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March 13, 2020 - March 15, 2020

2020 NABJ Region II Conference

When:

  • March 13, 2020 12:00 am - March 15, 2020 12:00 am

Where:

  • Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel

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2020 NABJ Region II Conference

Rapidly changing news platforms, the deluge of major news stories and the upcoming presidential election demand skilled and agile journalists.

The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists (GSLABJ) will focus on these topics and more when it hosts the 2020 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Region II Conference, March 13-15, 2020, at the Marriott St. Louis Grand in Downtown St. Louis.The conference is open to working journalists, professional communicators, as well as journalism and communications students.

As a first for NABJ Conferences, Google will host the Google News Election Training Workshop, which will cover topics such as “How to Visualize Your Election Story.”

The conference will feature a number of panels and events, including the following:

  • Ferguson, Mo.: Impact on Journalism
  • The NABJ Career Fair
  • Scheduled luncheon speaker, Bill Whitaker, 60 Minutes Correspondent
  • Covering The 2020 Presidential Election with moderator Russ Mitchell, former St. Louis news anchor and reporter and current Cleveland WKYC Anchor and Managing Editor
  • Saturday Night Scholarship Fundraiser Party, Sunday Jazz Brunch, and more!
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