Star Trek actors William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols and the late Leonard Nimoy would know exactly what I mean when I say those words. I’m applying this familiar phrase to our upcoming first-ever virtual NABJ-NAHJ national convention in August 2020. We would have been in the capital city Washington, D.C., but now because of the intrusive COVID-19, we will be in the tech-savvy celestial sphere.

In my first six months: I will establish an instructional collaboration with Student Projects professional editors and the advisor of the J-Shop (High School) Workshop. This relationship would serve as a conduit for informational networking. This network would also function as an evaluation database to better develop future student learning approaches for journalism educators and or mentors who serve in NABJ’s student programs. I will also start a quarterly conference call.