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HABJ will Host Forum on Media’s Coverage of the Black Community

HABJ News Service

HOUSTON – October 25, 2007– The Houston Association of Black Journalists (HABJ) will host a forum on the media’s coverage of the black community Thursday, Nov. 1 from 7p.m. – 9p.m. at the Rice Memorial Center at Rice University.

A dynamic panel will be on hand to discuss some of the most provocative issues covered locally and nationally about African-Americans. Issues ranging from the Jena 6 to Michael Vick and former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade will be discussed.

The panelists include KCOH radio talk show host Michael Harris, former Texas Senator Craig Washington, Millions Movement More Ministry’s Deric Muhammed, Houston Defender publisher Sonny Messiah-Jiles, and KPRC-TV senior producer Kim Davis.

For more information about this event, contact HABJ’s Vice President of Print Freddie Willis at freddie.willis@chron.com.
For directions to the Rice Memorial Center, log on to http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.
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HABJ is a nonprofit organization of media professionals from the Houston metropolitan area. HABJ members excel in every facet of print, broadcast and new media. HABJ was formed in 1986 and is affiliated with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which was established in 1975. The mission of HABJ is to provide support and professional development of its members; honor excellence in journalism; expand employment opportunities for its members; cultivate young journalists; and ensure accurate coverage of the minority community.