2016 NABJ Salute To Excellence Program

National Association of Black Journalists
Salute
Excellence
to
Awards Gala
August 6, 2016
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
Washington, D.C.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF
PRESIDENT
Sarah Glover
NBC Owned Television Stations
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Drew Berry
VICE PRESIDENT, PRINT

Marlon A. Walker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL
Bent J. Wilson
Aviation Queen LLC
VICE PRESIDENT, BROADCAST
Dorothy Tucker
WBBM-TV
SECRETARY
Sherlon Christie
Asbury Park Press
TREASURER
Greg Morrison
Bumper2BumperTV
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Dave Jordan
WSPA-TV
DIRECTOR, REGION I
Johann Calhoun
The Philadelphia Tribune
DIRECTOR, REGION II
Vickie Thomas
WWJ//CBS Radio
DIRECTOR, REGION III
Gayle Hurd
WPTF-AM/NC News Network
DIRECTOR, REGION IV
Marcus Vanderberg
Yahoo! Sports
ACADEMIC REPRESENTATIVE
Michelle Johnson
Boston University
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE
Tanzi West-Barbour
Policy Innovators for Education
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Wilton Charles Jackson II
Louisiana State University
FINANCE MANAGER
Nathaniel Chambers
MEMBERSHIP MANAGER
Veronique Dodson
PROGRAM MANAGER
Scott Berry
PROGRAM MANAGER
Lisa Waldschmitt
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
JoAnne Lyons Wooten
DEVELOPMENT CONCIERGE
CONSULTANT
Heidi Stevens
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
Aprill O. Turner
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Sharon Odle
Journalist of The Year

Lester Holt
Salute to Excellence - Digital Media & Radio
Emerging Journalist Award
Jamiles Lartey
Legacy Award
David Aldridge
Tonight'sProgram
Welcome
Gayle King, Host
Salute to Excellence - Newspaper & Magazine

Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award
Dale Raymond Wright Sr.
In Memoriam
Invocation
Sheila Brooks, Ph.D.
Dinner
Remarks from NABJ Executive Consultant
Drew Berry
Pat Tobin Media Professional Award
Darci McConnell
Salute to Excellence - Public Relations
Salute to Excellence - Broadcast
Remarks from the NABJ President
Sarah Glover
Presidents Award
Closing
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The Wright, Metrit, Guzman, King, Grigsby,

Rooks, Wilson, Brown, Smithea, Daniels,
Mitchell-Clark, Jones, Pannell, Felix,
Balthazar, and Kariuki families congratulate
and celebrate--
Dale R. Wright, Sr
On his award for Lifetime Achievement in
journalism from the
National Association of Black

Journalists
Dad, you are the greatest!!!
Tonight'sHost
ayle King was named co-host of CBS THIS

MORNING on Nov. 15, 2011.
King has hosted The Gayle King Show, a live, weekday television
interview program on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network since Jan.
10, 2011. The program, which featured a discussion of a broad
variety of topics that included politics and cultural developments,
was also broadcast on XM Satellite Radio, where it premiered in
2006. Between 2004 and 2011, she has appeared more than
20 times as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as
on a number of popular television broadcasts, including Good
Morning America, Larry King Live, Rachel Ray, The View and
Entertainment Tonight.
In addition, King has served as Editor-At-Large of the awardwinning O, The Oprah Magazine since 1999, shaping the
magazines content and message and coordinating the efforts of
staff and contributors with the vision of the magazines Founder
and Editorial Director, Oprah Winfrey.
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as
a journalist. In addition to three Emmys, she was honored in
2008 with the American Women in Radio & Television Gracie
Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show and in 2010 with both
the Individual Achievement Award for HostEntertainment/
Information and the New York Women in Communications
Matrix Award recipient.
A native of Maryland, King spent several years of her childhood
in Ankara, Turkey, before returning with her family to the United
States. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976
with a degree in psychology.
The mother of a daughter, Kirby, and a son, Will, she currently
resides in New York City.
Lester
Holt
Journalist of
the Year
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
n many ways, television news stands at a

crossroads, and Lester is the perfect person
to meet the moment.
Thats what Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News

and MSNBC, said of Lester Holt in June 2015 when
he named Holt anchor of NBC Nightly News in
the wake of Brian Williams fall from grace due to an
ethics issue. With that announcement, Holt secured
the most coveted news anchor position in television,
for NBC Nightly News is known as Americas mostwatched newscast. Holt also made history as the first
Black journalist to anchor a flagship newscast of a
major American television network on his own.
Over the past year, Holt, 57, has continued to
personify Lacks words. At 62 with boyish good looks
and an engaging reporting style, Holts demeanor on
the NBC anchor desk speaks of his experience and
his popularity with viewers. NBC Nightly News with
Lester Holt won its 35th consecutive sweep among
total viewers and also won sweeps across the board
for May 2016.
Over the years Holt has won several Emmy Awards
and a Robert Kennedy Journalism Award for work on
the CBS News show 48 Hours. This year he was
featured on Times 100 Most Influential People list
and The Hollywood Reporters Most Powerful People
in New York list. In 2015, the California native was
inducted into the California Hall of Fame.
Holt was selected as the 2016 Journalist of the Year
by the National Association of Black Journalists for
distinguishing himself with a body of work that has
extraordinary depth, scope and significance to people
in the African Diaspora.
NABJ President Sarah Glover says Holt is a dynamic
broadcaster diligent in his pursuit of the facts and
demonstrates a stellar work ethic that is evident
in his reporting. His quiet confidence and low-key
demeanor have garnered trust and admiration from
both the viewers who watch him every night and from
journalists across the country, Glover said.
2016 NABJ SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE GALA
Steve
Crump
Journalist of
Distinction
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
fter activist Bree Newsome scaled a

flagpole and removed a Confederate flag
planted at the South Carolina State House,
some revered her actions while others condemned
them.
But despite the seemingly spontaneous nature of what
Newsome did, the activist told Steve Crump, a reporter
for WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, that it was the
product of a lot of thought. That information seemed
to keep the community from judging Newsome, and
it was due, in large part, to Crumps style of relentless
reporting, which involves uncovering the full story.
It is this brand of in-depth and balanced storytelling
that contributed to Crumps being named the first
recipient of NABJs 2016 Journalist Of The Year-Small
and Medium Sized Markets
Steve Crump is a talented journalist who excels at
both general assignment and enterprise reporting. He
is committed to storytelling that is not only credible,
but also creative and compelling, NABJ President
Sarah Glover said in a statement announcing the
award.
Crumps momentous career began with NBC affiliate
WSAV in Savannah in 1980 and hes also worked
for news stations in Orlando, Florida, Lexington,
and Detroit, and as an independent producer for
Charlottes WTVI-TV, Charlottes PBS affiliate before
coming to WBTV.
Crump, 58, has cemented his legacy as one of the
pioneers of journalism. His storytelling abilities, and
the care and patience he takes with his subjects is one
of his most endearing qualities.
Speed is the enemy of accuracy, said Crump,
recounting a familiar phrase told to him by an instructor
at the Poynter Institute. The care and attention Crump
gives to each of his stories are what admirers of his
work love the most.
Jamiles
Lartey
Michael J. Feeney
Emerging Journalist
of the Year
10
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
amiles Lartey is new to NABJ and the inaugural

recipient of the 2016 Michael J. Feeney
Emerging Journalist of the Year Award.
It wasnt until he briefly met Feeney at a CUNY-J school

panel that he decided to take action and become an
NABJ member. The rest is history.
Feeney won the 2010 NABJ Emerging Journalist of
the Year Award at the NABJ convention in San Diego.
The award was renamed in his honor after his untimely
and tragic death in January 2016.
It was meeting Mike and hearing how passionately he
believed in NABJ that made it real for me, said Lartey.
Hailing from New Paltz, New York, Lartey graduated in
2010 from State University of New York at New Paltz
with a Bachelor of Arts in Black Studies and Business.
He graduated from New York University in 2015 with
a Master of Arts in Journalism and Africana Studies.
In 2015, Lartey began working at The Guardian as a
writer and researcher. He and his colleagues worked on
an investigative research project called The Counted,
which chronicled every person in the United States
killed by police. Prior to working at The Guardian, he
was a production intern for MSNBCs Melissa Harris
Perry show.
Im very young in this field and learning new things
every day about how to be an effective storyteller and
advocate.
Before working in the journalism field, Jamiles was
the Interim Director of the Retired and Seniors
Volunteer Program for the Dutchess Community
Action Partnership, an organization that partners with
individuals and families to eliminate poverty.
Outside of journalism, Lartey is a drummer for a funksoul-R&B band. Below he shares everything from
impactful stories hes covered, his advice to journalists
and soon-to-be grads, his favorite social media
platform and more.
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LaCrai
Mitchell
Student
Journalist Of
The Year
12
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
ecent Florida A&M University graduate

LaCrai Mitchell considers herself blessed.
She graduated in December 2015, had a
job waiting for her at CBS News in New York before
graduation.
I really just chalk it up to God, Mitchell said. Ive been
very blessed to meet some awesome people that have
looked out for me at CBS News.
Mitchell, 22, was originally hired as a news associate
for 48 Hours. It was an 18-month program where
she could rotate between various CBS News shows,
but Mitchell was only in the program for four when
she was hired as a production associate for the CBS
Evening News with Scott Pelley. Now that shes got
her foot in the door of a major TV network, Mitchell
eventually wants the opportunity to pursue her dream
job.
I want to produce documentaries that focus on
socioeconomic issues in minority communities. I want
to tell the stories that you dont always hear about,
Mitchell said. The journalist that inspired me to pursue
journalism is Soledad OBrien. She did a documentary
about the Atlanta child murders that I watched when
I was in high school. The storytelling that was done for
that piece was outstanding and it immediately drew
me to that form of journalism.
But Mitchell, like many professional journalists today,
wants to be well-rounded with her journalism skills
as she advances in her career. I wanted to be on air
and I applied to be an anchor for the Florida A&M TV
show. But Professor Kenneth Jones picked me to be
an associate producer. So, I was a freshman and I was
going to manage juniors and seniors, Mitchell said He
later revealed to me that he saw leadership qualities in
me that I didnt see in myself at the time and he said
those qualities would make me a great producer.
And now shes on her way.
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D
ale
Raymond
WrightSr.
Chuck Stone
Lifetime
Achievement Award
14
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
milcar Metrit believes that his father, Dale

Raymond Wright Sr., would be pleased to
receive the National Association of Black
Journalists 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Certainly, Wrights work as the first African American
reporter for The New York World-Telegram and Sun
and his investigative journalism reports that garnered
him a Pulitzer Prize nomination make Wright a worthy
recipient of the award. Prior to his work at the WorldTelegram, Wright was an associate editor at Johnson
Publishing Companys Ebony and Jet magazines.
Metrit recalls how his fathers penchant for storytelling
and writing was discovered by his troop mates in the
segregated U. S. Marine Corps during World War II.
He found that he was one of the few soldiers who
could read and write really well, which led to him
becoming the writer for the regime, Metrit said.
After the war, Wright enrolled at Ohio State University
under the G.I. Bill, and served as the news editor of
the student newspaper, The Lantern. While at OSU,
he was the first African American inducted into Ohio
States chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the national
professional journalism fraternity.
Metrit said he is most proud of his fathers book,
They Harvest Despair: The Migrant Farm Worker,
published in 1965. The book is the result of Wrights
investigative 10-part series The Forgotten People,
for the now-defunct New York World-Telegram and
Sun. The series chronicled the life of migrant workers
along the eastern seaboard. To report the story, Wright
went undercover and spent six months traveling from
Florida to New York, living and working with the men
and women he observed.
The piece was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in
1962, reprinted in part in The Negro Digest and later
published as a book. Equally important, the series
helped to change migrant worker laws in the 1960s.
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Gail
Wiggins
Educator
of the Year
16
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
sk any current student or alumnus of

North Carolina A&T University about
Mama Wiggins. Youll hear about the
time she convinced them not to drop out of school. Or
youll hear how she often offered an ear, shoulder and
perhaps some tissues to mop up tears sometimes
of sadness; other times, of joy. For so many students,
she was and still is a rock, an inspiration and the
reason they have a college degree today or hope to
soon.
NABJs 2016 Educator of the Year is Gail Wiggins, an
assistant professor at the school and the coordinator
of the annual National Association of Black Journalists
(NABJ) Multimedia Short Course that started in
1992. More than 800 students from 53 colleges and
universities from across the United States and Canada
have participated. In addition to teaching a full course
load, Wiggins also is the internship coordinator, helping
students find opportunities during the semester and
the summer.
Mrs. Gail Wiggins is by far the greatest journalism
educator I have had the opportunity of learning from,
said Uniqua Quillins, a member of the NC A&T UNT
NABJ Chapter and one of Wiggins students. She is
very passionate about the profession of journalism, but
even more passionate about making sure all journalism
students from North Carolina A&T obtain the greatest
opportunities to truly find their passion in the field.
Wiggins admitted that she was surprised and humbled
by the recognition. She began her media career as a
radio personality in Greensboro, and later became a
TV news producer. As she was working on her masters
degree at A&T, she worked as a teachers assistant.
Thats when she fell in love with a job that has become
her passion for the past 30 years.
When Im able to help my students understand how
they can reach their potential, I really feel good, said
Wiggins, a mother of three daughters aged 20 32. I
treat [my students] like my children.
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David
Aldridge
Legacy Award
18
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
avid Aldridge went to American University

in Washington, D.C., to get a degree and
become a high school history teacher. But
on my second day on campus, I passed by the office
for [school newspaper] The Eagle, walked in, asked if
they needed help and didnt leave for the next four
years, he recalled.
The experience moved him to become the Eagles
editor-in-chief in his junior year. At first, I didnt think
it was possible, but people encouraged me to reach
for something bigger, he said. I found I could do the
job and it gave me a lot of confidence that was the
start of my journalism career.
Thanks to AU connections, Aldridge began writing parttime covering high school sports for the Washington
Post. He was thrown right into the mix. I covered
the [Baltimore] Orioles after having never covered
baseball. I covered many other things, and by the end
of the summer, I wanted to be a sports reporter, but I
didnt think it would be at the Post, Aldridge said.
But an opening for a general assignment sports
reporter at the Post came up and Aldridge was hired by
then-assistant managing editor George Solomon, who
currently runs the Shirley Povich Center for Sports
Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park.
Aldridge started covering the Washington Bullets full
time at the age of 23. He also covered the Washington
Redskins for three years.
That was the ultimate in pressure because the most
important job at the Post was covering the president
and the second-most important was covering the
Redskins. You had to win every day on that beat, he
recalled.
Aldridge said he was fortunate to have great mentors
like Richard Justice, Michael Wilbon, Mike Freeman,
Anthony Cotton, Ralph Wiley, Bryan Burwell and Bill
Rhoden. They all helped me get my feet under me
and showed me how to develop my own voice.
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Chauncy
Glover
Angelo B. Henderson
Community Service
Award
20
AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
eing named the recipient of the 2016

Angelo B. Henderson Community Service
Award was a full circle moment for
Chauncy Glover. Shortly after Hendersons passing in
2014, Glover, then a WDIVTV 4 anchor and reporter
in Detroit, covered the memorial of the Pulitzer prizewinning Detroit journalist.
A year later, Glover, working as an anchor and reporter
for ABC-13 in Houston, leaned on words from
Henderson as he struggled with the duties of The
Chauncy Glover Project, a nonprofit he started to help
citys underserved youth.
There was a time when I was overwhelmed with trying
to balance The Chauncy Glover Project with my career
obligations, he said. It was a lot -- and very taxing -running the program from Houston and the financial
obligations that it entailed. It was Angelos words to
me, be honest and do whatever it is that you want to
do from the heart, that resonated. I felt like that was
Gods way of telling me to hang in there.
The Angelo B. Henderson Community Service Award
recognizes a journalist for his or her community service
endeavors outside of the newsroom and beyond the
newsroom, Glover has been busy. In February 2013,
while covering a story in Detroit, Glover witnessed
the death of a 17-year-old robbery suspect. For
months, the scene haunted Glover. This led him to
begin communicating with Detroits young men.
They expressed feelings of despair, desperation and
hopelessness.
That summer, he created The Chauncy Glover Project.
The nonprofit not only pairs students with mentors but
also teaches etiquette and public speaking skills while
implements job and college-readiness techniques. The
program has also proved beneficial for the mentees
outward self esteem. The program has graduated 48
students. Of those, 45 have gone on to four-year
colleges or universities. Seven of them have made the
deans list.
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Darci
MCc onnell
Patricia L. Tobin
Media Professional
Award
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AUGUST 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.
D
relations.
arci McConnell was 14 years into a

successful career as a newspaper reporter
when she made the foray into public
It was 2004, and the headlines about the newspaper

industry spoke of declining ad revenues and tightened
purse strings. Where reporters once took trips to
report on stories, more and more they were implored
to do the same work by phone.
It was challenging to do journalism the way I wanted
to do it, McConnell said. I thought about going
somewhere else, then I decided I probably would have
the same frustrations.
Shes now owner of McConnell Communications,
which celebrates its 12th year this summer. Also this
summer, NABJ will honor her with the Pat Tobin Media
Professional Award, given to the public relations,
advertising or marketing professional responsible for
a positive impact of black coverage and the media
profession. She has been involved with the organization
since college, establishing the University of Michigan
and western Michigan chapters, as well as being a past
Detroit chapter president.
NABJ has been so much of the fabric of my life, and
Ive benefited so much, said McConnell, 48, calling
the award one of the most special things that has
ever happened to me.
McConnells journalism career took her through
newsrooms in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Detroit, with
a stint as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for the
Detroit News. In Detroit, she covered the early days of
Kwame Kilpatricks mayorship, uncovering misdeeds
well before Kilpatrick was jailed on obstruction of
justice charges from a texting scandal and, currently,
on a federal racketeering conviction.
The same work ethic is what makes McConnell an
award-winning public relations professional.
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Derica W. Rice
Executive Vice President

Global Services and
Chief Financial Officer
Eli Lilly and Company
Started at Eli Lilly and Company in 1990
Salutatorian of his high school class,
first in his family to attend college
Holds degrees from Kettering University
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SiriusXM Urban View
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Allison Keyes
WTOP Radio
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KYW Newsradio
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Breast milk company cancels campaign to recruit Detroit

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Kate Wells
Network
In Charleston, S.C., Racial Lines Redraw A Neighborhood

Hansi Lo Wang, Danyell Irby, Will Huntsberry
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Philadelphia Marks 30th Anniversary Of MOVE Bombing
Jeanette Woods
National Public Radio (NPR) / WHYY Philadelphia
Selma
Barry Bagnato
CBS Radio News
Top 15 Market
North Miami Beach Police: We Made A Mistake

Nadege Green
WLRN News
COLLEGIATE AWARDS - RADIO

The Hair Struggle
Jordan Jennings
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James Ward Refused to be Deterred
Leah Henry
Howard University News Service
Bringing big Name Jazz to U Street
Jourdan Henry
TELEVISION
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WBAL-TV
Selmas Golden Anniversary
Steve Crump
WBTV
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Joanne Williams
Milwaukee Public Television
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Al Jazeera America
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Brad Siegel, DAngela Proctor, Susan Henry, Roland S.
Martin
TV ONES NEWS ONE NOW
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News 12 Westchester Staff
News 12 Westchester
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Dow-Diaz - No Place to Call Home

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Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists / CBS3, KYWTV & CW Philly
Documentary
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Henri Giles, Steve Horswill-Johnston, Andrew A. Dean,
D. Brian Smith, James Stevens
The United Methodist Church - Discipleship Ministries
Selma: A Walk to Remember

Valorie Lawson, Andre Morgan, Dave McNamara
WSFA 12 News
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Revolution at Moton: The Fight for Equal Education

Whitney Delbridge, Ira Quillen
WSET-TV
Network
Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts

ABC Staff
ABC
SC Featured: No Excuses
Craig Lazarus, Victor Vitarelli, Valerie Gordon, Jose
Morales, Lauren Stowell
ESPN
Ferguson: A Report From Occupied Territory
Fusion
Top 15 Market
50 Watts
Frava Burgess, Carlos Hopkins, KNBC Staff
KNBC-TV
Founding Mothers
Fran Murphy, James R. Byrne, Bob Kanner, Rob Shade,
Robin Hamilton
WDCW TV
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Jasmine Winters, Aaron Bledsoe
Buffalos First Black Architect Revealed
Jeff Preval, Andy DeSantis, Ben Reid
WGRZ-TV
One Final Salute
TaRhonda Thomas, Matt Bell
KUSA
Network
60 MInutes: The Slave Ship

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CBS News 60 Minutes
Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts
Staff at ABC NEWS
ABC NEWS
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Craig Lazarus, Victor Vitarelli, Valerie Gordon, Michael
Holmes, LZ Granderson
ESPN
Women at Risk, Black Women and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Valerie Cummings, Producer
WHUT-TV
Feature: Long Form

Top 15 Market
Drama in the Big House: The Lion

Tara Rosenblum, Alan Flamenhaft
News 12 Westchester
Mario Diaz, Victor Lopez, Ken Pelczar, Eddie Lebron,
Dave Scanlon
WPIX-TV
Selma Anniversary
Dave Huddleston, Justin Crate, Marcus Foster, Misti
Turnbull
WSB-TV
Feature: Short Form

Market 16 and Below
Staying Power
WBTV
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Burrell Memorial: Effects of Hospital Desegregation

Brie Jackson, Eric Johnson
WSLS 10
Hidden Stories of Diversity
TaRhonda Thomas, Byron Reed
KUSA
Network
Hands for Zion

Rehema Ellis, Stacey Naggiar, Maggie Kassner, Katie
Boyle, Patrick Burkey
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: LSU Gymnast
Steve Capus, Michelle Miller, Kimberly Godwin,
Courtney Streett
CBS News
Children of Selma
Rehema Ellis, Wonbo Woo, Tracey Lyons, Barry
Silverman, Patrick Burkey
Top 15 Market
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The Artist
Reginald Hardwick, Mike Richard
NBC 5 KXAS-TV
Healing Water
Adrienne Broaddus, Bill Middeke
KARE TV
Wrestling Through Homelessness
WFAA-TV
General Assignment News: Long Form

Market 16 and Below
WKYC: Social Justice
WKYC
Fraternity Actions Questioned

Ken Smith, Mark Simpson, Lori Grant, Jamie Thomas
WRAL TV
A Beautiful Business
TaRhonda Thomas, Byron Reed
KUSA
Network
60 Minutes: The Cleveland Division

Bill Whitaker, Michael Radutzky, Guy Campanile,
Andrew Bast, Peter Berman
CBS News / 60 Minutes
A Mothers Army
Sarah Hoye, Derek Davis
Al Jazeera America
Top 15 Market
Drama in the Big House: The Scarecrow

Tara Rosenblum, Alan Flamenhaft
News 12 Westchester
General Assignment News:Short Form

Market 16 and Below
Paralyzed by Guns
Lisa Robinson, Chuck Cochran
WBAL-TV
WWII Veteran Returns Home
Jeff Preval, Charles Moore
WGRZ-TV
Looking for Leaders
Nelson Garcia, Byron Reed
KUSA
Network
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: Katrina 10

years later 911 calls
Steve Capus, Mark Strassmann, Kimberly Godwin,
Wendy Krantz, Larry Goldfine
CBS News
The Racist Next Door

Byron Pitts, Jasmine Brown, Ozren Milharcic, Kimberly
Launier, Geoff Martz, Roxanna Sherwood
ABC NEWS
Surviving the Massacre

Lester Holt, Michelle Melnick, Carol Gable, Tracey Lyons,
Brooke Fraser
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: Domestic
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Steve Capus, Mark Strassmann, Kimberly Godwin,
Alison Schwartz-Dorfman
CBS News
Top 15 Market
Yonkers Blue Bloods

Lisa Reyes, Alan Flamenhaft
News 12 Westchester
Building Relationships
Jovita Moore, Kellie Burkett, Casey Nichols, Brad Stone
WSB-TV
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Rev. Austin
Reginald Hardwick, Executive Producer, Mike Richard,
Photojournalist, Eric King, Reporter
NBC 5 KXAS-TV
International
Market 16 and Below
Crisis In The Caribbean: The Haitian Migration Crisis in

the Dominican Republic
WPLG-TV
Network
Nightline - Mercy: The Second Chance

Dr. Richard Besser, Carelle Doe, Roxanna Sherwood,
Geoff Martz, Candace Smith, Caren Zucker
ABC NEWS
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Haitian Twins
Steve Capus, Dr. Jon LaPook, Michael Solmsen, Heather
Won Tesoriero
CBS News
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The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: JIHADI BRIDES

OF BOKO HARAM
Steve Capus, Debora Patta, Heather Abbott, Sarah
Carter, Jane Whitfield
CBS News
Investigative
Market 16 and Below
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Brandi Cummings, Ferlon Webster, Larry Carney, Bob
Bennett
WAVY-TV
Charlottes Unsolved Terrorism
WBTV
Willful Defiance
Ty Chandler, Michael Bott, Daniel Canepa
KXTV
Network
E:60- Justice for Jonathan

Andy Tennant, Beein Gim, Lisa Salters, Tonya
Malinowski, Dave Lynch
ESPN
Outside the Lines: The Death of Lennon Lacy
Shaun Assael, Andy Lockett, Tim Hays, Dwayne Bray,
Chris Buckle
ESPN
Top 15 Market

Jay Dow, Mario Diaz, Victor Lopez, III, Eddie Lebron,Ken
Pelczar
WPIX-TV
Tale of Two Districts
Tara Rosenblum, Alan Flamenhaft, Justin Barbo
News 12 Westchester
Photojournalism
Market 16 and Below
Akente Express: Photojournalist Byron Reed

Byron Reed
KUSA
Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion

Market 16 and Below
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Meaghan Norman, Denetra Walker, Princess Harrell,
Russ Congdon, Christopher Roberts
Awareness
Network
Talk To Al Jazeera: Spike Lee

Sarah Hoye, Correspondent, America Tonight, Jenifer
Fenton, Executive Producer, Talk to Al Jazeera, Jaci
Clark, Interview Producer, America Tonight
Al Jazeera America
SC Featured: Life on the Streets

Craig Lazarus, Victor Vitarelli, Valerie Gordon, Steve
Buckheit, Gustavo Coletti
ESPN
SuperSoul Sunday - Just Mercy with Bryan Stevenson

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Ferguson Prosecutor Breaks His Silence
Duarte Geraldino, Kristyn Martin
Al Jazeera America
Public Affairs: Segment

Market 16 and Below
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Steve Crump
WBTV
Lessons From a Traffic Stop
Meaghan Norman, Princess Harrell
Awareness
Miss Louisa and Slaverys Secret
TaRhonda Thomas
KUSA
49
Network
30 Years on Death Row

Bill Whitaker, Ira Rosen, Habiba Nosheen, Terry
Manning, Ali Rawaf
CBS News/ 60 Minutes
Outside the Lines: Athlete Protest
T.J. Quinn, Nick Aquilino, Carolyn Hong, Chris Buckle,
Dwayne Bray
ESPN
30 years on death row
Ira Rosen, Terry Manning, Habiba Nosheen, Ali Rawaf
CBS News
Top 15 Market

Jay Dow, Mario Diaz, Victor Lopez, III, Ken Pelczar,
Eddie Lebron
WPIX-TV
Specialty
Market 16 and Below
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Black Nouveau: PrEP

Everett L. Marshburn
Network
The Weather Channel Black History Month Series

The Weather Channel staff
The Weather Channel
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: Demographics
of Breast Cancer
Steve Capus, Dr. Jon LaPook, Michael Solmsen, Heather
Won Tesoriero
CBS News
Sports
Market 16 and Below
Remembering Charlie Sifford

Steve Crump
WBTV
Owings Mills Track Club
Kai Jackson, Ruth Morton
WBFF-TV FOX45
Swimming Straight to the Top
Claudine Ewing, Ben Read
WGRZ-TV
Network
Outside the Lines: Revisiting Donnovan Hill

Tom Farrey, Simon Baumgart, Tim Hays, Dwayne Bray,
Nathan Hogan
ESPN
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: On The Road-Attitude vs. Altitude
Steve Capus, Steve Hartman, Kimberly Godwin, Megan
Kelty
CBS News
Spot News
Market 16 and Below

Baltimore Riots
Barry Simms, Daniel Francois, John Cassini, Tom Culp
WBAL-TV
Network
CBS News: Charleston Massacre
The Staff of CBS News
CBS News
Tragedy in Charleston
The Staff of ABC NEWS
ABC NEWS
E:60 Football Player

Andy Tennant, Aaron Johnson, Lisa Salters, Matt
McCormick, Bill Roach
ESPN
Charleston Church Massacre

Staff of NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
COLLEGIATE AWARDS TELEVISION

General TV News Reporting
Nation Commemorates Bloody Sunday

Kofo Lasaki
The Powerful Story of Malachi Chapman
Joshua Iverson Short
Columbia College Chicago
The White House Continues A Timeless Tradition
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Special Thanks
Salute to Excellence Judges:
Kymberlie Andrew
Autumn Arnett
Harry Boomer
Stan Chambers
Pat St. Clair
Denise Clay
Nathaniel Cline
Lisa Cox
Pharoah Cranston
Kiratiana Freelon
Felicia Haney
Reginald Hartwick
Erica Henry
Aneesha Lewis
Nicki Mayo
Ray Metoyer
Walter Middlebrook
Nisa Muhammad
Chris Nelson
Sia Nyorkor
Rashida Rawls
Angela Robinson
Angela Smith
Walter Smith-Randolph
Brent Solomon
Eric Sturgis
Jamar Thrasher
Renee Turner
Stan Washington
Michael Woolfolk
Profiles Contributed By:

Johann Calhoun
Sherlon Christie
Neil Foote
Sharon L. Harris
Gayle Hurd
Corrine Z. Lyons
Bonnie Newman Davis
Lynn Norment
Monica Peters
Jamar Thrasher
Marlon A. Walker
Bent J. Wilson
Program Book:
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Event Production:
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AUGUST 6, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thank You
for your many years
of generous support.
NABJ deeply appreciates
your commitment to
diversity and journalistic
excellence!
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Oklahomas Black Towns
Pamela Ortega
Routes TV, University of Oklahoma
National
Association of Black Journalists
Dentons White Cemetery
Mayborn School of Journalism University of North Texas
When Opportunity Knocks Through Glass Ceilings
Christina DeVincenzo
Routes TV, University of Oklahoma
2017 Convention
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August 9-12. 2017
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National Association of Black Journalists

NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF

VICE PRESIDENT, PRINT

Journalist of The Year

Salute to Excellence - Newspaper & Magazine

2016NABJJournalAdv2 June 28, 2016

The Wright, Metrit, Guzman, King, Grigsby,

National Association of Black

ayle King was named co-host of CBS THIS

n many ways, television news stands at a

Thats what Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News

fter activist Bree Newsome scaled a

amiles Lartey is new to NABJ and the inaugural

It wasnt until he briefly met Feeney at a CUNY-J school

ecent Florida A&M University graduate

2016 NABJ SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE GALA

milcar Metrit believes that his father, Dale

2016 NABJ SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE GALA

sk any current student or alumnus of

avid Aldridge went to American University

eing named the recipient of the 2016

arci McConnell was 14 years into a

It was 2004, and the headlines about the newspaper

Executive Vice President

The Psychological Toll Of Racism In The Wake Of Mizzou

WNYCs Interactive TalkBox Connects Underrepresented

Online Project: Feature

The Re-Education of New Orleans

Online Project: News

Environmental Justice Denied

The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black

Single Story: Feature

Autistic Brothers Walk Tall in Southern University

Single Story: News

Environmental Justice, Denied

Mizzou Footballs Long, Fraught History With Racism On

Circus Juventas: Freddy McConnell

Online Feature Reporting

Is D.C. Still The Chocolate City?

Online News Reporting

Can Ben Carson Help GOP Attract Black Voters?

Online Sports Reporting

Black College Football: Diminished, But Not Dead

The Two Sides of Cody Vaughn, Hamline Football and Ars

In solidarity: Gainesville community stands with Mizzou

Chris Paul Will Not Be Played

How They Do in Oxford

What I Learned From My Weeklong Obsession with

Beyond the Breach

The private pain behind Richard Smallwoods Songs of

La Cacica Cimarrona magazine

DyNAMC Speaks with Our Nations Most Promiment

Black Deaths Matter

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Single Topic Series

The Common Cause

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