NABJ Congrats – April 2020
- Ericka Wilson – Weeknight Producer at WHDH/7 News Boston
- Clifton Kirkman II – Weekend Producer at ABC 12 in Flint, Michigan
- Jeremy Thomas – Communications Manager for the City of Detroit’s Dept. of Parks and Recreation
- Dawn Rhodes – Senior Editor at Block Club Chicago
- Mitchell Smith – Executive Producer at WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham
- Elise McGlothian – Media Advocacy Manager for the American Cancer Society CancerAction Network
- Vickie Thomas – Journalist of the Year by the African American Leadership Institute
- Ken Coleman – 2019 Michigan Press Association multiple awardee
- Kyle Inskeep – Evening Anchor at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati
- Kimberley A. Martin – NFL reporter at ESPN
- Bryan Monroe – 2020 Hall of Fame Class of the Silicon Valley Black Legends
- Walter Middlebrook – Foster Professor of Practice at Penn State
- Ashleigh Wilson – Audience Data Analyst for the Houston Chronicle
- Angelo Henderson – Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame (posthumously)
- Christina Powell – Producer for Good Morning America
- Alex Presha – Multi-Platform Reporter for ABC News
- Vicki Yates – MidSouth Emmy Silver Circle Award honoree
- Steve Crump – Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
- Katrice Hardy – USA Today Network Midwest Regional Editor and Executive Editor of the Indianapolis Star
- Ron Nixon – Global Investigations Editor at the Associated Press
- Jonathan Capehart – Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ coverage
- Lakeidra Chavis – Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics
- Leon Purvis – MMJ/Reporter at Western Mass News in Springfield, MA
- Omari Sankofa II – Pistons beat reporter at Detroit Free Press
- Corvales Grant – Newscast Producer at Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Trymaine Lee – Host of NBCNews and MSNBC podcast “#IntoAmerica”
- Skye Ray – Morning producer at WTOC11
- Candi Carter – Executive producer of the Tamron Hall Show
- Shannon Smith – Anchor for News 4 Buffalo "Weekend Wake Up"
- Fadia Mayte Patterson – Excellence in Television Broadcasting News Award
- Nixon Run – Global investigations editor at The Associated Press
- Jennifer Thomas – "Teacher of the Year" Howard University
- Kimberley A. Martin – NFL Reporter for ESPN
- Kenya Hunter – Education reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Alex Pineda – Producer at CNN
- Brian H. Waters – The “Shoestring” Award AAMC Group on Institutional Advancement
- April L. Morton – Lead reporter nightly newscast CW50 Detroit
- Nicole Avery Nichols- Detroit Free Press senior content editor for current affairs and
- entertainment
Sheri Lynn Stuart – Anchor/reporter WBKB 11 in Alpena, Michigan
- Donald Walker- 2020 Hall of Fame inductee Specs Howard School of Media Arts
- Georgette Johnson – Executive editor/General manager at The Michigan Chronicle
- Clifton R. Kirkman II – Weekend producer ABC12-WJRT Flint, MI
- Elise McGlothian – Media Advocacy Manager at American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
- Ken Coleman – Winner 2019 Michigan Press Association contest
- Kat Sattford – Co-winner of "Best FOIA Story" award in 2019
- Duchesne Drew – President of Minnesota Public Radio