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Mini sports reporter makes moves on the sidelines
Pepper Persley is breaking barriers and scoring big, one sideline at a time. […]
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Advice on self-care from experts
By Whitney Hughes NABJ Monitor Although self-care and mental wellbeing can look different for everyone, three mental health experts, Dr. Akilah Reynolds, Dr. Kortni Alston and Dr. Brandon Gillespie, have some tips that can help […]
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Finding My Abolitionist Voice as A Journalist
Noah Tesfaye It has been over five months since the brutal police murder of Breonna Taylor, and there has been no justice. Her death is a horrifying reminder of the systemic issues that exist within […]
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Black Journalists Seek The Truth Over “Objectivity”
By Noah Tesfaye When newspaper editor Ida B. Wells was investigating lynchings of Black Americans following Reconstruction after the Civil War, her priority was not objectivity. It was to tell the truth about the horrors […]
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A Closer Look: Tallahassee’s Activists
By Nallah Brown Just two days after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, the residents of Tallahassee experienced their trauma of state violence in Florida with the murder of Tony McDade. Amid a […]
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Collegiate and Professional Football Coaches Join to Compete Against Systemic Racism
After Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy and the Kansas City Chiefs left Miami as Super Bowl champions, many were surprised that for two straight years, he was not offered a head coaching position in the National Football League. […]
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A Close Shave at the Barbershop
Barbershops serve as a home of fresh cuts and community on the southside of Tallahassee, Florida. So it came as a shock to Marlon Williams when the state shuttered his Fade Barbershop in March due to COVID-19 emergency restrictions. […]
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Florida A&M Opens Campus for COVID Relief
By Nallah Brown When the COVID-19 virus struck Tallahassee, Florida, the home of Florida A&M University, the campus community responded with urgent care. FAMU invited Second Harvest of the Big Bend to set up emergency […]
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One-on-one with Dr. Sheila Brooks as the NABJ Student Multimedia Project Goes Virtual
By Raymond Lucas Jr. The National Association of Black Journalists’ Student Multimedia Project may soon be celebrating 31 years with a new name in honor of Dr. Sheila Brooks, CEO of SRB Communications and founder […]
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‘The Hardest Working Man in Radio’ talks career, retirement
BY AYANA ARCHIE NABJ Monitor After 25 years of making waves in the radio industry, “The Hardest Working Man in Radio” and this year’s honorary NABJ convention chair, Tom Joyner, reflected on his storied career […]