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Providing Service to the Tampa Bay Community for Over 30 Years
Originally founded as the Suncoast Black Communicators, the group became the Tampa Bay area’s affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists in 1990.
The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists represents journalists in the counties of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota along the west coast of Florida.
The chapter’s mission is to help ensure diversity in local media, and accurate, balanced coverage of communities of color while serving as a resource for both.
TBABJ is a 501 (c)(3) organization with an executive board that consists of a president, vice president of print, vice president of broadcast, treasurer, secretary.
In addition, NABJ divides its chapters nationwide into regions, with TBABJ categorized as Region III.
TBABJ affirms its commitment to equality for all individuals. This commitment ensures that discrimination will not be tolerated in our programs, membership, and events.
