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NABJ Congratulates 26 Students Selected to Participate in
the UNITY ’08 Converged Student Projects
Special to The Truth
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has
chosen the 2008 class of aspiring journalists from across
the country to participate in the UNITY ’08 Converged
Student Projects, a media training project for college
students.
More than 90 students from the United States, Puerto Rico
and Canada, including this group of 26 students, will
participate in week-long projects at the UNITY ’08
Convention in Chicago, July 23-27, 2008. These aspiring
journalists will work side-by-side with professionals and
mentors to produce solid and innovative journalism across
several media platforms in a more integrated “convergence”
newsroom.
The students will be representing the four national
journalism associations that will be present at the
convention: National Association of Black Journalists, Asian
American Journalists Association, National Association of
Hispanic Journalists and the Native American Journalists
Association.
The 26 NABJ students will be assigned to six areas including
television, print, web, photography, video and radio and
will produce an interactive website, daily newscasts, Web
casts, newspapers and daily radio newscasts. Specifically,
they will also be doing pod casting, slide shows, video
commentary and blogging.
“This is an excellent educational opportunity for our future
black journalists to get the necessary training for the
skills needed in today’s technologically advanced and
changing environment,” comments NABJ President, Barbara
Ciara. “Not only will they be working alongside their
peers, mentors and other professionals, but it will provide
them with a unique experience of a more integrated newsroom
that is taking place across the country.”
The Web will be the focus of constant news, activity and
information for the project, which will morph into a single
newsroom where journalists will get front-end training on
the skills needed to create and distribute news and
information in today’s changing environment. Those who
attend the convention, and those who are not in Chicago,
will receive news alerts, images and other information to
their cell phones or hand held computer devices.
“I am so excited that once again a remarkable group of my
fellow students will be able to learn from industry veterans
what it means to be good journalists,” said NABJ Student
Representative Christopher Nelson.
Below is the list of the students who were selected for this
program:
PRINT AREA
Maya Carpenter, University of Florida
Zettler Clay, Georgia State University
Danielle Hester, DePaul University
Angel Jennings, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Wesley Lowery, Ohio University
Corrine Lyons, Wayne State University
Dion Rabouin, Ithaca College
Kyla Smith, Wayne State University
Niquel Terry, Michigan State University
RADIO AREA
Elizabeth Anderson, American University
Maryleah Mwende, Hahsey University of Washington
TELEVISION AREA
Fannette Davis, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Lateshia Dowell, Wayne State University
Alexis Garner, Boston University
Francesca Hoskins, Southern University
Fendy Lamy, St. Johns University
Debbie Origho, Howard University
Adrian Pittman, Jackson State University
Courtney Reid, California State University, Fullerton
WEB AREA
Michelle Anderson, Spellman College
Gerrick Lewis, Ohio State University
Dioni Wise, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
PHOTO AREA
L. Kasimu, Harris University of Mississippi
Jarrad Henderson, Arizona State University
Eric Shelton, Southern Mississippi University
VIDEO AREA
Annita Bonner, Jackson State University
The 2008 class is the latest to benefit from the work of
NABJ’s Student Education Enrichment and Development (SEED)
Committee, which each year, helps support student members
with internships and scholarships and the chance to cover
the annual convention through student media projects.
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C.,
NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in
the nation, with more than 4,100 members, and provides
educational, career development and support to black
journalists worldwide.
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