WABJ statement on the Washington Post layoffs
The Washington Association of Black Journalists is deeply alarmed by the massive layoffs at the Washington Post. In a moment when audiences desperately need more robust news coverage now more […]
DC News Now: Air Force veteran helps assault survivors, next generation of journalists
By Brian Farrell ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) — As a member of the U.S. Air Force, Terace Garnier served people here in the United States and around the world, […]
Word in Black: Black Students Are the Future of Journalism
By Quintessa Williams For over a century, the Black press has been a force for change: Ida B. Wells investigated lynching for the Chicago Defender when no one else would, reporters at […]
The Washington Informer: Millennial and Gen Zers Reflect on the Future of the Black Press
By Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. and Tait Manning Richard Wright, a Harlem Renaissance poet, author and essayist, fed his passion for writing as a teenager when he published his first story, […]
PGCTV News: Urban Journalism Workshop
Washington Association of Black Journalists President Phil Lewis joined Prince George’s Community Television News to discuss the Urban Journalism Workshop. Watch the interview below.
Fox 5 DC: Urban Journalism Workshop
Washington Association of Black Journalists President Phil Lewis joined FOX 5 DC’s Marissa Mitchell to discuss the Urban Journalism Workshop. Watch the interview here.
WHUR: The Next Generation of Black Journalists
Washington Association of Black Journalists President Phil Lewis, Urban Journalism Workshop (UJW) co-coordinator Denise Douglas and former UJW participating and Syracuse University freshman Sheridan Lee joined Harold Fisher of WHUR’s […]
WJLA: Aspiring journalists to learn from professionals in eight-week workshop in DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — Local high school students and freshmen in college will have the chance to get a crash course in journalism, thanks to the National Association of Black Journalists. “Eight […]
Support WABJ this Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, donate to stand with the Washington Association of Black Journalists as we continue our mission to support and uplift Black journalists and communications professionals throughout the DC region. […]
WABJ and AAJA-DC stand in solidarity with Karen Attiah
The Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) and the D.C. chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association condemn the Washington Post’s unjust firing of Karen Attiah. The Post said that […]