CAABJ New Meeting Location

Members and Friends,

Our beloved meeting spot of 1½ years,  "Loco Lime Restaurant" closed it's doors January 22nd. Loco Lime food, staff and management team will be sorely missed. We wish them the very best. To read more about Loco Lime's closing click here.

There's an old saying, "When one door closes, another one opens." Well, All American Pub has opened their restaurant doors just for us, every third Saturday of each month. The CAABJ Executive Board and I are thrilled to call "All American Pub" our new home. We are looking forward to working with management and their staff.

This Saturday, February 15th at 11:00am,  we will have our General Body Meeting at

"All American Pub"- 200 East Bland Street, Charlotte, NC 28203.  Parking is FREE.

For more information about All American Pub, click here.

See you on Saturday. (( If the weather holds up ))

Alexis Mitchell 
CAABJ President

CAABJ Connects High School Students with Prominent Journalists

Me In The Media Initiative

The Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists (CAABJ) is pleased to announce the Me in Media Initiative. CAABJ is a chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. We are an organization composed of writers, artists, managers, and talent from all of the major television stations, newspapers, and some of the most notable radio stations, magazines, web publications, and public relations firms in the greater Charlotte area. Our mission is to promote diversity in the media.

We launched this project in 2012 during our Democratic National Convention program as part of our mission. The goal of this initiative is to encourage black high school students to consider careers in journalism and public relations.

The winner received short mentoring session with nationally acclaimed television journalists Soledad O’Brien. She earned an opportunity to network working journalists throughout North and South Carolina and received sound advice from decorated local writers, producers, broadcasters, editors, specialists, and owners of media outlets. This year’s winner will be honored during the CAABJ Awards Reception, given honorary student member status, a one on one mentoring session with a celebrated national journalist, and provided a networking opportunity with working journalists in the Charlotte area.

• Applications are available at caabj.org
• Applicants must be of African descent living in the Charlotte regional media market.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in High School.
• Applicants must have permission to enter from a parent or legal guardian.
• Applicants must be able to speak publicly about their entries.
• All entries can be used by CAABJ to promote The Me In The Media Initiative.
• The topic of your essay should be why your community needs more media coverage. The essay should be no more than 350 and no less than 150 words. We suggest you write your essay separately, cut and paste it in the space provided in the application, then add proper spacing.
• All work must be original and published finding and statistics must be attributed. Entries must be received by midnight March 30, 2014.

Any questions should be emailed to us at info@caabj.org with Subject: Me In the Media Application.

Application Form

Me in the Media Application

NABJ Region III Conference is HERE!

Ravenel Bridge at Night, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok

National Association of Black Journalists

2014 Region III Conference

March 7-9, 2014

Crowne Plaza Hotel Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

Diversity, Inclusion and YOU: The New DIY

Registration rates includes lunch, entrance to workshops, and contact with employers.

NABJ Member and Non-Member Rates

Pre-Registration

NABJ Member: $25.00

NABJ Student Member: $20.00

Non-Member: $35.00

Student Non-Member: $25.00

(Total includes a $3.00 administrative fee)

Click Here to Register!

Hope to see you in "The Holy City"!

Happy New Year and Welcome!

Happy New Year!

                As President of Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists, I’m proud to represent our organization. CAABJ has a long tradition of expanding and creating balance in the media’s coverage of the black community, promoting professional development, establishing and maintaining dialogue with media management to developed equal opportunities for black journalists. It’s my honor and my pleasure to continue the great work of CAABJ.

                To our outgoing President, Ken Lemon, his Executive Board, I thank you for your awesome and outstanding dedication to those who work in the media. You’ve provided a platform of awareness in which we will continue in the next term. I will strive to continue your high caliber of work for our beloved organization – Thank You!

                This year’s executive board is on fire for CAABJ. We’ve planned various events for the coming year. We feel you will find them enlightening, engaging and very interesting. Our first General Body meeting will be Saturday, January 18^th at Loco Lime (1101 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC) at 11:00am.

                We, the new executive board and I are tickled to death in meeting our community visitors, new members and embracing our season members. I can’t wait to meet and greet each and every one of you.

Until then, Cheers!

Alexis Mitchell

Movie Night with The Journalists

CAABJ is proud to bring you the holiday classic, "This Christmas" 

Thursday, December 12th - 7:30pm at Studio Movie Grill (EpiCentre Uptown).

It's a movie about secrets and family bonds that bring them closer for the holidays.​ We want to share this opportunity to enjoy a great movie and have a great time with friends and family. You can only buy tickets here, but you can purchase as many as you like. The proceeds from the film will go to our CAABJ scholarship fund. We can't wait to share lots of love and laughter with you before Jolly Old St. Nick arrives to the "Queen City". 

Tickets are on sale NOW!  Click Here