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Building Strength in the New Millennium

 Through Membership & Community Service

 

Major Annual KCABJ Programs:

·         Summer Student Journalism Workshop at Rockhurst University

·         Community Workshops to Promote Media Access

·         KCABJ Media Awards Ceremony

·         Honoring the Best Enterprise Journalism About African Americans and Other People of Color

·         Thumbs Down Award to the Media or Persons in the Media Who Have Damaged or Set Back the Image of African Americans or Other People of Color

·         Scholarships Awarded to the Best of Our Journalism Workshop Graduates

 

How KCABJ Began

  Black journalists in Kansas City met on Dec. 5, 1981, and forged an enduring organization that would enable members to come together for fellowship and to pool their resources to benefit themselves collectively and to better serve the community. The professional organization they created helped strengthen the ties among print, broadcast and electronic media journalists.

 

Membership Requirements

   KCABJ is open to working journalists involved in the gathering, dissemination and production of news through newspapers, television, radio, magazines, electronic media publishing firms and wire services. All membership applicants are subject to the review of KCABJ's executive board.

 

Membership Classifications

   Full membership is extended to people working in the print, broadcast and the electronic (Internet) publishing media. Associate memberships are available to educators, students, public relations professionals, former working journalists, newsletter writers and editors, and free-lance journalists who spend more than 50 percent of their time producing the news. All members are required to pay dues.

 

National Association of Black Journalists

  The Kansas City Association of Black Journalists is an affiliate of the NABJ, which is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area.

   KCABJ also is a not-for-profit corporation registered in Missouri with the Office of the Secretary of State.

 

Our Goals

  

  • KCABJ's focus is on Greater Kansas City. The membership strives to:

     

  • Strengthen ties among African Americans in the media.

      

  • Sensitize the media to institutional racism in the news coverage and in employment practices.

      

  • Promote accurate, balanced, fair and complete coverage by the media of African Americans and other persons of color in Greater Kansas City.

      

  • Stand as an example of an exemplary group of professionals who represent excellence and promote outstanding achievements among all journalists.

      

  • Encourage journalism schools to hire, promote and grant tenure to African-American journalism professors.

      

  • Work with high schools and colleges to identify, encourage and guide potential journalists.

      

  • Encourage area media companies to develop, recruit, hire and promote African-American journalists.

      

  • Strive through continuing education to help prepare African-American journalists for managerial and supervisory positions.

     

    To Apply for KCABJ Membership

       Print, complete and mail this application with your $20 check to cover your annual membership dues. It entitles you to receive the KCABJ monthly newsletter and monthly meeting notices. Mail to Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, P.O. Box 32744, Kansas City, Mo., 64111.

     

    Name ___________________________________________

    Date ___________________________________________

    Home Address ___________________________________

    ________________________________________________

    E-mail address _________________________________

    Phone (w) ________________ (h)__________________

    Occupation (Title, company and address):

    _________________________________________

    _________________________________________

    _________________________________________

     

    Full/Associate/Student Member

    (circle one)

     

    Years of Experience __________________________

     

    KCABJ  and/or  NABJ member

    (circle one or both)

     

     

       Membership in KCABJ runs from January through December. Annual dues of $20 in the organization has not changed since 1981. It is the lowest of any of the affiliates of the National Association of Black Journalists.








    • 2004 Kansas City Association of Black Journalists
    P.O. Box 32744, Kansas City, Mo. 64111