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‘TheGrio Is Not the Black News Channel’

by richard01424
  • Originally published Aug. 6, 2022

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NABJ’s News Service Costs, but Overall, a Surplus
Karine Jean-Pierre Taking Attacks in Stride
A First for Journal-isms
Network News Presidents Together
Gun Violence, Health Also on Groups’ Agenda
Smith Wins Diversity Award for J-Educators
Chet Fuller, Pioneer in Atlanta, Dies at 72

 
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Members of the executive and creative teams at Byron Allen’s theGrio outlined plans Friday for programming for the cable channel. Panelists were, from left, Michael Harriot, Maiysha Kai, Panama Jackson, Geraldine Moriba and Touré.(Credit: Karen Robinson-Jacobs)

‘We’re Not Trying to Copy What They Did’

By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

“TheGrio is not the Black News Channel. We’re not trying to copy what they did.”

With those words, Geraldine Moriba, the Allen Media Group’s senior vice president for news and entertainment, made it clear that the acquisition of the bankrupt Black News Channel by Byron Allen’s company is more than a “rebranding,” a word used here and in one of its news releases.

Moriba spoke Friday at the joint Las Vegas convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists where, unofficially, 4,400 people were registered as of Saturday, and   202 booths were sold for the career fair, Drew Berry, NABJ executive director, told Journal-isms.

More than 3,000 attendees were able to schedule appointments with the estimated 90 media partners, Berry said at Saturday’s business meeting.

TheGrio has landed political analyst Marc Lamont Hill, and GrioTV is looking to hire up to 30 additional staffers, including journalists, Moriba said.

Moriba also pledged, “The reach of theGrio will be further than any other Black media organization, period. We’re here for the long game.”

She said the company’s television programming, including some shows now in development, will be carried on major cable systems, including Comcast, Charter, DirecTV and Verizon Fios.

At the news conference, Moriba responded to comparisons with other Black-themed media companies that have faced financial difficulties, including the Black News Channel.

TheGrio, which Allen bought in 2016, is “an established brand. It takes time to build that,” she said. “We have a launch pad that’s already successful.” Moriba said the “Black news/entertainment media platform” is profitable, but did not give specifics. Data site Growjo.com estimates the company’s annual revenue at $12 million.

In July, a bankruptcy court in Florida approved the sale of “substantially all” of the assets of Black News Channel to Allen Media Group for $11 million. It promised that “TheGrio Channel will deliver news as it happens, as well as award-winning movies, sports, lifestyle programs and classic TV shows focused on the African American community.”

Princell Hair, the former CEO of the channel, was one of those expecting more of a news focus. ”I am pleased to see that the Black News Channel will continue,” Hair told Journal-isms after the bankruptcy proceeding.

“Unreasonably high gas prices, rising interest rates and the overturning of Roe Vs Wade are all stories that disproportionately impact Black and Brown communities. The need for a culturally specific news network to analyze and amplify that impact is more important than ever. Byron Allen is a proven media executive and one that I would never bet against. I’m looking forward to tracking BNC’s success and I still believe the network’s future is bright.” Hair declined to comment on Saturday.

Roland Martin told viewers of his internet show “Roland Martin Unfiltered” Wednesday that many were misreading Allen’s intentions. He headlined the video of his show, “Byron Allen FLIPS BNC Assets To TheGrioTV. He Didn’t Save The Black Network. BNC Is No More.”

With Moriba Friday were four podcast hosts for theGrio, none of whom is to helm a traditional news program.

Touré has been signed to host “Being Black in …” using music as a window into the “cultural and political world” of African Americans during a particular decade, beginning with the 1980s.

Panama Jackson is to host “Dear Culture,” looking at argument-producing questions such as, “is Janet Jackson’s music better than Michael’s?” It was compared to “the barbecue conversation.”

Lifestyle editor and columnist Maiysha Kai is to host “Writing Black,” featuring conversations with wordsmiths, including poets.

Opinion writer Michael Harriot is hosting a daily podcast that helps to put into context some of the big issues of the day.

“It’s the back story of things we’re hearing about,” he said. He, Jackson and Kai are alumni of The Root.

Hill, known for his “distinctive viewpoints on culture, politics, race, sports and education,” will have programming on theGrio website, theGrio TV network, theGrio Black Podcast Network and theGrio free-streaming app, according to a news release.

The team also includes veteran Washington journalist April Ryan, who joined the Grio as White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief in 2020.

Later Friday, in an emotional end to the annual NABJ Hall of Fame Induction & Luncheon, Executive Director Drew Berry received a surprise induction into the Hall of Fame.

Berry, a lifetime member who spent more than 30 years in television news, became the association’s executive director in 2018 after being interim executive director and a consultant who executed the 2018 Convention and Career Fair.

“NABJ is my heart,” Berry said, wiping away tears. “I will always fight, fight, fight like crazy,” to keep the organization financially stable.

On Facebook, Tucker posted a photo of the two embracing and wrote, “He’s our executive heartbeat and so deserving.”

Karen Robinson-Jacobs is a fellow with Type Investigations. She can be reached at krobjacobs (at) gmail.com

 

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“Watch out, y’all, we’re coming,” tweeted Nicole Dungca, left, who is running unopposed for president of the Asian American Journalists Association. She is shown at the NABJ/NAHJ conference with Yvette Cabrera, incoming president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Dungca, investigative reporter for the Washington Post, is currently AAJA senior vice president. (Credit: Twitter)

Some 202 booths were sold for the career fair, Drew Berry, NABJ executive director, told Journal-isms.
More than 3,000 attendees were able to schedule appointments with an estimated 90 media partners, he said at Saturday’s business meeting. (Credit: Twitter)

NABJ’s News Service Costs, but Overall, a Surplus

The National Association of Black Journalists, which has long sought to develop a strong revenue stream to help bring in cash beyond the annual convention, spent “ballpark, a half million” dollars to get its Black News and Views service up and running, Executive Director Drew Berry said Saturday.

But on the revenue side, the organization had a surplus of $1.66 million, according to treasurer Walter Smith Randolph. Through June 30, year-to-date revenue was listed as $4.42 million against year-to-date expenses of $2.76 million, he said.

The website launched this year, making history as NABJ’s first digital news platform. It is designed to include original content along with articles relevant to Black consumers that might have run elsewhere.

Berry said the site is “not making money” yet, but did not immediately give specifics.

President Dorothy Tucker urged members to promote the advertiser-supported site with Berry adding, “We don’t want to be another news channel that fails.”

While reports from both the treasurer, through June, and the auditor, through last December, were upbeat, association officials cautioned that next year‘s potential for recession could dampen revenue. — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

Karine Jean-Pierre adjusts the mic for NABJ President Dorothy Tucker. (Credit: Eva Coleman)

Karine Jean-Pierre Taking Attacks in Stride

Attacks from the right wing come with the territory of being the first Black and first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre told journalists Saturday at the joint convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Las Vegas.

Asked about the repeated personal attacks coming from conservatives, including Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Jean-Pierre said she avoids “the noise,” focusing instead on her historic role.

When you’re first, criticism will be more brutal, she said, adding that regardless, she walks with her “head up,” knowing “I’m here because I’m supposed to be here and no one can take that away unless I let them, and I won’t let them. I’m so proud to be the voice of the communities that I represent. That is what matters.”

Jean-Pierre took over the White House lectern in May when former press secretary Jen Psaki stepped down. Since then, she has become a favorite punching bag for conservatives, with the Washington Times saying she “has to go”
and Fox News mocking her comments on the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Jean-Pierre appeared undaunted.

“It is not lost on me what this role means to so many people out there,“ she said, adding that her presence in the high-visibility job has the potential to “change so many lives.

A First for Journal-isms

Journal-isms Inc. made its first appearance at a journalism conference Thursday at a standing-room-only session on “Race or Reckoning: Holding News Media Accountable in a Post George Floyd Nation.” Some 100 attended. Richard Prince, on screen, spoke virtually as co-moderator Ana Cabrera of CNN, seated, far right, led most of the session with, from left, Michael Bolden, executive director and CEO, American Press Institute; Gilbert Bailon, managing editor/news, KERA-TV, Dallas; Leona Allen Ford, deputy publisher, chief talent and diversity officer, Dallas Morning News; and Wesley Lowery, renowned journalist of many affiliations. Several of the panelists spent time chatting with attendees outside of the room for another half hour. A recording of the discussion is expected to be made available. (Credit: Neil Foote)

Network News Presidents Together

For the first time ever, NBCUniversal said, the presidents of MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News and CBS News came together to discuss diversity and inclusion, recruiting and mentorship.

MSNBC “American Voices” host Alicia Menendez, at left in photo, and ABC’s Byron Pitts, second from left, moderated. They are with, from left, MSNBC President Rashida Jones, ABC News President Kim Godwin, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim and CBS News Co-President Neeraj Khemlani. “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Lester Holt, part of the NBC delegation, also joined the discussion on health care.

Two years ago, Cesar Conde, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group launched his “50 percent challenge,” (scroll down) meaning, “Over time, we aspire to have one of every two News Group team members be a person of color and one of every two be a woman.”

Before the summer conventions, Conde told employees, “As a result of these efforts, we have increased our team members of color by 5.9 percent and women by 5.6 percent. For each of these groups, we did better this year than the first year. And as importantly, in the last two years nearly 48 percent of new hires have been people of color and 63 percent have been women.”

The company took its programming to the Asian American Journalists conference and plans to be with the Native American Journalists Association, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, the Online News Association and Out & Equal, Conde said. (Credit: Twitter)

Gun Violence, Health Also on Groups’ Agenda

Gun violence has become so prevalent in the United States that journalists are scrambling to come up with appropriate protocols, coverage plans and even terminology, panelists said at the joint National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference in Las Vegas.

During the 90-minute focus on the “epidemic” of mass shootings and their impact on communities of color, journalists, including “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt, Mireya Villarreal of ABC News and NPR television critic Eric Deggans, discussed the ramifications of using terms like “lone wolf” to describe a shooter, of airing or publishing graphic images of shooting victims, and of contributing to the “myth” that some communities are immune to violence.

“What’s a mass shooting and which ones do we cover?” asked Holt. “There’s no checklist. These are places that remind us that we’re all vulnerable.”

Villarreal, who covered the killing of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, spoke of the challenge journalists faced when authorities, from the Texas governor on down, put out information that proved to be inaccurate. (Pictured is Manny Garcia, editor of the Austin American-Statesman, a leader among Texas media outlets pressing for reliable information.)

Journalists had to “band together to push for the truth,” she said. “It was very difficult to get information. The families were looking to us for help.”

More than a dozen news organizations filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday, accusing the agency of unlawfully withholding public records related to the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde.

The group also spoke about the impact of misinformation, both in the Uvalde shootings and by right-wing commentators promoting the “great replacement” theory. Its proponents claim Democrats want to replace white American voters with more obedient people from the Third World. It was promulgated in an online screed by the 18-year-old arrested in the May 14 killing of Black grocery shoppers in Buffalo, N.Y.

Phillip W.d. Martin (pictured), a senior investigative reporter for the [WGBH] News Center for Investigative Reporting in Boston, urged journalists to counter misinformation with the facts.

Martin, who was named Thursday as fall 2022 fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy in Cambridge, Mass., is working toward a paper titled “Addressing Media Myths and False Balance in the Coverage of Antifa and The Black Lives Matter Movement.”

Deggans noted that a steady diet of misinformation can make people unreceptive to facts.

“When enough people in America [reject] facts, that is a problem,” he said.

In a health care session that took place within hours of the Biden administration’s declaration that monkeypox is a public health emergency, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said the highly transmissible illness “has the potential to be a pandemic.”

In a video chat, Fauci was asked whether people were going to be fighting two pandemics at the same time: covid and monkeypox. The illness could “turn into a pandemic in a certain group,” Fauci replied. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Data suggest that widespread community transmission of monkeypox has disproportionately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and racial and ethnic minority groups.”

The emergency declaration, announced by the Department of Health and Human Services, allows the government to bypass some paperwork requirements and quickly mobilize funds to get vaccines to at-risk populations, he said.

“The declaration of a public health emergency is a step in the right direction.” — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

Smith Wins Diversity Award for J-Educators

Marquita Smith, Ed.D., (pictured) assistant dean for graduate programs at the University of Mississippi, is the 2022 recipient of the Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship, “which recognizes an educator’s outstanding efforts to encourage students of color in the field of journalism,” the News Leaders Association announced Friday.

 “The $1,000 award is given in recognition of an educator’s outstanding efforts to encourage students of color in the field of journalism. Smith’s achievements will be recognized at next year’s News Leaders Association Awards Ceremony.

“NLA provides support and training that empowers news leaders and emerging news leaders to build diverse, sustainable newsrooms that use fact-based information to inform and engage the communities they reflect and serve.

“The Bingham Fellowship selection committee was particularly impressed by Smith’s career-long commitment to diversity from her days at Knight Ridder, McClatchy and Gannett to those in academia.

“When she was a city editor at the Virginian Pilot in Norfolk, Va., her colleague Denise Bridges said, Smith was “active in directing students to job fairs – even if she’s had to put them in the car and take them herself. She’s volunteered for numerous workshops, seminars and panels advising students on how to get their first jobs or apply for internships.

“She has been part of the ‘resume doctor’ team at several job fairs. She has organized the student scholarship program for the local NABJ chapter (where she also served as president for two years), and she has worked on the student publication staff at the NABJ convention. She’s also been a mentor to several summer interns, helping them polish their work for showcasing in the newspaper.” Among other activities, she was adviser to the Spartan Echo, campus newspaper at Norfolk State University.

“Dorothy Bland, Ph.D., professor at the University of North Texas Mayborn School of Journalism, told our committee that at John Brown University and then at Ole Miss [University of Mississippi], Smith taught more than 1,000 students. Now she manages two graduate programs and supports 20 virtual students employed by Ethiopian Airlines who are engaged in distance learning on four continents. . . .

”In his final blog post July 5, Chet Fuller wrote, “The conspiracy theories, unfortunately are working. The American social fabric is unraveling at an alarming rate. Many members of different ethnic groups, who themselves, or whose relatives once fought side-by-side against a common enemy, are now turning their assault rifles on one another. And, sadly, the politicians, the wanna-be kings and king makers appear to be succeeding.” (Credit: Fuller family)

Chet Fuller, Pioneer in Atlanta, Dies at 72

Chet Fuller, one of the first Black journalists to work at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, died Tuesday at 72, Ernie Suggs reported Thursday for the Journal-Constitution. His wife, Pearl Seabrooks Fuller, said he had a heart attack.

Former AJC writer Daniel Stillman wrote of Chester Fuller Jr., on his website. “He reported on Hank Aaron, the Atlanta Child Murders, Maynard Jackson, and everything else that happened in the city in those years.

 “Once he went undercover for three months and traveled across what was then called the ‘New South’ to see what progress had really been made if you were Black and unemployed. It became an award-winning 10-part series and a piercing, lyrical book (pictured).

“He helped me become a better reporter and a better person. He encouraged me to find personal stability — at church, in daily and weekly routines, and in my relationship with the woman who is now my wife. I learned so much from him about [the] craft of reporting but he also cared about the work, its rhythms, and how to live in them well. I think about advice he gave me every single day. And I prize the one time he gave me the best compliment [ever] when he read a lead I wrote, sat back, and said, ‘Mm hmm. The white boy can write.’ ”

Fuller was not the first Black journalist at the AJC. He followed Harmon Perry, who in 1968, became the first Black reporter for the then-separate Atlanta Journal, Suggs wrote.

“ ‘At times, we walked on eggshells, because there were not many Blacks on the journalism staff,’ said Pete Scott, who came to the paper in 1971. ‘We would often talk about being black and the contributions we were making. We knew how important it was, not only for us, but for those who were coming after us.’ ”

Suggs continued, “. . . . Fuller became an editorial writer and columnist in 1983 and assistant managing editor in 1989. He helped usher in a new generation of Black journalists and also wrote a weekly column called Urban Spotlight.

“Fuller retired from the paper in 1998, but not from journalism.

“Alexis Scott, who was an AJC reporter with Fuller and later a vice president of community affairs at Cox, had left the company to manage her family’s newspaper, The Atlanta Daily World.

“She needed a managing editor and called Fuller.

“ ‘He came to help me out because we were drowning. He was cynical, as most great journalists are, but he was really amazing,’ she said. ‘Our staff was pretty inexperienced, so he would work really hard with those kids who were trying to get their breaks in journalism. He was here 24/7.’

“In 2006, Fuller became the editor of the Clayton News Daily and the Henry Daily Herald. His final retirement came in 2012.

“Since at least 2015, Fuller continued writing in his Straight Up blog about national and world events, society and the arts. His last column, published on July 5, took on the current state of American politics.”

“He helped me become a better reporter and a better person. He encouraged me to find personal stability — at church, in daily and weekly routines, and in my relationship with the woman who is now my wife. I learned so much from him about [the] craft of reporting but he also cared about the work, its rhythms, and how to live in them well. I think about advice he gave me every single day. And I prize the one time he gave me the best compliment even when he read a lead I wrote, sat back, and said, ‘Mm hmm. The white boy can write.’ ”

Also at the Convention . . .

At Least 3 Test Positive for COVID

At least three people attending the convention have tested positive for COVID, NABJ officials said Sunday. On Friday, the association sent out a notice that two support people associated with the student journalism project, described as adults, had tested positive. On Sunday, Executive Director Drew Berry said a student tested positive and is isolating. He added that he had been in contact with the student’s mother and that the student reports feeling better. 

Anecdotally there have been more reports of positive tests, but no official confirmation from either NABJ or NAHJ. A spokesperson for NAHJ said she could not answer questions about any positive tests. 

As of Wednesday, many convention attendees were maskless with no repercussions. That shifted by Thursday, when monitors were stationed near convention entryways reminding attendees, in loud, stern voices, “You must wear your mask.” Likewise, at ballroom events, which garnered the largest crowds, an announcer frequently reminded attendees that masks were required.  NABJ President Dorothy Tucker said the announcements represented a stepped up effort to keep people “masked up.”

Before the start of the convention, the two organizations announced, “Masks are required for convention activities. Be prepared to social distance!” and imposed a vaccination verification system for registration (video). More from the Latino Reporter here. — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

NAHJ Seeks Parity, Newsroom Accountability

Amid member complaints of having to serve uncompensated as translators while, they say, earning less overall than their non-Hispanic colleagues, NAHJ officials vowed Saturday to make advocating for equity, parity and newsroom accountability the group’s No. 1 priority for the next five years.

Officers laid out a strategic plan, which includes offering more support for professional and student journalists. That would involve launching more programs and training opportunities in the United States and in Latin America, and strengthening a mentor network.

The association is seeking grant money to hire a staff person to help execute the plan, according to executive director David Peña Jr. Economic inequality reporter Yvette Cabrera, who ran unopposed at the convention, said she will use the plan as “the guide for my presidency.” — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

NABJ’s ‘Journalist of the Year’ ‘Educates’ on Haiti

Part virtual tour guide, part translator, veteran Caribbean reporter Jacqueline Charles (pictured) of the Miami Herald sees herself as a bridge builder, helping readers get beyond cliched notions of the island nation of Haiti.

Charles, who accepted the Journalist of the Year award Saturday from NABJ, said she wants readers to know that “Haitians are not just migrants trying to get to the shores of the United States.”

“You have the people who know absolutely nothing or who just think in terms of stereotypes,” she told Journal-isms, “and you want to educate them. So the biggest challenge is: How do you translate this very complicated situation and complicated country, beyond cliches, beyond stereotypes, beyond oversimplification?”

Charles, whose mother is Haitian, said addressing that challenge starts with commitment.

Her coverage includes everything from earthquakes to gang violence. “When other media parachuted in and left, I am still there,” she said.

“It’s not just about death and destruction,” added Charles, who has had to report to work toting a sleeping bag and wearing a bullet-proof vest. It’s also about “hope and resilience.”

Among other awardees, Dean Baquet accepted NABJ’s Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award. Baquet retired in June as New York Times executive editor. He now leads a new Times’ local investigative journalism fellowship program. — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

From left, Maria Hinojosa, Ed O’Keefe of CBS News, Lori Montenegro of Telemundo and Julio Ricardo Valero, partner with Hinojosa in Futuro Media, in a live podcast of “In the Thick” at the NAHJ Newsmaker Luncheon. (Credit: Twitter)

Quiñones, Hinojosa, Guerrero Among NAHJ Honorees

At Saturday’s NAHJ Hall of Fame Gala, the President’s Award went to John Quiñones, ABC News correspondent. The organization’s ‘Sí Se Puede’ Award went to Maria Hinojosa, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author, media executive, and anchor and executive producer of public radio’s “Latino USA.”

The ‘¡Dale!’ Award honoree was Los Angeles Times columnist and author Jean Guerrero. In her last speech as president, Nora Lopez said diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords but values to live by, Laura Garcia reported on Twitter. — Karen Robinson-Jacobs

The NAHJ Sports Task Force presented its inaugural NAHJ Deportes Pedro Gomez Lifetime Achievement Award to Jaime Jarrín, fourth from left, longtime Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster. (Credit: ESPN)

Meeting at the Speedway

Among its many activities, the NABJ Sports Task Force held its business meeting at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, sponsored by NASCAR; discussed “Sports Gaming: From Forbidden to Vegas Mainstream & Why Diversity Matters,” and gave out its Sam Lacy Pioneer awards. Honorees include the late NFL fullback Sam Cunningham and his brother, NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham; Negro Leagues shortstop William Claire “Halley” Harding; the 1990 UNLV men’s basketball team; tennis champion Andre Agassi; Las Vegas Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan; Jim Hill, former NFL player turned L.A. sports broadcasting legend, and WNBA president Nikki Fargas. Hill is the task force’s Journalist of the Year.

A. Sherrod Blakely, NBA contributor to the Bleacher Report, was reelected Sports Task Force chair.

Meanwhile, NAHJ’s Sports Task Force and ESPN announced creation of the NAHJ Deportes Pedro Gomez Lifetime Achievement Award as well as its first recipient: Jaime Jarrín, longtime Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster “who has served as an inspiration to countless Latino journalists.”

No Auction This Year at NABJ

NABJ’s Visual Task Force did not conduct its longstanding auction this year. “We’re taking some time to re-evaluate the event” and its effectiveness, Monica Herndon of the Philadelphia Inquirer, task force chair, told Journal-isms. (Photo by Sharon Farmer)

“We did host the Moneta Sleet Jr. Photo Competition, which was sponsored by Sony. Winners received camera bags from ThinkTankPhoto and we raffled off a Sony camera and lens.

“We also had a slate of programming in the VTF suite at Caesars Palace. That included portfolio reviews, a presentation from Houston Chronicle photojournalist and NPPA [National Press Photographers Association] President Marie D. De Jesus and panel discussions. We hosted NABJ and NAHJ visual journalists in the suite for refreshments and networking most evenings.

“We collaborated with NAHJ on additional programming in the main convention space.

“Seeing all of our VTF members in person was incredible! I left feeling invigorated and excited about the task force and members.”

Celebrities: Luna, Legend, Fresh, Wood

 

Diego Luna Alexander, Mexican actor, singer, director and producer,(pictured above with NAHJ President Nora Lopez); John Legend, in town to appear at Planet Hollywood, stopped by the Nexstar reception (pictured with Rod Carter, anchor at WNCN, Raleigh, N.C.); Doug E. Fresh performed Friday at the NABJ Sports Task Force Scholarship Jam at the House of Blues; and Roy Wood Jr. of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” made an appearance. (Credits: Twitter)

 

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