Annual "Bowling with the Journalists" - Summer ’16 Edition

Piedmont Social House

Annual
"Bowling with the Journalists"
(Summer ’16 Edition)

Sunday, July 24^th , 2016

 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Piedmont Social House - 2135 Ayrsley Town Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273

It's a lot of fun each year, and serves as a fundraiser for our CAABJ College Scholarship. Members of the media and the general public are invited to come out, mix and mingle, bowl, and have fun in supporting a great cause. 

 $25  per person

(Includes bowling and shoes)

Click here to buy tickets

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EVENT: crISIS of Conscience: Learning From Orlando

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

This program aims to open a candid dialogue about questions raised by the one of the worst acts of gun violence in the history of the nation, more than 100 people shot, 49 of them killed at an Orlando night club. We will provide experts to help everyone think about personal security in public places and information to empower the public to aid the survivors.

                                               Wednesday June 22, 2016

       Label Charlotte

      900 Music Factory Boulevard

            7:30 pm

The shooting at Pulse Nightclub sent ripple effects across the country. The starch images from inside the club and accounts from witnesses paint a picture of a man armed with a weapon designed for mass destruction determined inflect pain on innocent party goers. We now know this act was a betrayal by a man fighting personal conflicts. For the first time we saw LGBT people targeted and race directly injected in a deadly act of terror. The senseless deaths, the shootout law enforcement, and and the early claims of terrorism has shed light on new questions and reignited familiar debates.

Our panel discussion is designed to explore those aspects that make us now ask how safe are we. You will hear from people with personal connections to the crime scene that is still revealing new information about the shooting. We will have insight from prominent members of the LBGT, Hispanic, and Muslim communities. You will hear from local journalists who worked on the ground in Orlando and experts in law enforcement who will share simple steps to better protect yourself from threats in public places. We believe this is a discussion that everyone can use for personal growth.

May General Body Meeting

General Body Meeting

Saturday, May 21st
 11:00 am


(Park Road Shopping Center)
4271 Park Rd
 Charlotte, NC 28209

FREE Parking

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Got LinkedIn?

"Do you know how to use it properly
and
search for a J.O.B.?"

Guest Speaker:
Mitch Miles

Mitch is a digital marketing strategist who works with individuals as well as organizations to leverage LinkedIn for generating more sales, and recruiting top talent. Mitch is founder of the National Pink Tie Day and the non-profit A Tie That Binds. A Tie That Binds provides educational resources, support, and early detection initiatives to men who have someone in their life touched by breast cancer. Each year October 20 is set aside as National Pink Tie Day; men are asked to wear a pink tie to honor the women in their life who are currently battling or have lost their battle with breast cancer.

**Bring your laptops or electronic devices to follow along.**


More information on Mitch:
http://beyondlinkedin.com
https://www.twitter.com/MitchMiles
https://www.facebook.com/mitchmiles262
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchmiles
http://instagram.com/mitchmiles262

Celebrating Steve Crump at the Gray's Happy Hour

Steve Crump
WBTV News Reporter and NABJ 2016 Journalist of the Year

Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists has been invited to attend our Community Friends, Herb and Felicia Gray’s

“Happy Hour”

Wednesday, May 11th
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Ruth Chris - South Park
6000 Fairview Road
Charlotte, North Carolina

During this occasion, we will be celebrating the career of
WBTV News Reporter and NABJ "Journalist of the Year"

 Steve Crump

We understand this is short notice and we are in the midst of sweeps.
(broadcast ratings)

However, we would love for you
to eat, drink and be merry with us. We hope to see all of you.

Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists
Executive Board

CAABJ member named NABJ Journalist of the Year in a small or medium-sized market

Steve Crump
WBTV News 3

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2016) - The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has selected veteran journalist Steve Crump as the recipient of its first Journalist of the Year Award recognizing a journalist in a small or medium-sized market.

The award, which has been named the Journalist of Distinction Award, seeks to recognize broadcasters reporting outside the top 16 television markets and/or print or digital journalists from outlets with a circulation of less than 150,000. The journalist will have distinguished his or herself with reporting which provided some breadth and depth in coverage of a topic or topics of significance to people in the African Diaspora.
"Steve Crump is a talented journalist who excels at both general assignment and enterprise reporting. He is committed to storytelling that is not only credible, but also creative and compelling," NABJ President Sarah Glover said. "His reporting is crisp, clear, and concise, but his approach keeps the focus on the story and expertly engages the audience."
In 2015, he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina to lead his station's coverage of the tragic Mother Emanuel Church shooting. He went to Selma, Alabama for the 50thAnniversary of Bloody Sunday and interviewed civil rights trailblazer Andrew Young. Crump also sat down with Bree Newsome, the Charlotte woman who removed the Confederate flag from the flagpole on the grounds of South Carolina's Capitol.

Crump, a longtime reporter at WBTV, Raycom Media's CBS affiliated station in Charlotte, has reported and anchored in Lexington, Kentucky, Orlando, Florida; Savannah, Georgia, and Detroit. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for BET News.
Alexis Mitchell, a WBTV colleague and president of the Charlotte Association of Black Journalists, also praises his work as a documentary filmmaker, a passion Crump pursues away from his day job.
"At least 40 hours a week, he is a full time reporter with WBTV, and in his spare time he has produced more than 25 documentaries for the local PBS affiliate. In most instances they've been done using vacation days and paying for them out of his own pocket," Mitchell noted.
Creative Loafing Charlotte's staff selected him as its Best TV News Reporter noting that Crump is "that rare breed of TV journalist: one who takes his job, and his responsibility to the news profession, seriously."

Respected locally and nationally, Crump has been given a bevy of other journalistic honors including a number of regional Emmy Awards, several National Headliner Awards, and a number of National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards.
Crump will be honored during the organization's Convention and Career Fair in Washington, DC, Aug. 3-7.
NABJ congratulates Steve Crump on this worthy recognition of his work.