At the State of the Black Press Address, Breaking News and a Global Media App Take Center Stage
The State of the Black Press in America in 2023 is strong, resilient, and getting stronger day by day.
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Category: Benjamin Chavis
NNPA Wraps Midwinter Conference Showing Strength of Black Press, and Star-Studded Celebration for Dr. Benjamin Chavis
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association for more than 230 African American-owned newspapers and media companies, held its 2023 midwinter training conference in Puerto Rico.
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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Named National Co-Chair of No Labels
No Labels, a nonprofit think tank that describes itself as a national movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to solve the country’s most complex problems, has named Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. as its national co-chair.
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A Look ‘Black’ On 2022 and how Black Excellence Still Prevails
The Black Press of America entered its 195th year in 2022, highly engaged in the continued fight for freedom, justice, equity, and equality.
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Capitol Hill Lawmakers Push Bill That Hurts Local and Black-owned Newspapers
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent On the surface, the Journalism...
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OP-ED: The Time is Now for Increasing Diversity in American Media Ownership
Several months ago, I co-wrote an op-ed with my long-term friend and national media colleague, Jim Winston. Our commentary emphasized why “Diversifying American Media Ownership Must Become a National Priority.”
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Rainbow Push Auto Scorecard Shows Vast Improvement in Diversity Efforts
Longtime National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) partner General Motors joined Toyota in helping automakers set new ethnic diversity and inclusion standards in the United States.
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Chavis Declares ‘A Luta Continua’ As Black Press Set to Honor Icon with Lifetime Achievement Award
When the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) removed the interim president and CEO tag from Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. in 2014, then NNPA Board Chair Cloves Campbell conveyed to the membership that the civil rights icon possessed the talent and contacts to make an immediate impact.
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Vernice Miller-Travis, a Crusader who Continues the Struggle to Weed out Environmental Racism
Vernice Miller-Travis has consistently recognized racism, including how race has played a significant role in environmental policy.
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Chrisette Michele Punctuates ‘Black Excellence’ at NNPA Leadership Awards
The NNPA received orders for more than 2,000 tickets for the Leadership Awards Reception and ceremony. Students from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts blanketed the ballroom, a…
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