National Association of Black Journalists Regional Conference To Take Place In Tulsa, April 12-13

Eva Coleman, National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, NABJ Tulsa, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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Eva D. Coleman is the Region III director for the National Association of Black Journalists. She is an award-winning TV producer and media educator based in Dallas, Texas. Photo Provided.

The National Association of Black Journalists Region III will host its annual conference in Tulsa, April 12-13. This theme of the event is “Press and Prosperity: NABJ Meets Black Wall Street.”

Ken Lemon, National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, NABJ Tulsa, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — Ken Lemon is national president for the National Association of Black Journalists. He is an Emmy Award-Winning reporter at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, N. C. Photo Provided

Hundreds of journalists from the region and the U.S. are expected to attend. A range of speeches and workshops – devoted to the high profile and pressing issues facing the journalism community today – are on the agenda.

The attendees will tour the Greenwood District and Black Wall Street area and participate in conference workshops. The Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project will host the opening session. Catherine McGloin and Gina Nortonsmith, administrators of the project, will present their research on archives that journalists can use in their reporting of historical and contemporary racial injustices.

Additional workshop topics on the program are: “A.I: Threat or Tool?” “Building and Sustaining Your Own Business,” “Journalism Jumpstart: College Strategies for a Thriving Media Center,” and “Newsfeed Navigator: Mastering Social Media as a Journalists.”

Gary Lee, National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, NABJ Tulsa, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — Gary Lee is the managing editor of *The Oklahoma Eagle* and former foreign correspondent for the *Washington Post* and *Time*. Photo Provided

Gina Nortonsmith, National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, NABJ Tulsa, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — Gina Nortonsmith is archivist for African American History at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections at the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. Photo Provided

Several NABJ celebrities are slated to attend the two-day event, including NABJ National President Ken Lemon, Region III Director Eva Coleman, Hall of Fame Honoree Cheryl Smith, and a host of other national and local journalism professionals and scholars. Several special guests will also be on hand to discuss specialized subjects.

At the awards program on Saturday evening, Gary Lee, managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and former Washington Post’s Moscow bureau chief, will be the guest speaker.

Catherine McGloin is a communication specialist with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. Photo Provided

The region includes the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Local sponsors of the conference are Justice for Greenwood, Northeastern University (Boston) Law – Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, Terence Crutcher Foundation, Tulsa Community College, Report for America, The Oklahoma Eagle, Leah Heals, and the NABJ-Tulsa chapter.

For registration information and the conference schedule, see https://nabjonline.org/event/nabjregion3tulsa/