The Hofstra University Association of Black Journalists (HUABJ) is an organization focused toward the development of minorities on campus in the various fields of communication.
• It is intended to serve as a networking tool between aspiring and professional journalists.
• Its role on Hofstra’s campus is to exchange ideas and information with people and organizations concerned with people of color in the media and to critique the media’s portrayals of minorities in their respective presentations.
• HABJ also works with professors and administrators to make the curricula of the University’s journalism department relevant to the coverage of minority communities.
• To sensitize local media to institutional racism in their coverage and employment practices.
• To assist the local community in its understanding of media.
Membership in HUABJ is open to students without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability. The organization, which was founded in 2001, has expanded significantly in the last year. For the 2013-2014 school year the club plans on taking fieldtrips to New York City 1 News Station. It will also seek to enhance its presence campus wide.
HUABJ has been an affiliate student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists since January 2013.
• It is intended to serve as a networking tool between aspiring and professional journalists.
• Its role on Hofstra’s campus is to exchange ideas and information with people and organizations concerned with people of color in the media and to critique the media’s portrayals of minorities in their respective presentations.
• HABJ also works with professors and administrators to make the curricula of the University’s journalism department relevant to the coverage of minority communities.
• To sensitize local media to institutional racism in their coverage and employment practices.
• To assist the local community in its understanding of media.
Membership in HUABJ is open to students without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability. The organization, which was founded in 2001, has expanded significantly in the last year. For the 2013-2014 school year the club plans on taking fieldtrips to New York City 1 News Station. It will also seek to enhance its presence campus wide.
HUABJ has been an affiliate student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists since January 2013.