{"id":1787,"date":"2020-08-07T20:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T01:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2020\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2020-08-07T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T02:34:02","slug":"christian-crittenden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2020\/christian-crittenden\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Treasurer\u2019s Race Fills Out New NABJ Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Christian Crittenden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jarrad Henderson (top) emerges as the new NABJ Academic Representative.
Walter Smith-Randolph (bottom) is the new NABJ Treasurer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Walter Smith-Randolph and Jarrad Henderson have emerged as NABJ\u2019s new treasurer and academic representative, respectively, after two contested races for the board of directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith-Randolph, the programming chair for this year\u2019s virtual convention and co-chair for the Young Journalists Task Force, defeated Ernest Owens in the treasurer\u2019s race by a 30-vote margin, 289-259. During the campaign, Owens said the race could reflect discrimination against him as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, which many feel is not truly supported by the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know that he had a lot of concerns in this race,\u201d Smith-Randolph said. \u201cI want to thank him for his competitive spirit and for his love of NABJ. He\u2019s run a few times now. We want to make sure we are listening to all our members making sure that all of our members are included. I want to be a listening ear to everyone. I want to make sure that no one feels left out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henderson will inherit the academic representative job, a position that was almost removed from NABJ\u2019s board of directors. Henderson received 53% of the vote en route to beating Dr. Milbert Brown Jr. and Russell Motley, who split the other 47%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The treasurer-in-waiting is currently a reporter and special project contributor for WKRC Local 12 in Cincinnati. In addition to his other roles, he is the vice president of the Greater Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henderson served as the chair for NABJ\u2019s Virtual Task Force. He has been a member of NABJ since 2008, when he was a member of the student multimedia project. Henderson is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University who works as a senior producer on USA Today\u2019s investigate team.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe things I promised during this campaign\u2014established voting power for our academic members, raise money for our programming at NABJ, including helping our student projects expand,\u201d Henderson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were two uncontested races. Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig will serve as the next parliamentarian, and Tre\u2019vell Anderson will be the Region IV director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitzhugh-Craig is the founder and publisher of Shades magazine. She has been a member of NABJ since 2000 and has served in multiple roles in her time with the organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson is currently the president of the National Association of Black Journalists LA chapter, along with being the co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Task Force <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The elections committee plans to enact an election code of conduct into place for how candidates and members should conduct themselves during the election season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next year\u2019s elections will fill the following positions: president, vice president, vice president of digital, vice president of broadcast, secretary, Region I director, Region III director and a student representative. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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