Contact: NABJ Convention Press Room
Carolyn Wheeler or Beverly Isom
Phone: (214) 651-1234 ext. 1329 or 1330
August 9, 2003
NABJ Elects New President at Annual
Convention in Dallas
DALLAS (Aug. 9, 2003) — Herbert
Lowe, 40, was elected president of the National Association
of Black Journalists (NABJ) at the
28th Annual Convention and Career Fair in Dallas. The 3,000-member
organization of African American journalists is the largest
in the world. Lowe will serve as the national chair for two
years.
A staff writer at Newsday
in Queens, N.Y., Lowe has worked as a reporter and editor
at The Philadelphia Inquirer, The
Virginian-Pilot, The Record (N.J.), The Press of Atlantic City,
The Milwaukee Community Journal and Amateur Sports magazine.
Lowe said, “NABJ will regain its leadership role among
journalism groups as we fight for more black journalists in
all media, at all levels and in all markets. Our advocacy on
issues concerning diversity will be inspired and aggressive.”
Born in Camden, N.J., Lowe is the eldest of six children raised
by a single mother. He graduated in 1984 with a double major
(broadcast journalism and political science) from Marquette
University. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Lowe is the 15th president of the organization.
Others elected at the convention were:
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Vice President/Broadcast: Barbara Ciara, managing editor and
evening anchor, WTKR News Channel 3, Norfolk,Va.
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Vice President/Print: Bryan Monroe, Assistant Vice President/News,
Knight Ridder
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Treasurer: John
Yearwood, national and international
editor, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
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Secretary: Sarah
Glover, general assignment photographer,
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Parliamentarian:
Melanie Burney, education reporter,
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Region 2 Director: Rachelle Dickerson Christie, copy editor,
The Star Ledger, N.J.
New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
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Region
3 Director: J. Elliott Lewis,
freelance television reporter,
Washington, D.C. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia
and Washington, DC
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Region
4 Director: Ernie Suggs, reporter,
The Atlanta
Journal & Constitution
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina
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Region
5 Director: Marsha Eaglin, regional
producer, CBS News, Chicago Illinois,
Michigan, and Wisconsin
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Region 6 Director:
Stephanie Jones, assistant features
editor, The Commercial Appeal,
Memphis, Tenn.
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and
West Virginia
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Region 7 Director:
Russell LaCour, copy editor/pagination,
Tulsa (Okla.) World Arizona, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, and Texas
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Region
10 Director: Jerry McCormick,
features copy editor, San Diego
Union-Tribune Alaska, California,
Hawaii, Oregon,
Washington
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The newly elected
president will appoint the Region
1
director. Regions
8 and 9 were write-in candidates.
The winners of those
regions were not available
at press time.
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Associate
Representative: Angela McClendon,
communications
specialist, San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Student
Representative: Caleb Wilkerson,
graduate student, Louisiana State
University
NABJ seeks to improve the
coverage of Black communities
by increasing the number
of Blacks in newsroom management
and
by monitoring the treatment of Black journalists.
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