Monroe to Kick Off Minority Student Journalist Coverage of the UN Global
Youth Leadership Summit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- National Association of Black
Journalists President Bryan Monroe, vice president and editorial director
of Ebony and Jet magazines, will be the first American media executive to
speak from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly Hall, at the
opening of the historic UN Global Youth Summit on Oct. 29.
NABJ, along with its Unity: Journalists of Color partners, has
assembled 10 student journalists from around the nation to cover the
first-ever United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit, being held in New
York City. During the summit, student delegates from 192 member nations
will convene at the UN headquarters to discuss how young people can help
improve the societal issues that affect various regions of the world.
Subjects to be examined include: poverty, literacy, race relations, malaria
and HIV/AIDS.
Monroe will address the Summit delegates, as well as ambassadors and
other dignitaries during the opening ceremony.
"The world around us is changing rapidly," said NABJ President Monroe,
"and now, more than ever, journalists of color -- particularly young
journalists -- must be on the forefront in documenting and chronicling that
change."
The student journalism project participants, selected by the National
Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), National Association of Hispanic
Journalists (NAHJ), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the
Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), will produce print, online
and radio coverage of the event.
"This global gathering will allow our students to be more aware of
multicultural issues," said Djibril Diallo, co-chairman of the NABJ World
Affairs Task Force and director of the UN's New York Office of Sports for
Development and Peace. "As journalists of color we are proud that they have
the opportunity to break barriers that once seemed so high to us. These
young people truly represent the future of their craft."
The following students will cover the UN Global Youth Leadership Summit
on behalf of UNITY:
Eba Hamid, Hampton University, NABJ
Mark Luckie, University of California-Berkeley, NABJ
Darren Sands, Emerson College, NABJ
Jennifer Jiggetts, Norfolk State University, NABJ
Sunie Redhouse, University of Mexico, NAJA
Jessica Abeita, University of Mexico, NAJA
Ko Im, University of Pennsylvania, AAJA
Iris Kuo, University of Texas-Dallas, AAJA
Javier Barrera, Hunter College-CUNY, NAHJ
Kara Andrade, University of California-Berkeley, NAHJ
For more information, contact Kristin Palmer at 301-445-7100, ext. 107
of kpalmer@nabj.org
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the
largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than
4,000 members, and provides educational, career development and support to
black journalists worldwide.
NABJ's partnership with the UN has provided journalists with
international experience through various fellowships. Past programs
included reporting trips to Brazil, Tanzania, and Pan-African summits in
Senegal and Morocco.
SOURCE National Association of Black Journalists
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CONTACT:
Kristin Palmer, Communications Manager of
National Association of Black Journalists, +1-301-445-7100 ext.
107, or kpalmer@nabj.org
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