Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists is saddened by the recent news that Broadcast legend Trudy Haynes has passed this morning at 95 years old.
We're not mourning, but will continue celebrating her trailblazing life and legacy. ❤️
Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists ✊🏾
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Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists ✊🏾
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The first established Black Journalism Association in America! We aim to increase the number of Black media professionals & combat racism in the media.🖤❤️💛
- PABJ received confirmation this afternoon that journalism titan Bryan Monroe, died of a heart attack this morning at his home in suburban Washington. He was 55. He was a former NABJ President and PABJ member, who most recently served as a Temple Kline professor.
- OUR STATEMENT on @PhillyInquirer's "Buildings Matter, Too," headline. From @MrErnestOwens: “Sensitivity for Black communities and readers right now in the middle of protests against racial injustice should weigh more than ignorant editorial punchlines.” phillyabj.com/2020/06/philad…
- BREAKING: PABJ, America's First Association of Black Journalists, is severing ties/affiliation with @NABJ immediately. Read how PABJ's Executive Board reached this serious decision, and their current calls to action to make NABJ better for all chapters.
- This is also a @UkeeWashington appreciation page, for those who didn't already know. #WeStandWithUkee
- BREAKING NEWS! @BurrellTV will be our Emcee for this year's #PABJAward! 🎉 She hails from the station of our Top Sponsor @CBSPhilly and we're excited to see her this Saturday night! ✨🔥🏆
- Today, leaders of @pabj @lenfestinst and @PhillyInquirer met to set a framework for future internal and community collaborations aimed at increasing diversity, sensitivity & support of communities of color in and around #philadelphia We agree that #realchange = #betterjournalism
- FORMAL STATEMENT on @CBSPhilly racism allegations: "A newsroom that racially degrades one of its hardest working Black journalists is a newsroom that mocks the integrity and trust of the communities it aims to cover," says @MrErnestOwens, PABJ President. phillyabj.com/2021/01/pabj-s…
- BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! For the first time in our 45 year history, we have a residency of our own! Thanks to funding by @lenfestinst, we will now have our headquarters at @PipelinePhilly! #PABJUnity #PABJ
- We stand in solidarity with all @PhillyInquirer journalists who are calling in sick and tired today as a way to force Inquirer managers to change newsroom culture & address the myriad of issues that they, & community members, have long asked for time & time again.Today, I’m joining my colleagues of color at the @PhillyInquirer and calling in sick and tired. Things need to change. We call on The Inquirer to do better. To be better. Here is the open letter we sent our newsroom leadership yesterday: bit.ly/3eMUnjy
- Keeping the family of Eric Hughes in our thoughts and prayers right now. 🙏🏿 ❤️
