The Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists (CAABJ) is an affiliate chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), a non-profit organization focused on establishing strong ties among African-Americans working in the media and expanding and balancing the media's coverage of the African-American community and experience.
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September 16, 2009

CAABJ Scholarship Application Available

The Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists (CAABJ) Scholarship is designed to assist college students in their desire to achieve success in the journalism field. CAABJ is the region’s outlet for African-American media professionals, representing those who work in print, radio, television, communications, and new media.

The scholarship will award $1,000 to a college student in the metro area who is pursuing a career in journalism or mass communications. The deadline to apply is November 6, 2009.

You can download/print an application by clicking here.

For questions or concerns, please e-mail the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists at info@caabj.com.

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CAABJ Membership

By becoming a member of the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists, you’ll be investing in your career, industry, and community. CAABJ holds meetings, workshops, and social and networking events throughout the year. The organization also utilizes its resources to help connect members with professional development, jobs, freelance opportunities, internships, and it awards a scholarship annually.

Full Membership: Open to working journalists, i.e., reporters, editors and photographers who work for newspapers, television and radio stations, magazines and wire services and who produce, gather, disseminate and distribute news. In addition, memberships shall be open to freelance journalists who can prove that they spend more than half their time producing, gathering, disseminating or distributing news.

Full Membership

Associate Membership: Open to part-time freelancers, journalists employed in public information areas, to journalists employed in an academic field, i.e. college of university professors, high school journalism teachers, or those working journalists who after being employed at a newspaper, television or radio station, magazine or wire service decide to further their education.

Associate Membership

Student Membership: Open to anyone who is a full-time student at an accredited high school, college or university. Course of study must be in the communications field, preferably print journalism or broadcast journalism.

Student Membership

If you have any questions or technical difficulties using the online registration, please email us at info@caabj.com.