. Nevertheless, I couldn't change my RSVP to Remick. I have always been a man of word...so for this one time vacation, NABJ and the NABJ Elections had to wait. I took a 4-hour bus ride from the Port Authority in New York City to South Station in Boston, Mass. I then had my best friend pick me up and bring me to my mother's house in Brockton, Mass. I then drove my mother's car to Weston, Mass. So, after 6 hours and 30 minutes on the road, I finally reached my destination.

I told Remick I would do it all over again...all she has to do is ask me.

(Milton Valencia, former NEHSJC participant, Carole Remick, Mannie Fernandez, former NEHSJC participant and myself)

Tips For 1st Time Convention Attendee - Part 2

2009-07-17T08:23:00.002-04:00

There was more from Dr. Ritchie....so I had to break it up in two e-mails...

-Sherlon Christie

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In response to a student's question about advice specifically for
students attending conventions for the first time, here's some advice:

1. Post questions about the convention on the NABJ students and Young Black Journalists listserves. This also is a great way of meeting members and getting mentors.

2. In terms of preparing for the convention, spend much more time
reading the trades ("Editor & Publisher," etc.), keeping up with current
events, editing your cover letter and making good copies of your clips than
you spend time worrying about your wardrobe. Unfortunately, most students
put off until the last minute the most difficult part: clips, resume,
cover letter. It takes hours to put together a good clip package, so plan
ahead. If you don't, you'll be hanging out at Kinkos until the wee hours the
night before convention, and you'll arrive looking hung over.

I see many, many students who have spent so much time and effort
on clothes, but have paid little attention to what is in their heads and
in their clip packages. While you want to be dressed appropriately, that
doesn't mean that you need to bring 8 expensive outfits nor does it
mean you need to buy new clothes. Just look professional. Really no one cares
about how many outfits you bring. They really care about what you've done
and what work you've brought with you to show. A person can get by fine with
bringing one or two suits and a few tops (shirts) and scarves (or ties) to go
with them.

3. When you meet people at convention, quickly let them know that
you're a first timer. That's a great ice breaker, and is a nice way to get all
sorts of advice and mentoring.

4. No matter how scared you get at convention, do not hide out in
your room. If you need a break, take a walk or go exercise at the fitness
facility. The more you circulate, the more opportunity you'll have to meet
people and to get info.

5. If you're flying in, look for brothers and sisters on the plane
who are carrying NABJ shoulder bags. Start a conversation by asking if
they're going to NABJ. You also may be able to share a taxi ride or you should sit next to them on the shuttle bus ride, which, too, can be a great way of getting to know someone.

6. If you're attending a meal or are at a workshop and you have an
empty seat next to you and you see someone of any age who's wandering
around as if they don't know where to sit, invite them to sit next to you. This,
too, is a great way of meeting people.

--Louise Ritchie

Tips For 1st Time Convention Attendee - Part 1

2009-07-17T08:07:00.004-04:00

I had to dig in my e-mail archives a bit for this...but I'm sure someone out there will find these tips useful.

As always many thanks once to the NABJ student representative for diligently answering my question back in 2001 (by way of Dr. Louise Ritchie) and to Bob Butler, president of the Bay Area Association of Black Journalists, for his recent additions to the list.

Sherlon Christie
Sports Reporter
Asbury Park Press (N.J.)
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Pasted below is an email Dr. Louise Ritchie, former SEED chair for
NABJ sent to the NABJforum listserve when asked about
convention do's and don'ts. These tips are very valuable and they should help
you, Sherlon, to get the most out of the convention.

DO:

1. Have a positive attitude. You never know if the person to whom
you're complaining about the lousy food is not only the NABJ member
who spent hours of free time helping to plan the convention, but also is
a recruiter on the lookout for an entry-level hire or intern.

2. Be gregarious. Some good conversation openers include saying
things such as "Have you been to other NABJ conventions? (A good
follow-up to a "yes" could be to ask the person's advice about how you can get
the most out of this one. Another good follow-up would be to ask what
other conventions the person has attended, and what s/he enjoyed about
them.)

3. Dress in a way that you stand out in a positive way. Wearing a
bright color as a colorful scarf, tie or blouse can help people
remember meeting you. Just don't carry it to extremes such as deciding to wear
a red and orange checkered suit!

4. Attend the workshops and when you go, sit up front and ask some
questions. When you ask questions, stand up and say your name and
your school. Students have been known to get job offers and
internship offers by asking questions or making thoughtful comments at workshops.

5. Talk to everyone. This includes talking to attendees who may be
several decades older than you. Instead of clustering with your
classmates at meals, make a point of sitting with people whom you don't know. When
you select the table, after getting a seat, walk around the table, shake
everyone's hand, and introduce yourself to them.

Also know that many people -- including veteran journalists -- are shy (It's amazing how many journalists are tigers when they're pursuing stories, but in their personal lives they are quiet and shy!), so are very happy when you take time to reach out to them. Some people who especially
may be appreciative are families of attendees and recruiters who are not black and who may not have had previous experience attending a gathering in which they are the racial minority. You also can get some valuable tips and information from such people, including members' families, who often have lots of inside knowledge about the field and may even have journalism
experience, too.

6. Understand that the type of attention you want to attract is attention based on your looking professional. Deep cleavage, skirts that virtually expose your underwear, T-shirts celebrating booze, sex or drugs etc., definitely will attract attention, but unless you're at the convention looking for quick sex or a reputation as a pushover or sleaze, leave that attire at home. Don't even wear such attire to the convention parties. Also remember that even parties at conventions are professional situations. Have fun, but have fun without telling the intimate
secrets of your life or without becoming an intimate secret in someone else's life!

7. Seek out opportunities to get feedback, and then listen when you get the feedback. Ask recruiters and veterans to critique your work. When they do so, do not get into an argument with them. If you don't agree with their assessment, then you don't have to follow their advice. But if you start arguing with them, you will get a reputation as a person who is
not interested in learning, and that can prevent your obtaining an entry level job or internship. People who are hired as entry level employees and interns are expected to grow and learn as part of the job. For that reason, many employers will choose a student who is eager to learn over a more experienced student who is a know it all.

8. Be up on your current events. This includes having read the day's newspaper (which typically will be available at the convention). Another good tip is to listen to the local National Public Radio station news in the morning when you wake up as virtually all professional journalists
(and many professionals in other fields) start their day listening to Morning Edition, which is widely regarded as the best broadcast news available.

Also, before the convention, read the trade publications such as American Journalism Review and Editor and Publisher. The more familiar you are with current events and challenges facing the field, the more you'll be able to join in with conversations with professionals.

9. In interviews, make sure that you highlight the excellent things you've done in journalism. Explain how you got the reticient source to talk. Describe how you did a tough story on a tight deadline while you also were editing copy. Don't wait for the interviewer to directly ask
you about these things. The recruiter cannot read your mind. In addition, an interview is not a modesty test. You easily can highlight your strengths by, when you are showing your clips, also telling the story behind your clips. "When my editor assign me this story, he said that he chose
me because I handled deadlines better than did the other interns. I got the story
at 7 and by 9, my editor had this story. "

10. Prepare packets of your resume, cover letter and clips. Put them in separate envelopes to give to recruiters. That way, when the recruiter packs the stacks of resumes and clips s/he has received and piles them into a suitcase, yours won't become wrinkled.

11. Send follow-up notes. These should be impeccable in terms of
spelling and grammar. They also should contain additional info about
you that you may not have had time to discuss during your interview.

DON'T

1. Huddle with your classmates like a sheep. Among the no-nos are sitting only with other students or your friends from school or waiting for your roommate to get up the morning so that you can go to the convention together.

2. Get up and leave if you realize that you've sat at a table with veterans or recruiters. Often such people are very happy to meet aspiring young journalists, and are really insulted if you jump up and abandon them. This particularly may be true with recruiters who literally are there to connect with potential hires such as yourself.

3. Be on the prowl for a date.

4. Avoid the workshops.

5. Sit in the back of the room at workshops. The days of back of the
bus are long over.

6. Go on the prowl for free drinks and free meals.

7. Spend your time telling recruiters what they can do for you. Spend
your time telling and showing recruiters what you can do for them.

8. Tell a recruiter that you have no clips because the people in your
student media were mean or cliquish. Recruiters know that if you
couldn't make it at your campus media, you definitely aren't ready
for the outside world. While the recruiter may nod his or head
sympathetically, that person is mentally crossing you off their list of good candidates.

9. Decide that the job fair is a waste of time because recruiters say
they have no open jobs now or they have no internships available for
this summer. Typically, summers are when there is turnover on jobs, so
recruiters now are taking applications for openings that are expected
later. If you blow off the interview or stop interviewing, what can happen is
that when the jobs open up, your name isn't in the pool. Even if you're
looking for an internship this summer, it can be important to interview
because while most internships already have been filled, often there are last
minute openings, and the students whom the recruiters know are available are
the ones contacted.

10. Run around loudly telling your friends and associates how "mean"
certain recruiters were. This is a small business. The new friend
whom you're sharing this information with may end up being the recruiter's spouse
or best friend.

--Louise Ritchie

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"Butler, Bob" wrote:

Sherlon

This is excellent information. As one news director told me, "I can
shake a tree and 12 reporters and anchors will fall out. But a good
producer is as hard to find."

Some other tips: Bring PLENTY of resumes and business cards, if you
have them. Make sure your resume is ONE PAGE. The employee doesn't need to
know all the details of every job you've had. If it's not related to journalism
just put down what it was. Example: Taco Bell, June 2002 to September
2003.
Oh, and make sure your name is in LARGE TYPE AND BOLD FACE. When I'm
trying to find your resume, I may not look too hard. So make it easy for me
to find you.

Bob Butler
BABJA President

It is Twitter Time!

2009-07-14T13:54:00.001-04:00

Follow me on the campaign trail and also at the NABJ convention in Tampa on Twitter!

http://twitter.com/spchrist

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2009-07-05T18:21:00.003-04:00

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AOL IM: spdc79
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Webnair: My platform

2009-07-01T12:25:00.009-04:00

Updated 1:36 p.m. July 2

The video above is from my appearance at the Atlanta Chapter's Candidates forum on Saturday, June 20.
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The following text is my script from my opening presentation on the NABJ Secretary Candidates webnair on July 1.

I truly believe NABJ needs to
1) release the workshops earlier
2) think web first
3) lower convention costs
4) go after new money
5) have more two-way communication.

Releasing the convention workshops before the earlybird registration deadline: The first thing we must do is involve our task forces more and change how the convention programming committee is formed. My suggestion is a chair, a deputy chair and a member of each of the 12 active task forces. I'm told we aim to fill 60 workshops each year. The convention chairperson should meet with task force representatives on the Sat. of the convention and start planning next year's event. By Oct 1st, each of the 12 task forces must have one workshop planned out and ready for submission. By Dec. 1st, each of the 12 task forces must have another workshop planned out and ready for submission. On Jan. 1st, the process is open everyone and those submissions are due Feb. 1st. So, when the committee meets in Feb., the task forces have already filled 24 sots. By March 31, the committee makes its final decisions on workshops and earlybird registration opens a week later. I think this plan improves our programming and it improves our time efficiency.

Think web first: That's the first thing I would tell any nabj member. The web is the new way of journalism. When I say web, what am I talking about? 1) Blogs. Know the popular blog formats. (I currently use Wordpress and Blogger). 2) Know how to shoot and edit video (if you know how to edit video by using either Final Cut Pro or Avid...you are ahead of the game). 3) Know how to take and edit photos. If you are an expert at editing photos with Adobe photoshop, once again, you are ahead of the pack. 4) HTML. If you really want to get serious about the web, than learning html coding is the way to go. If you can create and design websites, you can work for any journalism entity. These are the web skills that I would push in future media institute training sessions.

Convention costs: Now, this is a very tricky issue. First, let me say thank you to the 230 members that filled out the recent NABJ survey. When asked "if finance affected your decision to attend Tampa?", the No. 1 reason was our convention costs. I think we also have to take a hard look at reducing the number of convention days. I'm not convinced the organization can afford or our members are willing to pay for a five-day convention any more. I would stress reducing our convention to 4 days for a couple of years and analyze the results and then move down to 3 days or back up to 5 days depending on the results. We currently rely on 62 percent of our budget on the convention. That's a lot and that's why the organization needs the conventions to be successful each year. However, I would like to see that number drop to 50 percent or lower in the future.

Go after new money: Like I said with convention costs, this will be a tricky issue but here are my ideas: 1) The NABJobs Online section needs a much better placement on our website and we should offer employers a package deal that we'll feature their job in a prominent spot on the website and publicity on the NABJ forum for a slightly higher fee. 2) I would create a membership referral service. For every new membership that a current nabj member solicits, I say offer a $10 discount to that current member's renewal the following year with a max of 10 referral discounts. 3) I propose we create a 2-3 minute marketing video that can be sent as a DVD in the mail or even through e-mail as a youtube video on what it is like to be an NABJ member and attend one of our conventions or regional conferences. I think the DVD or youtube video should be sent to any college that we get a "new student nabj membership." from and to any employer that we get a "new professional nabj membership" from. My thinking is this: if there is one...there has to be more.

More two-way communication between organization and its members: We must increase our forms of two-way communication. 1) I would start a conference call with student and professional chapter presidents once per season. That way, our chapters can get ideas from each other and keep everyone else informed of what programs each chapter is doing. 2) More webnairs. I'm a big fan of the webnairs. Now, did you know that only one professional chapter filled out its audit correctly on the first submission? Did you also know that only 23 of the 35 student chapters even submitted audits the first time and only 10 of those 23 audits were complete? Obviously, there is a problem here. I strongly suggest a webnair in November to correct that problem. 3) Live chats: I'm already doing this with a free software called "Coveritlive" on my campaign website. I've hosted three chats with nabj members with great results. I would love to see a monthly live chat with the NABJ President moderated by the NABJ Secretary. Coveritlive very user friendly. You can also use Coveritlive for live blogging. A great example of its potential at our convention is what our Latino brethren (NAHJ) did at its convention with http://latinoreporterdigital.org/wordpress. 4) Bulk Text messaging service: I've seen presidential candidates, radio stations and even my hometown church use this to keep members informed of upcoming activities or schedule changes. We all don't sit at our computers all the time but rarely do we leave a location without our mobile phones. Now, this would only be used for important events during the year and schedule changes or cancellations during the convention.

Thanks for looking at my platform.

-Sherlon Christie

Endorsements

2009-06-28T17:45:00.018-04:00

Updated 5:20 p.m. July 1

(myself and Gregory Lee, senior assistant sports editor for the Boston Globe and current NABJ Treasurer)

What Greg has said about me:

"Sherlon Christie is a sports reporter for the Asbury Park Press and has been actively running for the office, reaching out to the NABJ membership with his blog, Facebook page, online live chats and appearances at association events. In his platform, he has two planks that especially appeal to me and should to the rest of the NABJ membership. First, he is emphasizing the importance of new media, with the goal to encourage all members to get up to speed with those skills, since that is the future of journalism. Second, he has committed to continue with Childress's efforts to be more open and offer regular information updates to the NABJ membership. We all know Sherlon better for his steady leadership and growth of the YBJ listserve."

(Gary Anthony Ramsey, president, CEO and founder for Great Pitch Media and current NABJ Region 1 Director)

What Gary has said about me:

"Over the last few months since he announced his intention to run for NABJ Secretary, Sherlon has conferred with the past three NABJ secretaries and has executed due diligence in preparing for an office that determines how NABJ is remembered and determines precedent for future administrations. Furthermore, Sherlon has the time to give to this office."

(myself and Corey Dade, reporter for the Wall Street Journal)

What Corey has said about me:

“I’ve watched Sherlon mature since college into a conscientious journalist and dedicated NABJ soldier. What we can appreciate most is how he approaches service. Sherlon, to borrow a metaphor from his sports world, plays ‘small ball.’ Time after time, he’s pushed through thankless, difficult spade work to help NABJ’s task forces and chapters better serve us. His attention to detail will keep NABJ operations on track. He has the experience of working effectively with the board’s big personalities while staying engaged with ‘regular’ members. We need the consummate worker, and not merely a networker. For NABJ Secretary, Sherlon gets the job done.”

Other key supporters include:

Robin Washington, News Director for the Duluth (Minn) News Tribune and former NABJ Parliamentarian.

Hollis Towns, Executive Editor and Vice President for News for the Asbury Park Press (N.J.).

Karvis Jones, Production Assistant for Fox Sports South (Atlanta).

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Greg, Gary, Corey, Robin, Hollis and Karvis are just some of my biggest supporters in my quest to be NABJ's next secretary.

To show your support for me, you can vote now at

http://mynabj.org

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Don't forget, the NABJ Secretary Candidates webnair is Wednesday, July 1st from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST. Sign up for the NABJ Secretary Candidates webnair RIGHT HERE.

NABJ Secretary Candidates Webnair

2009-06-25T13:07:00.006-04:00

The next Sunday conversation will be skipped in lieu of the NABJ Secretary Candidates webnair on Wednesday, July 1st from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST.

So, if you have missed my previous three chats, then sign up for the NABJ Secretary Candidates webnair RIGHT HERE.

Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 157

2009-06-24T01:06:00.004-04:00

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Copy Editor, HoosierTimes Newspaper Group, Bloomington, IN
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LA Reporter, People Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
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Page Designer/Copy Editor, The Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA)
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Education Reporter, Roanoke (VA) Times
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Associate Editor, Inside Energy, Washington, D.C.
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Senior Writer, Platts, Washington, D.C.
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Morning Features Reporter, WXIN-TV, Indianapolis, IN
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Executive Producer, KIAH-TV, Houston, TX
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Anchor/Reporter, WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA
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Sports Update/Anchor Producer, 97.1 The Ticket, (Farmington Hills, MI)
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Producer/Photographer/Editor, WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Producer, WOFL-TV, Lake Mary, FL
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Producer, KABC-TV, Glendale, CA
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Associate Producer, WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL
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Mr. Sherlon Christie, Sports Reporter, Asbury Park Press,
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754
email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook!

Atlanta Chapter NABJ Candidates Forum

2009-06-21T13:39:00.010-04:00

I've been told on several occasions that my personality fits that of a Southern gentleman. I consider this a big compliment considering that I've lived 86 percent of my life in the Northeast between three states (Massachusetts, New York and now New Jersey). The other 14 percent was spent as a baby in Jamaica.

Prior to Saturday, my only visit to Atlanta was for the 2005 NABJ Convention. I still have my 2005 NABJ convention bag (one of the few that my mother hasn't confiscated). I'm not sure why she's infatuated with my NABJ convention bags but she asks to see the new bag every year. Go figure. It is hard saying no to my mother but I've stood my ground and held onto the 30th anniversary convention bag.

Nevertheless, I went to Atlanta again on what appeared to be the hottest day of the year (98 degrees...and I'm not talking about the music group). I felt the heat the second I walked outside of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Of course, I had on a suit and tie, so it felt like 108 degrees to me. As I'm walking outside the airport, I thought back to the day I received the invitation to come to Atlanta. I said "yes" without hesitation and booked a flight a few days later without even knowing if I could get the day off. I work Saturdays and while it usually isn't a problem to switch around my schedule in the summer time, I had to eventually use a vacation day to make my appearance possible.

I felt it was well worth a vacation day to meet the members of the Atlanta chapter and visitors to the candidates forum. It was also good to see a wide range of ages in the auditorium and some familiar faces from the NABJ listserves. I had several goals by coming to Atlanta:

1) I hope I made a good impression on the Atlanta Chapter members because I know they vote.

2) I hope I showed that I really want to be the organization's next secretary via my platform.

3) I hope that I showed I have the time to make a serious commitment to the organization for the next two years.

4) Most importantly, I'm crossing my fingers on getting some votes from the 404 area code.

Facebook Me! (Part 2)

2009-06-17T10:21:00.006-04:00

We've got just under two months to go to election day...August 7.

Don't miss important updates from me about my NABJ secretary campaign.

Don't delay, sign up today!

My Facebook Group
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My Platform
http://tinyurl.com/lern7e

Sunday Conversation: (Part 3.1)

2009-06-14T18:52:00.000-04:00

Sunday Conversation: (Part 3)

2009-06-11T08:47:00.005-04:00

I want to say thank you to the 31 people that tuned in live on Sunday, May 31 for my second live chat session. The chat participants asked some tough questions during the 1 hour and 11 minute chat. Now, I'm ready to do round 3.

Here's the info on the next live chat:
Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m. EST.

All you have to do is come back to the blog at that time and click on the play button and we can begin our Sunday conversation. If you miss the chat, you can always catch it on replay.

IF YOU MISSED THE 2ND LIVE CHAT, CLICK HERE.

IF YOU MISSED THE 1ST LIVE CHAT, CLICK HERE.

IF YOU MISSED ME AT THE CANDIDATES FORUM IN NYC, CLICK HERE.

Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 156

2009-06-10T15:44:00.002-04:00

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Coordinating Producer I, ESPN, Mexico City, MX
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Producer, KYMA-TV, Yuma, AZ
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Anchor/Reporter, WCSC-TV, Charleston, SC
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Business Reporter, KUSA-TV (Channel 9, NBC), Denver, CO
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Anchor-Reporter, News 12 Networks, Bronx, N.Y.
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Anchor-Reporter, News 12 Networks, Norwalk, C.T.
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Producer, KXAS TV, Forth Worth, TX
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Reporter, KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids IA
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Reporter, WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA
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Mr. Sherlon Christie, Sports Reporter, Asbury Park Press,
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754
email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook too!

NABJ Candidates Forum in New York City

2009-06-08T19:04:00.004-04:00

On May 30, I participated in the candidates' forum at the NABJ Region 1 Conference. Here's the youtube video of my opening statement and the question and answer portion. I'm on the left in the brown suit and beige tie.

Time to let your voice be heard!

2009-06-08T01:11:00.010-04:00

The future of NABJ starts on Monday, June 8.

Yes. That's the first day you can vote online for the 2009 NABJ elections.

And yes. I'm asking that you cast your ballot for me as your next NABJ Secretary.

First, you want an NABJ secretary with detailed ideas on how to improve communication between the organization and its members.

Second, you want an NABJ secretary that has made time in his schedule to deal with the various issues affecting our members.

Third, you want an NABJ secretary that will be at board meetings taking detailed and accurate notes that make you feel as if you were at the meeting.

Lastly, you want an NABJ secretary that has your best interest in mind when he makes votes on the direction of the organization.

If you believe the aforementioned characteristics are vital for an NABJ Secretary, like I do, then I'm the person you want as the caretaker of this position from 2009-2011.

Vote online starting Monday, June 8.

Go to http://mynabj.org/

and you will need your NABJ membership ID number to vote. Your NABJ membership must be current in order to vote. If your membership has expired, you must renew it before July 1 in order to vote.

So, please renew your membership and please vote "Sherlon Christie for NABJ Secretary."

Thanks for your continued support and let's pull off one of the biggest upsets in the history of NABJ Elections.

Sincerely,
Sherlon Christie

http://sherlonchristie.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-platform-part-1.html

The Flyer

2009-06-03T21:05:00.006-04:00

http://sherlonchristie.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-platform-part-1.html

Sunday Conversation: (Part 2.1)

2009-05-31T18:45:00.002-04:00

Sunday Conversation: (Part 2)

If you missed the first chat, click right here.

NABJ Region 1 Conference (Recap)

2009-05-31T17:23:00.008-04:00

After working till midnight and getting home at 1 a.m., I went to bed at 3 a.m. Saturday only to wake up at 6:30 a.m. to get ready for the NABJ Region 1 Conference.

On the bus ride to New York City, I went over my final preparations for the candidate's forum: I rehearsed my opening and closing statements, I went over my notes from reading the NABJ board minutes, I went over my mini schedule of what workshops I would attend and I put my cell phone on silent.

I arrived at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism at 8:20 a.m. and picked up my badge and booklet. I sat down and had the continental breakfast while scanning the outstanding facility at CUNY. At 8:30 a.m., I moved into the newsroom to hear the welcome message from NABJ Region 1 Director Gary Anthony Ramsey. Former NABJ Region 1 Director, Caleb Wilkerson, who was responsible for the "Online Tools for Digital Journalists" idea, was not there but received an ovation for his hard work.

The Keynote speaker was Tim Peek, Senior Producer-Digital, NBC News. Peek gave a very impressive presentation on his view of digital journalism and what is NBC News' approach to digital journalism. After listening to Peek, I walked upstairs to participate in the "Final Cut Studio" presentation. I'm a Mac novice and I've only briefly used Final Cut Pro before so I was taking as many notes as I could. I'm learning how to shoot and edit video this summer through my job so I figured it wouldn' hurt to get a headstart.

After the "Final Cut Studio" I had lunch downstairs in the lobby before going back upstairs to the "Google for Journalists" presentation. I thought i knew everything there was to know about Google and I learned some new things. I would love the Google presenters to come to a future GSABJ chapter meeting/event to do their free presentation. I've recommended the idea to our chapter president.

After the "Google for Journalists" presentation, I walked back through the newsroom with the intention to get another bottle of water when I noticed NABJ Region II director Charles Robinson demonstrating his "Flip Video." Robinson said the device is available at my favorite store Best Buy for $150. I'm probably going to look into that soon. I didn't attend a workshop in the 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. time slot because I wanted to go over my notes one more time for the NABJ Candidates forum.

The main event of the NABJ Region 1 Conference was the NABJ Candidates Forum.

In attendance were:

Presidential Candidates: Kathy Times and Angelo Henderson

Vice-President for Print Candidates: Deirdre Childress and Rochelle Riley

Vice-President for Broadcast Candidates: Bob Butler and Dedrick Russell

Secretary Candidate: Sherlon Christie

Associate Representative Candidate: Aprill Turner

Region 1 Director Candidate: Katina Revels (was at the morning portion of the conference but couldn't attend the candidates forum because she had to work that night).

Region 2 Director Candidate: Charles Robinson

Student Representative Candidates: Lee Sandra Alexandre and Georgia Dawkins

The moderator was Herb Lowe. The timekeeper was Melanie Burney. The candidate statement reader was John Yearwood. Jeff Ballou read a statement for Secretary Candidate Roland Martin. Otherwise, Yearwood read statements from the following candidates: Andrew Humphrey (VP-Broadcast), Jacqualine Williams (Secretary), Benet Wilson (Region 2 Director), Hilary Golston (Region 4 Director) and Daniella Dorcelus (Student Representative).

Due to time restrictions there were no closing statements by any candidate. Each candidate was allowed an opening statement (or aforementioned prepared statement by Yearwood or designated proxy) and only candidates in attendance from contested races were allowed to answer questions. Moderator Lowe said the candidates forum was videotaped for the NABJ membership and would be transformed into a youtube video to be placed on the NABJ website at a later date.

After the candidate's forum, I walked to B. Smith's and had drinks with friends and then walked to the Bourbon Street Bar & Grille to have food with other friends. After that, I walked to the Port Authority and boarded the bus home to New Jersey. The 19-hour day in NYC ended when I closed my eyes at 1:15 a.m.

All day/evening/night in NYC on Saturday

2009-05-29T10:16:00.000-04:00

I will be in New York City all day for the NABJ Region 1 Conference at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism (219 W. 40th Street, New York, NY 10018) on Saturday, May 30.

The NABJ Region 1 Conference starts at 8 a.m. and concludes at 4:45 p.m.

The NABJ Candidates forum starts at 5 p.m. and goes till 6:30 p.m. I'll also hang around in New York City after the candidates forum. If you need to reach me, text me at the number on the right of the blog.

Sunday Conversation: (Part 2)

2009-05-25T15:33:00.001-04:00

I want to say thank you to the 40 people that tuned in live on Sunday, May 17 for my first live chat session. I thought the questions were very good during the 1 hour and 13 minute chat. So good, I'm excited about doing it again.

Here's the info on the next live chat: Sunday, May 31 at 7 p.m. EST.

All you have to do is come back to the blog at that time and click on the play button and we can begin our Sunday conversation.

If you missed the first chat, click right here.

Sunday Conversation: (Part 1)

2009-05-25T05:38:00.000-04:00

I want to hear from you. I want to prove this to you by chatting with you live on Sunday, May 17 at 7 p.m. EST. All you have to do is come back to the blog at that time and click on the play button and we can begin our Sunday conversation. If you missed the chat, you can still watch the replay by clicking on the button below.

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Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 155

2009-05-25T01:17:00.000-04:00

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Energy Reporter, Dow Jones, Ottawa, IL
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Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter, WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA
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Community Reporter, WJLA-TV, (Arlington, VA)
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For Jobs with WBBJ-TV (Jackson, TN)
http://www.wbbjtv.com/jobspot.html

Associate Producer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN (Part-Time)
https://www.meredith.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=280&CurrentPage=1

Producer, Cosmopolitan Radio, (New York, N.Y.)
https://careers-siriusxm.icims.com/jobs/4403/job

Producer 1, Larry King Live, (Los Angeles, CA)
https://careers.timewarner.com/en/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?sec=1&partnerid=391&siteid=36&jobId=497606&type=search&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=36&JobSiteInfo=497606_36&GQId=0&codes=NIND

Reporter, KEZI-TV, Eugene, OR
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14951

Producer, WCBS-TV, (New York, N.Y.)
http://edadvisor.com/page/job/Job.html/557f5e9c1242241154?utm

Weekend Producer, KUVN-TV, (Dallas, TX) {Part-Time}
http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobseeker/jobs/jobdetails.aspx?pf=true&Job_DID=J7X31B60LYS75KSKH54

For Jobs with WCTI-TV, (New Bern, NC)
http://www.wcti12.com/Employment.htm

Assistant Program Director, KRLD-FM 105.3 "The Fan", (Dallas, TX)
http://edadvisor.com/page/job/Job.html/e164434c1242240959?

Assignment Desk Manager, KVVU-TV, Henderson, NV
https://www.meredith.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=188&CurrentPage=1

Executive Producer, KIAH-TV, (Houston, TX)
http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobseeker/jobs/jobdetails.aspx?pf=true&Job_DID=J8H6N86C6GS05ZK31KX

Producer, WOFL-TV, Lake Mary, FL
http://www.cfec.org/jobboard/jobdetails.cfm?jid=44157

Reporter, KGNS-TV, Laredo, TX
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=15030&utm

Reporter, KTRK-TV, Houston, TX
http://blackent.careers.adicio.com/careers/jobsearch/detail?jobId=17101097&viewType=main&networkView=main

Managing Editor, PBS, Arlington, VA
https://www3.recruitingcenter.net/clients/PBS/publicjobs/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=10977

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Online Editor, Radio One Inc, Washington, D.C.
http://jobs.problogger.net/view/2276

Assistant Web Editor, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
http://www.gcherc.org/c/job.cfm?site_id=1684&jb=5495877

Executive Producer, Rollingstone.com, New York, N.Y.
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=690669

Digital Media Producer, KENS-TV, (San Antonio, TX)
http://jobs.lostremote.com/job/7f07a622bd09cb28a08ded7b14a308a3/?d=1

Mr. Sherlon Christie, Sports Reporter, Asbury Park Press,
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754

email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook too!

My Platform

2009-05-14T12:56:00.003-04:00

I wanted to show NABJ members that I've actually taken the time to sit down and analyze NABJ's current structure. I love some things that we do now but I feel there are several things we can do much better. The journalism world evolves every day and NABJ should evolve just as fast. I named this entry "My Platform: (Part 1)" because I anticipate there will be more editions to the platform.

But here's a recap of my platform thus far:

Releasing the workshops before the earlybird registration deadline: The organization has to think more practically when asking members to shell out their hard earned cash for the convention, regional conferences and other special events. I think it is extremely unfair to ask our members to commit to the convention before the workshops are released. In the future, this process must change. The pre-registration deadline shouldn't come before the full slate of workshops are released. If that means moving the announcement of the workshops up or moving the pre-registration deadline back, I'm in favor of either motion. Every decision that NABJ makes from this day forward has to be fair to our members and truthfully make sense.

Think Web First: That's the first thing I would tell any student member now and any journalist currently in the business or that was recently laid off. The web is the new way of journalism and you should know as much about the web as possible because it will affect your career and most likely your paycheck. When I say web, what am I talking about? 1) Blogs. Know the popular blog software and know how to use and navigate it. Just about every reporter/editor is asked to blog these days and you should already know what a blog is before your employer asks you to do it. 2) Know how to shoot and edit video. Employers use the word "multimedia journalist" now and that term usually incorporates shooting and editing video. The shooting video part is the easiest of the two but the editing part will make you more valuable to your employer and more marketable if you are searching for work. 3) Know how to take and edit photos. 4) HTML. If you really want to get serious about the web than learning html coding is the way to go. If you know html coding and can create and design websites, you can work for anyone and probably name your price as far as a salary goes. I would strongly recommend any student or journalist seek out opportunities to learn this skill either at their school or within their place of employment or at a local community college or through any service that NABJ offers. I will fully support any program (like the NABJ Media Institute) or training session (like the NABJ Region 1 Conference: Online Tool for Digital Journalists, Part 2").

Lowering Convention Costs I've paid my own way to the NABJ convention in 2001, 2002, 2005-2007 and the Unity Convention in 2008. I didn't attend in 2003 or to the UNITY convention in 2004 because I just started new jobs that year. In 2002 while I was still a student member on a small budget, I paid the registration fee for three students at Northeastern University that couldn't afford it. I wanted them there and dug deep into my pocket to make sure they could experience an NABJ convention. I know the sacrifice that NABJ members make every year because I'm one of them and when it comes to cost I'm always mindful of that aspect. I'm not in favor of raising convention prices or membership dues. In regards to the convention model as our source of income, we currently rely on 62 percent of our income from the Convention. We can't go cold turkey and not use the convention as a primary source of income because 1) we can't generate that type of cash the convention brings in right now from any other source and 2) media companies have cut back on what they can/will spend to come to our convention or support our initiatives. 3) We can be better at saving money, spending money and raising money (like the few ideas I proposed below). I would like to lower that percentage to 50 percent and have the "new money" make up the 12 percent difference.

Going After New Money: To my knowledge, we don't make any money or very little off our website, which baffles me as I type this response. Our website, in a web-based world, should be a better source of income to NABJ. Should we have advertising on our website? Yeah. What type of ads and where they will be placed...would require some more thought. I'm not sure what we charge for jobs in our NABJobs Online section (and that probably needs a better placement on our website anyways) but maybe offer prospective employers a package deal that we'll feature their job in a prominent spot on the website for a slightly higher fee. Do we have a membership referral service? If not, for every new membership (someone that has never been an NABJ member) that a current nabj member solicits on behalf of NABJ, I say offer a $10 discount to that current member's renewal the following year. This would probably only be done online. As the deputy chair of the membership committee, I've proposed an idea that we create a marketing video something in the 2-3 minute range that can be sent as a DVD or even through e-mail on what it is like to be an NABJ member and attend one of our conventions or regional conferences. I think the video/e-mail should be sent to any college or university that we get a "new student nabj membership." My thinking if there is one...there has to be more. I think the video/e-mail should be sent to any employer that we get a "new professional nabj membership" Once again, my thinking is if there is one...there has to be more.

More two-way communication from NABJ to its members: I mentioned in an e-mail to the NABJ forum on Friday, April 10 about a live chat/blog software called "Coveritlive." My paper started using Coveritlive in January 2009 to enhance our sports coverage in the Jersey Shore area. In just three short months, the live chat and live blog sessions are a huge hit with our basketball and lacrosse fans. I tell myself every morning to "Think Web First" and that is how I approach my sports coverage. The live chats and live blogs sessions give readers more access, instant feedback and it shows them that you care about their opinions. It also helps to grow your web visitors and also your web page views. I posted all of this to say there is new technology out there, like Coveritlive, that you can use in your newsrooms to better communicate with your readers/viewers (no matter what speciality you cover) and that NABJ can use in a way to increase interaction with its members. For example, I would love to see a bi-monthly or at least a monthly live chat with the NABJ President moderated by the NABJ Secretary. I would love to see a live chat or even a live blog on how to fill out the NABJ chapter audits and the NABJ chapter applications properly. If visual evidence is needed for the demonstration, an NABJ webinar would probably be more appropriate. If someone has a questions about the NABJ Chapter audits or NABJ chapter applications, they can get an answer on the spot. I'm sure the NABJ staff would appreciate its local professional and student chapters doing the audits and chapter applications, the correct way, the first time. This scenario can happen right now. It takes a minute to create a Coveritlive account and once Coveritlive generates the html coding all you have to do is cut and paste the coding into a blog entry. All the readers/viewers have to do is come to the blog and click on the start button to interact with the moderator and the featured panelist of the day/night. If you missed the chat, you can always catch it on replay at your own convenience. Speaking of blogs, I would love to see the NABJ President's Corner transformed into a blog. Once that is done, you can have live chats on the NABJ President's Corner blog with ease. I would also like to see the NABJ President's Corner blog updated with regularity on what the NABJ President is doing on behalf of NABJ members. A monthly NABJ President's agenda would be nice and of course updates on important deadlines would be better

The decision we make this year will go a long way in shaping NABJ's future. I want to be a part of that future with your help.

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Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 154

2009-05-13T14:51:00.000-04:00

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Position: Managing Editor, Popular Mechanics
Contact: Tara Cox, managing editor (taracox@hearst.com)
Available: as soon as possible
Where: 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019
Some magazine experience would be helpful.

Reporter, Global Security Newswire, Washington, DC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wl/jobs/JS_JobSearchDetail?jobid=28145426&jobSummaryIndex=0&agentID=&xfeed=1&wpmk=MK0000005&GCID=C17812x034

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News Producer, WDSU TV - New Orleans, LA
http://jobs.nola.com/careers/jobsearch/detail?jobId=17555646

For Jobs with KAAL-TV (Austin, TX)
http://kaaltv.com/article/10174/

Morning News Co-Anchor/News Reporter, KWTX-TV, Waco, TX
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14935

News Producer, KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=CJR&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J3F2WH6YH9XJZ64W21J

For Jobs with KOBI-TV (Medford, OR)
http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/index.php?option=com_jobline&Itemid=515

For Jobs with WABG-TV (Greenville, MS)
http://www.wabg.com/JOBSAtWABG.htm

Producer, WIS-TV, (Columbia, SC)
http://www.careerexposure.com/displayEmployerJob.do?action=Display&job_id=77490

Associate Producer, KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, AR
http://www.careerexposure.com/displayEmployerJob.do?action=Display&job_id=77493

Executive Producer, NBC Universal, New York, N.Y.
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14710

Digital Content Producer, Emmis Communications, Indianapolis, IN
https://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=EMMIS&cws=1&rid=5875

Writer/Producer, Fox Sports International, Los Angeles, CA.
http://fox.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=16156&sid=372

News Writer/Editor, KPTV News, Beaverton, OR
https://www.meredith.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=265&CurrentPage=2

Associate Producer, WHNS, Greenville, S.C.
https://www.meredith.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=278&CurrentPage=1

Associate Producer, First Look/Early Today (NBC Universal), New York, N.Y.
https://xjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=54&siteid=5346&jobId=726208&codes=WB2345

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Online News Reporter, Post-Star, (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=869&ji=2346872&sn=I

Editorial Producer, Minor League Baseball, New York, N.Y.
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14712

Food Blog Editor, Village Voice Media, Los Angeles, CA
https://villagevoicemedia.tms.hrdepartment.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=1113&referrer=80&site_id=148

Assistant Web Producer, iCue (NBC Universal), New York, N.Y.
https://xjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=54&siteid=5346&jobId=726204&codes=WB2345

Sherlon Christie, Asbury Park Press, Sports Reporter
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754

email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook too!

Journalism Internships, Fellowships and Scholarships

2009-05-10T17:25:00.001-04:00

If you've been a member of the young black journalist listserve in the past four years, you've known that I've actively kept a list of journalism internships (print and broadcast) and fellowships. I just recently added some scholarships, that's why there are so few on the list now.

I recently added the American Copy Editors Society Scholarship and the Minorities in Broadcast Training Program to the list below. If you know of any journalism internships, fellowships and scholarships that should be on this list, let me know me at spchrist@yahoo.com.

American Society of Newspaper Editors Internship Database
http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?id=3749

American Copy Editors Society Scholarship
http://www.copydesk.org/edfund/index.php#aubespin

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Summer Internship
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/services/internship/index.html

Associated Press Internships
http://www.ap.org/apjobs/internship.html

Austin American-Statesman Summer Internship
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/internships/

Boston Globe Summer Internship Program
http://www.bostonglobe.com/aboutus/career/career.aspx?id=7282

CBS News Internships
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/26/broadcasts/main613839.shtml

Chips Quinn Internships
http://www.chipsquinn.org/

Dow Jones Internships
http://www.dowjones.org/Careers/Internships/Internships.htm

Emma L. Bowen Foundation
http://www.emmabowenfoundation.com/main.html

ESPN Internships
http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/college_relations.html

Fisher Broadcasting Scholarships for Minorities
http://www.fsci.com/scholarship.html

Institute for Political Journalism
http://www.dcinternships.org/ipj/about/index.asp

International Radio & Television Society Foundation, Inc, Summer Programs
http://www.irts.org/programs/sfp/sfp.html

Journalism Jobs' Fellowships Listing
http://www.journalismjobs.com/fellowship_listings.cfm

Kaiser Media Internships in Urban Health Reporting
http://www.kff.org/about/mediainternships.cfm

Lexington Herald-Leader Internships
http://www.kentucky.com/internships/

LIN Television Corporation Minority Scholarship and Training Program
http://www.lintv.com/contact/careers.html

Louis Carr Foundation (Advertising, Marketing, Media Information Technology)
http://www.louiscarrfoundation.org/

Minneapolis (Minn.) Star-Tribune Internship Program
http://www.startribunecompany.com/158

Minority Editorial Training Program
http://www.metpronews.com/

Minorities in Broadcast Training Programs
http://www.thebroadcaster.com/welcome.html

MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3342438/

MTV Networks Internships
https://jobhuntweb.viacom.com/jobhunt/main/internships.asp

National Association of Black Journalists Internships
http://www.nabj.org/programs/internships/index.php

National Association of Broadcasters Fellowships, Internships
http://www.nab.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Diversity

National Public Radio Internships
http://www.npr.org/about/jobs/intern/

New York Times Summer Internships
http://www.nytco.com/careers/internships/summer.html

New York Times Institute
http://www.nytimes-institute.com/

Palm Beach Post Summer Internships
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/info/content/info/internships.html

The Poynter Institute
http://www.poynter.org/training/

Pulliam Journalism Fellowship
http://www2.indystar.com/pjf/

Scripps Howard Foundation Wire
http://www.shfwire.com/apply

Sports Journalism Institute
http://www.sportsjournalisminstitute.org/

The T. Howard Foundation (full-time paid summer internships in media for eligible undergrad and graduate students)
http://www.t-howard.org/

Toronto Star Internships
http://www.thestar.com/generic/article/124827

Washington Post Summer Internship Program
http://www.washpost.com/news_ed/summer_internships/index.shtml

Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 153

2009-05-07T18:30:00.000-04:00

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Energy Markets Reporter, Bloomberg News, Houston, TX
http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job23246.html

Reporter, The Forest City Summit and The Britt News Tribune, (Mason City, IA)
http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=869&ji=2353606&sn=I

Deputy News Editor, Army Times Publishing, Springfield, VA
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14701

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Reporter, WSYX/WTTE-TV (the ABC/FOX affiliates in Columbus, Ohio)
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=J3I21R640GZR48KDCW2

Reporter, News 12 Networks, Norwalk, CT
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=239317&PartnerId=25032&SiteId=5180&type=search&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&codes=IIND

Anchor-Reporter, News 12 Networks, Norwalk, CT
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=268223&PartnerId=25032&SiteId=5180&type=search&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&codes=IIND

Producer, ESPN Radio, New York, N.Y.
http://www.massmediajobs.com/index.php?page=out&id=14709

News Producer, WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-JHP6OOHR8FL;_ylc=X3oDMTEwdGF1MjFoBF9TAzM5NjUxMDMzNQRjYXQDT1RIBHBjb2RlAzUwNTg0?source=partner&scode=50584

KIAH-TV, Anchor/Reporter, (Houston, TX)
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=J8D17866S5BPT3Z8ZPW

For Jobs with KIMO-TV (Anchorage, AK)
http://www.aksuperstation.com/about/jobs

For Jobs with WFFF-TV (Plattsburgh, NY)
http://www.fox44.net/Global/category.asp?C=131332&nav=menu660_11_7

For Jobs with KETY-TV (Santa Barbara, CA)
http://www.keyt.com/about/jobs

For Jobs with WKTV-TV (Utica, NY)
http://www.wktv.com/about/jobs

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
New York's Emmy Award winning WPIX-TV seeks an Innovative and Creative Executive Producer. Responsibilities include overall editorial decisions, news judgment and content as well as the "look and feel" of the shows. Manage reporters, producers and writers as well as coordinate news promos, daily topicals and long range strategy. Recruit, develop, manage and motivate editorial staff as well as collaborate with other departments to execute innovative news programs. BS/BA, 2+ years EP experience and ideally, 3+ years previous line producing. If you are collaborative, highly creative, have a passion for news, exhibit great leadership skills, and have a proven track record of boosting key demos and smashing ratings, rush your resume and salary requirements to the link provided.

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=CJR&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J3I4DH6838FF27T28Y7&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=c0730a0304da43918bbe2fb789416442-295033674-JL-5

Reporter, WFSB-TV, Hartford, CT
https://www.meredith.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=271&CurrentPage=3

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AOL Black Voices Job Posting - Editorial Programming Manager
AOL is looking for a Web-savvy individual with senior editorial
experience in African American-targeted news to manage content for
the number-one African American online destination. In a
producer-type capacity, this person will assist in the creation of
content and programs, to ensure that they are engaging, in
perspective and running efficiently. This person will: plan and
update daily editorial using original programming, interactive tools
and integrated licensed content; work to improve and evolve user
experience and garner interest and excitement through frequent
updates, user interactivity, promotions, etc. This person will
monitor program quality, lead problem solving efforts, and preserve
the creative environment for the channel. The individual will report
to the programming director (managing editor) of Black Voices.

Job Title - Programming Manager
Time Warner Division - AOL
Industry - Online Content/Services
Brand - AOL
Location - United States - New York - New York
Requisition #111801BR
Position Type - Full Time

To apply for this position, please email your cover letter and resume
to editorial@blackvoices.com. Use requisition number 111801BR.

Sherlon Christie, Asbury Park Press, Sports Reporter
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754

email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook too!

Print, Broadcast & New Media Openings: Volume 152

2009-05-02T09:52:00.000-04:00

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Editor, The Britt News Tribune, (Mason City, IA)
http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=869&ji=2350511&sn=I

Editor, Real Detroit Weekly, (Detroit, MI)
http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=80658993

Sports Editor, HoosierTimes Newspaper Group, Bloomington, IN
http://www.thejobnetwork.com/default.asp?NoFrameApplay=1&URlType=external&AffiliateID=1278&compPosId=3869212

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For Jobs with WTEN-TV (Albany, NY)
http://www.wten.com/Global/category.asp?C=17043

For Jobs with KETK-TV (Tyler, TX)
http://www.ketknbc.com/info/jobs

For Jobs with KTSM-TV (El Paso, TX)
http://www.ktsm.com/info/jobs

Associate Producer/Editor, WNYT-TV, (Albany, NY)
http://www.newyorkjobs.com/jobdetails.cfm?jid=783668

Reporter, WCHS/WVAH TV, (Charleston, WV)
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=J3G6RD6QMZWJB1DJWBS&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=2fdbf7388f5c4bb681bac993f13bb7b9-294571416-x7-6

Producer, WIS-TV, (Columbia, SC)
http://wistv.careers.adicio.com/careers/jobsearch/detail?jobId=17258979&viewType=main&networkView=main

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Web Producer, KHGI-TV Kearney, NE
http://jobs.lostremote.com/job/36ad9dfe8211fd90b7a47bcc963acc2e/?d=1

Web News Editor, News4Jax.com, Jacksonville, FL
http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=80660256

Senior Web Producer, NYDailyNews.com, (New York, N.Y.)
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/job-JLSK9PAHXD8;_ylc=X3oDMTEwaW1udDRpBF9TAzM5NjUxMDMzNQRjYXQDTkVXBHBjb2RlAzUwNTg0?source=partner&scode=50584

Sherlon Christie, Asbury Park Press, Sports Reporter
3601 Highway 66, P.O. Box 1550, Neptune, N.J. 07754

email: spchrist@yahoo.com
AOL IM: spdc79
Yahoo IM: spchrist
I'm on Facebook too!

NABJ Bowling in Philly (Recap)

2009-04-30T13:44:00.000-04:00

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Christopher Nelson, NABJ student representative; Aprill Turner, NABJ Associate representative; myself, Sarah Glover, PABJ President; Deirdre Childress, NABJ Secretary; Jason Lockhart, GSABJ member).

It was well worth taking a Wednesday off.

It was well worth the 1 hour and 15 minute drive to the city of Brotherly Love.

I felt right at home in Philly (forgot to get a cheesesteak though) with the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and I didn't become a victim of the A&E Show..."Parking Wars"

If you add two hours of bowling at North Bowl and the great food that night, it was the best social event I've attended in a while. Let me get back to the food for a second because I believe one of the marks of a good event is tasty food.

The mini-hamburgers, the chicken wings and the chips and salsa were perfect appetizers for the event and I felt a little guilty going back for a second and I think a third helping. I have one public service announcement for anyone that tries to eat a chicken wing and then get up to bowl: make sure you wipe your hands off cleanly. I nearly dropped the bowling ball on my foot not realizing there was still some grease on my hands. Thankfully, I have good reflexes and saved a trip to the emergency room and if you're wondering: I bowled a strike on that frame.

I didn't quite make it to my average of 160 (top game was 147) but I noticed there are quite a few bowlers in the Philly chapter. On a serious note, I was happy to make a contribution, albeit a small one, to NABJ's "On the Move Campaign".

Next stop, NABJ's Region 1 Conference in NYC on May 30.

Driving Directions for the NABJ Bowling Party in Philly

2009-04-28T11:25:00.000-04:00

FROM NJ TURNPIKE

- Get off at Exit 4 (Route 73) and get off Route 90 to cross the Betsy Ross Bridge.
- Get off at I-95 South (Central Phila)
- Get off at Exit 23 (Giraud Avenue) and go straight onto Giraud Avenue.
- Turn left on 2nd Street and drive straight down until you see The North Bowl.

FROM NEW YORK

- Cross the Hudson River and get on the NJ Turnpike South
- Get off at Exit 4 (Route 73) and get off Route 90 to cross the Betsy Ross Bridge.
- Get off at I-95 South (Central Phila)
- Get off at Exit 23 (Giraud Avenue) and go straight onto Giraud Avenue.
- Turn left on 2nd Street and drive straight down until you see The North Bowl.

FROM TRENTON AREA

- Take I-95 South into Pennsylvania and drive into Philly.
- Get off at Exit 23 (Giraud Avenue) and go straight onto Giraud Avenue.
- Turn left on 2nd Street and drive straight down until you see The North Bowl.

If you are coming from another place not mentioned above, click on the link below. http://www.northbowlphilly.com/directions.php

NABJ 'In the City' Bowling Night
TIME: 6-8 p.m.
DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
LOCATION: North Philly Bowl, 909 N. 2nd St .
Donation: $25; $50 for gold ticket sponsors who will receive special recognition

For more information...please contact

NABJ Associate Representative Aprill O. Turner at aprilloturner@gmail.com

NABJ Secretary Deirdre M. Childress at dchildress@phillynews.com

NABJ Members can purchase tickets at http://mynabj.org/

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2009-04-25T11:48:00.000-04:00

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I'm on facebook too!

Think Web First

2009-04-21T15:28:00.000-04:00

To add to my theme of "Think Web First", we started doing weekly video recaps of the past week's sports action at the Asbury Park Press.

Thanks to the APP video/photo staff, my co-worker Matt Manley and I co-hosted a boys basketball weekly recap show we called "Three in the Key." Each week, we went to a different high school in our coverage area to talk about the previous week's basketball action. With the addition of our basketball blog and live chats, we became more of a multimedia operation at the Asbury Park Press. The videos were a hit with our readers and we had to turn down several requests because we could only go to one high school each week.

Now imagine this: We create a marketing video something in the 2-3 minute range that can be sent as a DVD or even through e-mail on what it is like to be an NABJ member and/or attend one of our conventions or regional conferences. If you think you've heard this before, I said it on April 5 on the blog and I've been saying it behind-the-scenes well before that. The video would obviously be geared towards people that don't know about NABJ (hard to imagine) but there are plenty of people out there that fit that description. It would help if we all had tangible evidence of the benefits of an NABJ membership. We all now words can only go so far and a picture is worth 1,000 words. But how much is a good video worth that gives a detailed experience of an NABJ membership? I'm willing to bet a lot and it could be a source of new revenue for the organization.

I haven't bowled...

2009-04-17T23:16:00.000-04:00

in a while but I guess I'll find out how rusty I am on April 29 at the NABJ in the City Bowling Night in Philadelphia.

I'm usually in the 160-170 range and that average tends to rise...the longer that I bowl. I'm not sure how many games we are bowling on April 29 but I'm ready whenever you are.

If you are in the Philadelphia area, I hope you come through to support NABJ's On the Move campaign. Of course, please say hello if you see me walking around. See you in 12 days.

I just registered...

2009-04-16T00:12:00.000-04:00

for the NABJ Region 1 Conference in NYC on May 30.

I'm excited about the Intro to Photoshop CS4 and Flash CS4 presentation and the Final Cut Studio presentation. I'm also ready for the NABJ Candidate's forum. It should be a fun but exhausting day in NYC.

I hope to see you there and please say hello if you see me walking around. I look just like my picture (on the top right).

NABJ Region 1 conference pre-registration deadline is April 17
http://www.nabj.org/about/regions/region1/story/09conf.php

Deadlines, Deadlines and one Update

2009-04-15T11:22:00.000-04:00

NABJ Convention pre-registration deadline is today, April 15
https://www.eshow2000.com/nabj/registration_information.cfm

NABJ Region 1 conference pre-registration deadline is April 17
http://www.nabj.org/about/regions/region1/story/09conf.php

NABJ 'In the City' Bowling Night in Philadelphia on April 29
NABJ Members can purchase tickets at http://mynabj.org/

I mentioned in an e-mail

2009-04-13T21:44:00.000-04:00

to the NABJ forum on Friday, April 10 about a live chat/blog software called "Coveritlive."

My paper started using Coveritlive in January 2009 to enhance our sports coverage in the Jersey Shore area. In just three short months, the live chat and live blog sessions are a huge hit with our basketball and lacrosse fans.

As readers have told me in person, on the phone and via e-mail numerous times, the days of waiting for stuff to appear in the newspaper the next morning are over. I tell myself every morning to "Think Web First" and that is how I approach my sports coverage. The live chats and live blogs sessions give readers more access, instant feedback and it shows them that you care about their opinions. It also helps to grow your web visitors and also your web page views.

Here are examples of live chats

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;a &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;href&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;task=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;viewaltcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;altcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;_code=c94d633fed" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Lacrosse Weekly Chat #2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;a &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;href&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;task=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;viewaltcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;altcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;_code=4203140943" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Boys Basketball 1-29&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Here is an example of a live blog

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;a &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;href&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;task=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;viewaltcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;altcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;_code=24a0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;ae&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;59b0" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Boys Basketball: Neptune-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Lenape&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;TOC&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; game&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ltspan class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lt&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

I posted all of this to say there is new technology out there, like Coveritlive, that you can use in your newsrooms to better communicate with your readers/viewers (no matter what speciality you cover) and that NABJ can use in a way to increase interaction with its members.

For example, I would love to see a bi-monthly or at least a monthly live chat with the NABJ President moderated by the NABJ Secretary. I would love to see a live chat or even a live blog on how to fill out the NABJ chapter audits and the NABJ chapter applications properly. If visual evidence is needed for the demonstration, an NABJ webinar would probably be more appropriate. If someone has a questions about the NABJ Chapter audits or NABJ chapter applications, they can get an answer on the spot. I'm sure the NABJ staff would appreciate its local professional and student chapters doing the audits and chapter applications, the correct way, the first time. This scenario can happen right now. It takes a minute to create a Coveritlive account and once Coveritlive generates the html coding all you have to do is cut and paste the coding into a blog entry. All the readers/viewers have to do is come to the blog and click on the start button to interact with the moderator and the featured panelist of the day/night. If you missed the chat, you can always catch it on replay at your own convenience

Speaking of blogs, I would love to see the NABJ President's Corner transformed into a blog. Once that is done, you can have live chats on the NABJ President's Corner blog with ease. I would also like to see the NABJ President's Corner blog updated with regularity on what the NABJ President is doing on behalf of NABJ members. A monthly NABJ President's agenda would be nice and of course updates on important deadlines would be better.

In closing, I'm saying the NABJ secretary can be an essential asset to the organization and to the NABJ President specifically. If I get the privilege to be your next NABJ secretary, I'm confident that I can get this done and have NABJ "Thinking Web First" all the time.

A message from NABJ Secretary Deirdre M. Childress...

2009-04-09T11:54:00.000-04:00

Did you know athletes took a series of standard IQ tests and bowlers scored highest: An average of 129, 29 points above the average. Golfers did the worst at 97. And, of course, journalists did better than both groups. (Guess which part of that is true!)

But on behalf of NABJ, an organization founded by our own Sandra and Acel with 42 of their friends like journo legends Claude Lewis and Chuck Stone, I, Deirdre Childress, want to extend an invitation to everyone. Please come on out and support one of NABJ’s kick-off events, planned to build momentum to our convention in August 2011 here in Philadelphia . This event is also a fundraiser for our new headquarters at the University of Maryland ’s Knight Hall, which is scheduled to open later this year. Your $25 gets you bowling shoes and lanes, food, billiards, folks and fun. NABJ is 'On The Move'...And We Want You To Come And Play!

NABJ 'In the City' Bowling Night
TIME: 6-8 p.m.
DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
LOCATION: North Philly Bowl, 909 N. 2nd St .
Donation: $25; $50 for gold ticket sponsors who will receive special recognition.

*This donation is tax- deductible.We are requesting your support of a worthy initiative and we hope you will mark your calendars to come out and support us as we build toward our August 2011 Convention and Job Fair in Philadelphia . Acel and Sandra and journalists from many organizations will attend.

For more information...please contact

NABJ Associate Representative Aprill O. Turner at aprilloturner@gmail.com.

NABJ Secretary Deirdre M. Childress at dchildress@phillynews.com.

NABJ Members can purchase tickets at http://mynabj.org/

NABJ Convention Workshops

2009-04-07T17:20:00.000-04:00

I'm not sure if everyone gets the NABJ e-blast e-mails but the workshops were released today.

Click on the link below.

https://www.eshow2000.com/nabj/conference_program.cfm

Q & A with an NABJ member

2009-04-05T12:30:00.000-04:00

I received a passionate e-mail from an nabj member that asked some very good questions. I've already answered them privately but I felt these same questions should be asked of any NABJ member running for an office this year. So, I've decided to share my answers to that member's questions. I apologize for the long answers in advance.

Q #1: The state of the journalism business is such that if you know only one thing, you're behind the eight-ball. What kinds of things would you champion within NABJ to help members, especially student members, those in small-to-medium news markets, and the unemployed, get the training they need to carve out a permanent place within the business? Would that training including training to become entrepreneurs within the business?

My answer to Q #1: 1. Think web first. That's the first thing I would tell any student member now and any journalist currently in the business or that was recently laid off. The web is the new way of journalism and you should know as much about the web as possible because it will affect your career and most likely your paycheck. When I say web, what am I talking about?

1) Blogs. Know the popular blog software and know how to use and navigate it. Just about every reporter is asked to blog these days and you should already know what a blog is before your employer asks you to do it. I'm experienced with Blogger and Word Press. But there is also...Squarespace, Typepad and a few others. I will eventually learn them all. The current buzz is around Twitter and I will get on that bandwagon very soon. 2) Know how to shoot and edit video. I can shoot video but I can't edit video. Employers use the word "multimedia journalist" now and that term usually incorporates shooting and editing video.The shooting video part is the easiest of the two but the editing part will make you more valuable to your employer and more marketable if you are searching for work. Final Cut Pro is the only video editing software that I've heard about but I know there are others. I'm no expert at using it but that will change in the future. 3) Know how to take and edit photos. I can use a zoom camera and a digital camera with no problem. I can't edit photos though. I know how to crop and resize but anything beyond that I would have to ask the photographers or photo editors at my job. I know Adobe Photoshop is a popular photo editing software but there are many others. 4) HTML. If you really want to get serious about the web than learning html coding is the way to go. I'm no expert at html coding but if you know html coding and can create and design websites, you can work for anyone and probably name your price as far as a salary goes.

I would strongly recommend any student or journalist seek out opportunities to learn this skill either at their school or within their place of employment or at a local community college or through any service that NABJ offers. With these skills and a creative idea, you can start your own online magazine like cousins Ashley Anthony and Nicole Galbreath have done with http://www.havengirls.com/. I will fully support any program (like the NABJ Media Institute) or training session (like the NABJ Region 1 Conference: Online Tool for Digital Journalists, Part 2") that incorporates the aforementioned skills. http://www.nabj.org/about/regions/region1/story/09conf.php. I will be in NYC on May 30 for the NABJ Region 1 Conference to learn more about Photoshop and Final Cut pro and I will also talk with NABJ members about running for NABJ secretary.

Q#2: I don't know if I'm going to be able to attend this year's convention because the folks at my employer aren't paying to send me. Although the prices for rooms, airfare, and entertainment are lower than they have been in other NABJ cities, they're still too high for someone who's check barely stretches far enough to pay rent and utilities. What will you do to begin the "we might need to think a little more about our members' fiscal health" conversation within NABJ? And as a follow-up question, what will you do to finally convince the folks on the board that having the convention be the sole source of our operating budget is an untenable business model that can't be sustained?

My answer to Q #2: That's a very good question. I've paid my own way to the NABJ convention in 2001, 2002, 2005-2007 and the Unity Convention in 2008. I didn't attend in 2003 or to the UNITY convention in 2004 because I just started new jobs that year. In 2002 while I was still a student member on a small budget, I paid the registration fee for three students at Northeastern University that couldn't afford it. I wanted them there and dug deep into my pocket to make sure they could experience an NABJ Convention. I know the sacrifice that NABJ members make every year because I'm one of them and when it comes to cost I'm always mindful of that aspect. I thought the NABJ pre-registration deadline should be extended anywhere between 2 weeks to a month from the original April 1 deadline and the NABJ board voted to extend it 2 weeks. I'm not in favor of raising convention prices or membership dues anymore than the 2009 prices. To my knowledge, we don't make any money or very little off our website, which baffles me as I type this response. Our website, in a web-based world, should be a better source of income to NABJ. Should we have advertising on our website? Yeah. What type of ads and where they will be placed...would require some more thought. I'm not sure what we charge for jobs in our NABJobs Online section (and that probably needs a better placement on our website anyways) but maybe offer prospective employers a package deal that we'll feature their job in a prominent spot on the website for a slightly higher fee. Do we have a membership referral service? If not, for every new membership (someone that has never been an NABJ member) that a current nabj member solicts on behalf of NABJ, I say offer a $10 discount to that current member's renewal the following year. This would probably only be done online. In regards to the convention model as our source of income, I don't know what the actual percentage is but I know it is a good amount. We can't go cold turkey and not use the convention as a primary source of income because 1) we can't generate that type of cash the convention brings in right now from any other source and 2) media companies have cut back on what they can/will spend to come to our convention or support our initiatives. 3) We can be better at saving money, spending money and raising money (like the few ideas I proposed above). As the deputy chair of the membership committee, I've proposed an idea that we create a marketing video something in the 2-3 minute range that can be sent as a DVD or even through e-mail on what it is like to be an NABJ member and attend one of our conventions or regional conferences. I think the video/e-mail should be sent to any college or university that we get a "new student nabj membership." My thinking if there is one...there has to be more. I think the video/e-mail should be sent to any employer that we get a "new professional nabj membership" Once again, my thinking is if there is one...there has to be more.

Q # 3: As a former chapter president, the one thing I've learned is that nothing radicalizes people who have been complacent and tolerating in their jobs more than a layoff notice. In the past, NABJ has been, to put it kindly, tentative when it comes to advocating for the needs of black journalists. Give me an instance in which you have had to serve as an advocate for black journalists, how you handled that incident, and what the final result was.

My answer to Q# 3: I've never been in that position and that's a hypothetical that I can't really answer without a specific case. In my opinion, "advocating for the needs of black journalists" should be one of the main responsibilities of the NABJ president and I'm not running for that office. I'm focused on running for NABJ secretary.

Q#4: What is your position on the suggestion made on the NABJ listserve that members begin pooling their own talents and creating a self-sustaining media entity that provides our members with work and could possibly serve as a means of providing exposure to members who are trying to take their talents to the next level? What would such an entity look like to you and how would you suggest it be marketed?

My answer to Q#4: If you mean creating our own newspapers and magazines. I'm all for that. Although I think our own blogs, web-version of newspapers or magazines are a more practical way to go. I don't know how feasible creating your own television/radio broadcast would be but I've seen examples of broadcast streaming. We are in a web based world and we should be thinking web first...every time. I would be in favor of an NABJ Journal story on members that start their own companies. I would be in favor of highlighting that on our website too.

P.S. I'm not saying I have all the answers but I'm saying I'm willing to think outside the box to get to a better solution.

Facebook Me!

2009-04-02T13:43:00.000-04:00

I've created a facebook group (link below) to stay in touch with everyone during the campaign process.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62710576249&ref=mf

If you are on Facebook....then Facebook me...and let's talk NABJ.

NABJ Earlybird Registration Deadline extended till April 15

2009-04-01T09:47:00.000-04:00

If you haven't heard already, NABJ President Barbara Ciara announced an extension of the NABJ Earlybird Registration Deadline till April 15 by the NABJ board of directors.

That gives you two more weeks to register at the rates of $250 (full member), $225 (full member and member of local chapter must fax or mail registration form), $250 (associate member), $140 (student member), $525 (non-member) or $225 (non-member student).

You can find the full set of registration prices and dates below
http://www.nabj.org/pdf/NABJ2009ConventionRegistrationForm.pdf

You can follow details of the NABJ Tampa Convention (August 5-9) here
http://www.nabj.org/conventions/2009/index.html

President Barbara Ciara added, "As an additional offering to members during this difficult financial time, NABJ is providing a select number of professional scholarships to cover travel, lodging, and/or tuition to pay for their attendance at the NABJ Tampa Convention up to $1,000. Applications are due May 15. Click below for more details.

http://www.nabj.org/programs/scholarships/2009scholarships/appinfo09.php

I was just browsing

2009-03-31T10:02:00.000-04:00

for airfare to Tampa for the NABJ convention. Just some prices I saw based on leaving Tuesday, August 4 and returning on Monday, August 10 from the following cities.

Baltimore
on Air Tran $139 (the best deal in the Northeast)
on American $158 (2nd best deal in the Northeast)
on United $163 (4th best deal in the Northeast)

Boston
on Delta $179

Hartford, CT
on Delta $240

New York - JFK
on Jet Blue $249

New York - LGA
on Air Tran $224

Newark, N.J.
on Air Tran $236
on Continental $249

Philadelphia
on US Airways $179
on United $179
on Air Tran $186

Providence, R.I.
on Continental $221
on United $235

Washington, D.C. (DCA)
on US Airways $159 (3rd best deal in the Northeast)
on American $180
on Air Tran $195
on Delta $212

Washington, D.C (IAD)
on Air Tran $195

If I didn't list your local airport, you can check for yourself using http://farecast. live.com/

The 5 W's

2009-03-30T11:56:00.001-04:00

Who: An article in the Winter 2004-05 NABJ Journal (page 36) explains half my story. If you don't have a hardcopy of that NABJ Journal, click on the link below. http://members.nabj.org/members/index.html. You'll need your last name and NABJ membership ID number to gain online access to the NABJ Journal. Since that story, I've moved to New Jersey to work for the Asbury Park Press as a sports reporter.

Any NABJ member that is involved in sports reporting, editing, etc., regardless of the medium, and current college students that want to pursue a sports journalism career, should contact me spchrist2@hotmail.com to get on the NABJ Sports Task Force Listserve.

Any young black journalist that lives or works in New Jersey, should also contact me at the aforementioned e-mail address.

What: I'm running for NABJ Secretary.

Where: I work in Neptune, New Jersey. In the past, I've lived in Boston and Schenectady, N.Y. I love to travel and will make a strong effort to attend all the official NABJ campaign stops.

When: The campaign started on March 27 and will end on August 7.

Why: I have too much energy to not get involved more in NABJ. I'm also a nosey person (as every good reporter should be) and since 2007 have contacted NABJ board members privately (via e-mail and phone) to find out why the organization does things a certain way. I've agreed with some of the answers that I received and I've also disagreed with other answers that I've received. The disagreements are why I'm running for NABJ Secretary. I strongly believe that everything isn't about the bottom line. The organization has to think more practically when asking members to shell out their hard earned cash for the convention, regional conferences and other special events. For example, I've followed the recent e-mails on the NABJ Forum about the Pre-Registration deadline being April 1st even though the full slate of workshops weren't released yet. Hmm. I'm willing to bet very few NABJ members can commit that type of cash/credit right now without knowing what they are getting in return. I think it is extremely unfair to ask our members to do this year after year, especially in the current economic climate. At minimum, the current deadline should be extended at least two weeks. I would even go as far as extending it a month to May 1st while we work as quickly as possible to get the full slate of workshops released. In the future, this process must change. The pre-registration deadline shouldn't come before the full slate of workshops are released. If that means moving the announcement of the workshops up or moving the pre-registration deadline back, I'm in favor of either motion. Every decision that NABJ makes from this day forward has to be fair to our members and truthfully make sense.

Secret is out!

2009-03-27T17:33:00.000-04:00

I'm a candidate for NABJ Secretary. I'll have some opening remarks later this weekend.