Programing is heating up for the Tampa NABJ convention in August, as Disney brings a screening of its first cartoon to feature a black princess, The Princess and the Frog, to the gathering, featuring a performance by star Anika Noni Rose.This year's "NABJ Presents" event is giving attendees a unique opportunity to see a sneak preview of Disney's new animated picture, "The Princess and the Frog"

If you haven't already registered for the National Association of Black Journalists 2009 convention in Tampa, you have just a day or so until the registration rates rise with the close of pre-registration tomorrow!Times are tough for journalists all over. But the NABJ convention offers one of journalism's largest jobs fairs, days of workshops offering new skills, loads of big names for networking

Miami, Fla.-Now is a time of transition for journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists South Florida is there to help.For those who have been displaced from full time careers in journalism or for anyone who would like more control over their careers a freelance career may be just the thing for you. So come learn how to build a successful freelance career at a workshop featuring three

The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists is presenting their third poetry slam, Off the Record III:A Spoken Word Event on July 9, from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Studio@ 620, 620 1st. Ave. South, in downtown St. Pete.We're bringing together some of the area's best poets and artists with some of the area's best-known journalists of color. This is our third time presenting such an event, and

Find a story. Tell a secret. That's the game plan for The Virginian-Pilot's general assignment reporter in Virginia Beach. Investigative journalism is a huge part of the job, as much as discovering a good political scandal. Most enterprise reporting, however, is rarely that glamorous.But this reporter carries a big stick and shouldn't be afraid to swing it. Great stories are all around, and this

Here's an opening at a new venture, an Internet-based news provider. Theycover international news coverage from a variety of perspectives and presentthe story with more context and more views than a traditional daily report.They are look for someone to lead their editorial content. This informationcomes directly from them.Vice President of Editorial at Newsy.comNewsy.com is a multiperspective

Assistant Communications DirectorAssistant Communications Director for the Florida School Choice Fund in Tampa, a nonprofit education group that helps provide scholarships to 23,000 low-income children. The Assistant Communications Director helps to tell the story of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and the economically disadvantaged children we serve. We have pride in our program and feel our

The TBABJ has a fan page on Facebook with lots of information and connections.Here's the link:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tampa-Bay-Association-of-Black-Journalists/94147272940Or click here to go direrctly there.Become a fan today!

The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists is pleased to announce a free seminar on multimedia journalism, on-air performance and career counseling, scheduled for 11 a.m. June 20 at the Tampa Tribune, 200 South Parker St., Tampa.The core of the event will be a 90-minute session with trainers from Communication Research Enterprises, featuring journalist/professor Lillian Dunlap and voice coach

Members and friends of the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists:I'm writing to ask for your help in the most important event we'll undertake this year: the Aug. 7 scholarship fundraiser during the National Association of Black Journalists' national convention in Tampa.Planned for the Florida Aquarium, the fund-raiser will serve as a showcase for the Tampa Bay area to the 3,000 attendees