{"id":1326,"date":"2019-08-09T18:02:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T23:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2022-08-02T18:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T23:22:42","slug":"dorothy-tucker-cruises-to-victory-over-lee-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/dorothy-tucker-cruises-to-victory-over-lee-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Tucker cruises to victory over Lee, Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jessica Taylor & Jerell Rushin
NABJ Monitor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorothy Tucker cruised to victory with 55 percent of the votes to become the next president of the National Association of Black Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turner defeated former President Gregory Lee and current Vice President Marlon Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A controversial amendment to reduce the number of board members\u2014 including the elimination of the academic representative and the merging of the three vice president positions into one\u2014failed after it could not gain two-thirds of the vote necessary to pass, said Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig, the NABJ elections committee chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dorothy Tucker, candidate for NABJ president (right), walks Tonisha Johnson (center) and Kristian Rhim through the voting process, at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 in Aventura, FL. MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In other contested races, longtime member Cheryl Smith defeated challenger Ernest Owens in a landslide for NABJ secretary. Tory Parrish also defeated challenger Christopher Nelson for the  director position in Region 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucker, an investigative reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago will succeed Sarah Glover, who has served for two terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to be leaving NABJ stronger and more fortified than it\u2019s ever been before and I look forward to working with the next administration and supporting their future work,\u201d Glover said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucker teared up upon hearing the news of her win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I\u2019m thrilled,\u201d she gushed. \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. I\u2019m emotional because in 1979, when I was 23 years old and I was making very little money living in Denver, all I wanted was to connect with black people and I came to NABJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could not afford the room so I didn\u2019t get one,\u201d Tucker continued. \u201cI just flew across the country. I registered. I paid for the ticket but I could not afford a hotel room. And I didn\u2019t care that I couldn\u2019t afford the hotel. I just wanted to be at NABJ. I got there and it was only because some kind woman let me share a room with her that I was able to attend the conference. I\u2019ve come to every conference since then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n