It’s sure to be a good time, and the city’s got a lot to offer. Check out this slideshow made by our own Dana Littlefield.
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Ready for the 2010 NABJ Convention in San Diego?
19
May
We are, and are excited to receive hundreds if not thousands of journalists from around the country for the networking, training, forums, career fair and of course the parties.
SDABJ Photo Contest winners
25
Apr
At the SDABJ’s scholarship reception Friday, three photos were chosen by local professional photographers as part of our first photo contest. We didn’t get as many submissions as we wanted to, but we were given the opportunity to honor the work of two young photographers.
Shannon Edwards, who won first and second place honors, is a 22-year-old student now interning at KUSI News, and Katelyn Griffin is a 10th grader at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.
$150, $100 and $50 gift certificates provided by our sponsor George’s Camera, were given to first, second and third place winners respectively.
Thanks to all photographers who submitted photos as well as contest judges David Poller, David Brooks and Khari Johnson
1st Place
“Hands”
Photo by Shannon Edwards
Patsi S. holds the hand of one of the adopted infant children she cares for, often a newborn’s first sources of attention, affection, education and nourishment in their lives.
2nd Place
“Eyes”
Photo by Shannon Edwards
The eyes of Kenya Parham, who as an orator and spoken word artist, shares her view of the world through her mouth.
3rd Place
Can U Smile
Photo by Katelyn Griffin.
If we could just get him to smile! My sister and I want to know why Black San Diego is full of great big brothers who refuse to get caught on camera smiling! Our big brother is such a great role model – he works as a tutor with middle and high school students. He leads a weekly lunch group to encourage middle school boys who are on the verge of making better choices and he tutors every weekend in Saturday Academy. He is great and there are so many great big brothers in Black San Diego who just won’t get caught smiling. This photo is just another attempt.
2010 National University/SDABJ scholarships winners
20
Apr
Come celebrate our scholarship winner’s Friday April 23 at National University’s Spectrum Academic Center on 9388 Lightwave Avenue from 6 to 8 p.m.
Awards will also be handed out to finalists in our photo contest sponsored by George’s Camera.
Don’t miss your chance to win an iPad, tickets to the Ellen Show, lunch with Judge Judy and many other prizes provided by sponsors.
Food provided by:
Urban Solace
Barrio Star
Sammy’s Woodfire Pizza
Harney Sushi
Adams Avenue Grill
The evening’s keynote speaker will be Sports Illustrated writer Jim Trotter.
Tickets are $25 online, $35 at the door. The San Diego Association of Black Journalists is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
National University scholarship winner Daniel Camacho, teacher at Lincoln High School
My parents immigrated to the U.S. in the seventies from Colombia. A product of the San Diego Unified School District, I graduated from Hoover High School in 1992. In 1996, I received a bachelors degree in Political Science from San Diego State University and Masters in Education in 2003. I have been teaching for the past 11 years, at Point Loma, La Jolla, Hoover, and now Lincoln High School – where I am currently the A.S.B, Yearbook, and Journalism advisor for the school’s online news service – www.voicesoflincoln.com
I feel very fortunate to go back to school and become a better teacher for my students.
Ozzie Roberts Scholarship winner Joseph Young
Born in 1989, Joseph Michael DeAngelo Young is the oldest of three children. He has been active since graduating from high school in 2007, and hopes to make steps toward online and new media in the future. He is currently the Creative Director for an online magazine and attends Southwestern College and San Diego State, where he majors in Interdisciplinary Studies.
San Diego Association of Black Journalists high school scholarship winner Strongman Osom
Strongman Osom is the commissioner of Activities at Point Loma High School and wants to become a TV news reporter. Born and raised in San Diego, he will attend California State University, Northridge in the fall.
Community college scholarship winner Jennifer Bowman
The 20-year-old Southwestern College student is the News editor for the school newspaper, The Sun, and an intern at The San Diego Union-Tribune. A native of San Diego, Jennifer’s interests include writing, politics, fashion and photography. She plans to transfer to San Diego State University in the fall and pursue a career in political reporting. She has two sisters and a brother.
Community college scholarship winner Jarred Powell
Jarred lives with his wife and four children in Vista, Calif. and is the sports editor for Palomar College newspaper, The Telescope. In the near term, he wants to be a prep sports reporter for a print or online media outlet with the ultimate goal of becoming a columnist.
See you at the April 23 scholarship reception, buy tickets now
07
Apr
Join the SDABJ and local media professionals April 23 to celebrate local young journalists and hand out more than $50,000 in scholarships, including a full ride bachelor or masters degree to National University’s School of Communication.
The reception will be held April 23 at National University’s Spectrum Academic Center at 9388 Lightwave Avenue from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Visit our PayPal site to purchase tickets to the event, $25 a piece, $35 at the door.
The event will be April 23 at National University’s Spectrum Academic Center at 9388 Lightwave Avenue from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A keynote speaker or guest speaker will be announced soon.
Here are pictures from last year’s reception.
“Do yourself, your people and your country a world of good” and come to NABJ convention
27
Mar
For a travel writer who has been to four continents and 42 of our nation’s 50 states, it should say something that Greg Gross chooses to live in San Diego.
In a post on his blog imblacknitravel.com earlier this week, Gross urges America’s black press to come to this year’s convention July 28 to Aug. 1.
Usually, this is where I extol the virtues of going somewhere else. This time, I need you to think seriously about coming to my city, San Diego — especially if you’re an African-American journalist, thinking about becoming one or trying to remain one.
We don’t especially look forward to summer here, and why should we? We always have it!
So okay, nice weather…check. What else has San Diego got?
Miles of beaches. A picturesque bay — and if that’s not enough water for you, there’s the Pacific Ocean. A vibrant downtown, including a sweet new baseball stadium. Good food and good shopping. An expanding club and music scene.
Gross goes on to cite San Diego’s locality to Los Angeles and Mexico as well as the ocean, desert, mountains and everything in between, in a county which claims the greatest biodiversity of any in the United States.
But aside from the wonderful weather, attractions, networking or job opportunities, Gross said there’s another reason you need to be here, one that’s “less of an opportunity and more of a call to arms.”
The election of Barack Obama as America’s first president of African descent has touched America’s racial nerve like nothing else since the Civil Rights movement. It would be nice to think that that election signaled the end of racism in this country. Unfortunately, we’re not there yet. We still have work to do.
Whether as an individual or a member of the black press, the African-American journalist has navigated through similar stormy periods in our history, a beacon of knowledge and pride in the face of bigotry, and defiance to those who would seek to consign us forever to the status of second-class citizens.
The time has come to do so again — and San Diego is as good a place as any to “set it off.”
So if you’re thinking about coming to this year’s NABJ confab, stop thinking and register. You could do yourself, your people and your country a world of good.
Click here to register for this year’s convention.
Black San Diego SDABJ Photo Contest
25
Feb
Ever wonder who is black San Diego?
What does black San Diego look like?
The San Diego Association of Black Journalists wants to know what YOU think represents black San Diego.
Ahead of the arrival of thousands of black journalists for the 2010 National Association of Black Journalists convention in July, the San Diego Association of Black Journalists is holding a photo contest to show the faces, experiences and lives of African Americans or people of African descent in San Diego.
Photo contest winners will be announced at our annual scholarship reception Apr. 23 where more than $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded to aspiring journalists. To apply any of the four scholarships, check out the applications here.
All submissions must be in on or before Apr. 16.
Top photos will be posted to sdabj.org. The top 10 will be on display at the scholarship reception. First, second and third place photographers will receive $150, $100 and $50 gift certificates respectively thanks to our sponsor George’s Camera, San Diego’s premiere photog shop.
Top submissions will be selected by local professional photographers.
Judge 1 – David Poller, former photo editor at Union Tribune
Judge 2 – David Brooks, multimedia editor Union
Tribune
Judge 3 – Khari Johnson, freelance writer, photographer and video producer
Professional photographers are invited to participate as are students, amateur photographers and really anyone in the community with a good eye and perspective to share.
Participants are encouraged to take pictures across San Diego County that illustrate a large range of themes.
All submissions must be e-mailed to sdabjphotocontest@gmail.com at 300 dpi and 12×18 dimensions. Include a few sentence caption for each photo.
Please help us by spreading the word to friends, colleagues or members of the community by clicking here to download, print and post copies of the flier on the local billboard, calendar area etc.
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