San Diego Association of Black Journalists

SDABJ presents HOT Chocolate Soul

sdabjorg — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:03:02 +0000

BUY TICKETS NOW! $15 online, $20 at the door Includes afterparty $15.00

Come to NABJ 2010!

sdabjorg — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:25:00 +0000

Ready for the 2010 NABJ Convention in San Diego?

sdabjorg — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:41:18 +0000

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. 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.

8th annual scholarship reception 2010

sdabjorg — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:22:21 +0000

The San Diego Association of Black Journalists celebrated its eighth annual scholarship reception Friday, handing out scholarships to high school and college students to continue to build careers in journalism. Recipients were joined by members of the community, family, friends, SDABJ members and other local media professionals. Lincoln High School journalism teacher Daniel Camacho received the largest award for the night, a Masters degree from National University. Joseph Young was awarded the Ozzie Roberts scholarship. Jarred Powell and Jennifer Bowman received community college scholarships while Strongman Osom, a senior at Point Loma High School, got the SDABJ scholarship. In total, more than $50,000 in scholarships were handed out. Awards were also handed to young photographers Katelyn Griffin and Shannon Edwards for top pictures in our first photo contest. Great thanks to our gold sponsors: National University; NBC 7/39; and the San Diego Union Tribune Friends of SDABJ include: The San Diego Padres; Olympic Training Center; Target; Starbucks, SeaWorld; The San Diego Zoo; Fox 5 News; Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf; San Diego Airport Authority; Dave & Busters; George's Camera; Coca Cola; Channel 10 News and Sirius Fitness/Conscious Comedy Explosion The night's food was provided by: Urban Solace Barrio Star Sammy's Woodfire Pizza Harney Sushi Adams Avenue Grill

SDABJ Photo Contest winners

sdabjorg — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:07:14 +0000

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

sdabjorg — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:45:06 +0000

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. 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 My name is Strongman Osom is the commissioner of Activities 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.

Only one week left to submit photos to SDABJ contest

sdabjorg — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:34:47 +0000

There’s only one week left to submit photos to the San Diego Association of Black Journalists photo contest, sponsored by George’s Camera, San Diego’s premiere photog shop. We want you to send us pictures that you think represent the faces, experiences and lives of African Americans or people of African descent in San Diego. Top [...]

See you at the April 23 scholarship reception, buy tickets now

sdabjorg — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:06:08 +0000

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.

Submit photos today, less than a month to go for black San Diego photo contest

sdabjorg — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:23:49 +0000

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.

“Do yourself, your people and your country a world of good” and come to NABJ convention

sdabjorg — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:30:00 +0000

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. [...]