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By BRE’ANNA GRANT NABJ Monitor   Eleven high school students are learning how to be journalists this week at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention. The students, who are from Detroit, Los Angeles and […]

By ARIELLE BRUMFIELD NABJ Monitor   DETROIT — In an effort to restore the city’s finances, the city’s water supply was switched from its current provider Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to a city-built pipeline, […]

By BRE’ANNA GRANT NABJ Monitor   A joint conference and member program between the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Newspaper Publishers Association may be in the works for the future. The conversation […]

By MAYA KING NABJ Monitor DETROIT —NABJ members acted swiftly Friday, reversing course on an earlier decision by the board of directors to hold a special election for the media-related representative’s race.  Plans for the […]

By MAYA KING NABJ Monitor   Drew Berry isn’t worried about the learning curve for his new job. Named NABJ’s executive director on July 27, the media executive held the role in an interim capacity […]

By TONY BETTON NABJ Monitor DETROIT — An eyesore for more than three decades, the Michigan Central Train Station is finally getting a highly anticipated makeover. The dilapidated building is in Corktown, an area east […]

By SIERRA PORTER NABJ Monitor The topic of a “New Detroit,” job opportunities, inclusiveness and the issue of the city’s use of public funds to rebuild downtown were boiling points for attendants of a town […]

By JAY BOYD NABJ Monitor DETROIT —Tyrik Reed sat on a bench charging his cellphone while copies of his resume spilled out of a business binder. Reed, who traveled to the convention in Detroit from […]

By SIERRA PORTER NABJ Monitor DETROIT —Tiny houses in the U.S. have become such a popular trend that HGTV has several shows all about young hipsters obsessed with finding a tiny home of their own. […]