As you can imagine, it has taken the better part of a day to recover from the amazing flood of experiences that was this year's UNITY convention -- especially the Tampa chapter's slamming closing night party, which rocked harder than many other such events I've seen over the years.
I just wanted to take a minute here to thank everyone in our local and national NABJ organizations who helped organize and present the Tampa party, especially my most excellent executive board and party planning committee. Funkmaster Flex jammed so hard, the dance floor was packed from his first note until management turned on the lights at 2:10 a.m. and forced us to shut it down!
Big ups go out to Nicole Hucheson, Candice Mitchell, Camille Spencer, Ken Knight, Demorris Lee, Donovan Myrie, Phyllis Bailey, Boyzell Hosey, Ebony Grimsley, Dory Knight, Sandra Gadsden, Atoyia Deans, Willie Allen, Cathleen Henderson and many more people who I have probably forgotten to name. Please chalk it up to still being a bit fried after nearly two weeks away from home.
Special congratulations also go to Sarah Hoye, NABJ's emerging journalist of the year and an important chapter member.
I'll have more to say as we gear up to host NABJ in our own backyard next year, but I just wanted to thank my wonderful chapter and all the folks at national who helped us pull off a really fun night Saturday!
Eric Deggans
President, Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists
Chair, NABJ Media Monitoring Committee
TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
www.TBABJ.com
(727) 893-8521
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