@NABJ & #ABMW Founder, USA Today's @DeWayneWickham to receive #NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award BRAVO! ow.ly/9yL0J WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 9, 2012) - DeWayne Wickham, a founder and past president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), will receive the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the organization's highest honors. Wickham was selected by the NABJ Board of Directors at their winter meeting.
In addition to being a founding member of NABJ, the current USA Today columnist also founded the Association of Black Media Workers, the NABJ chapter in Baltimore. He assisted in the creation of professional chapters in both Greensboro, N.C., and Norfolk, Va. Wickham also founded NABJ student chapters at Delaware State University and North Carolina A&T State University, the latter at which he currently serves as distinguished professor of journalism and interim chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. More details here https://nabj.site-ym.com/news/86010/NABJ-FounderPast-President-USA-Today-Columnist-DeWayne-Wickham-Receives-Lifetime-Achievement-Award.htm