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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.

 
 

Scholarship deadline extended

25 Feb

The deadline for scholarships awarded by the San Diego Association of Black Journalists and National University to local students have been extended from an initial date of Mar. 1 to Mar. 23.

Visit our PayPal to purchase tickets to the event $25 a piece.

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.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight.


The National University scholarship is a four year bachelors degree education at their School of Media and Communications and worth $40-50,000.

For the first time this year, the National University scholarship can be used as either a bachelors or masters degree to begin or further careers in journalism.

Other scholarships include:

1. $1,500 Ozzie Roberts scholarship scholarship to a college journalism student at a four-year institution

2. $1,000 scholarship to a high school student planning to pursue a journalism or related career at a four-year institution

3. $300 scholarship to a journalism student at a community college

To apply for the National University scholarship, click here to download the application form.

To apply for any of the three SDABJ scholarships, click here to download the application form.