National Association of Black Journalists

The National Association of Black Journalists is an organization that provides programs and services to black journalists, students and media-related professionals. NABJ’s goals are to strengthen the ties among black journalists, give job opportunities to black journalists, getting the media to be sensitive to the importance of fairness among black journalists, provide professional training in the workplace, and help high school and colleges encourage black students to become journalists. They also provide information and training to the general public. NABJ is focused on creating black professionals that honor excellence and have outstanding achievement in the industry.

NABJ provides student internship programs to student members to improve the black community of young journalists. The summer internships are in print, broadcast and multimedia journalism with black-owned companies. NABJ believes it is important for young students to gain experience for their future career success.

NABJ also provides students and new professionals with other black journalists who are more experienced to mentor them. They are dedicated to ensuring that the next generation of black journalists will thrive.

NABJ gives seminars to those who seek to learn about African Americans in the field of journalism. They hold huge career fairs, and the fairs are a great way to find a job in the industry. NABJ wants to increase the number of black journalists in management positions as well as becoming entrepreneurs.

NABJ was first founded in 1975 in Washington D.C. and is the nation’s largest organization of colored people. Today NABJ has 3,300 members.