July 2nd, 2019064By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Brenda Andrews publisher of the New Journal and Guide newspaper in Norfolk, Va., won the coveted Publisher of the Year Award at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) annual convention in Cincinnati on Thursday, June 27.
Andrews, who hosted last year’s...
July 2nd, 2019043By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Cincinnati, Ohio
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the national trade organization that represents African American newspapers and media companies, known as the Black Press of America, has elected new officers and a Board of Directors to guide the...
June 20th, 2019021By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
The United States, Great Britain, France and other allies recently observed the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing on five beaches along Southern France at Normandy on their way to defeat Nazi Germany.
The modern images of the allied leaders, including the U.S....
January 31st, 2019023By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
That Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for president on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no coincidence.
For her supporters and those who know her well, Harris has long been a fighter for freedom, justice and equality and she’s often...
October 4th, 2018097One of the best kept secrets among African-Americans is how much our brothers and sisters in Africa enthusiastically would love for us to “Come home.” Such was the case most recently in Nigeria as delegations of African-Americans traveled to lle-Ife, Nigeria, the ancestral home of the Yoruba culture and tradition, for the 2018 Olojo...
September 8th, 2018059On Friday, Sept. 21, a new sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African-American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and Congress, is scheduled to go on display at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
At the unveiling of the sculpture, featured guests are expected to tell the story of this pioneering...
August 3rd, 2018019Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), delivered a rousing speech about the importance of the Black Press and the Black vote, during the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned newspapers...
August 3rd, 2018043NORFOLK
During the recent summer convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association of Black Publishers meeting in Norfolk, a raffle for two Carnival Cruise trips for two persons each was sponsored by the host publication, New Journal and Guide. The lucky raffle tickets were pulled during “An Evening With the Black Press”...
July 26th, 2018024By Daja E. Henry and Ila Wilborn
NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellows
Over 38,000 people watched from the stands Sunday July 15 in Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park as Tuskegee University pitcher Christian Marshall stepped up to the plate to throw the ceremonial first pitch of the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Elgin Woodside, a catcher...
July 12th, 20180250On Friday, June 29, Lamont Carey addressed members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) at their annual convention in a presentation entitled Criminal Justice Reform and the African American Community.
Carey is a motivational speaker, spoken word artist and entrepreneur. After his release from prison in 2002, he...
