Sunday, November 23, 2008
Photos from the 2008 Griot Drum Awards
These photos were taken by membership chair Demorris Lee. They document, from right to left and top to bottom: dancers from the Soulful Arts Dance Academy; host Deiah Riley with friends; St. Petersburg Times consumer affairs reporter Ivan Penn accompanying his wife, vocalist September Penn, in a gospel song; Poynter visual journalism guru and ordained pastor Ken Irby delivering the invocation; ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan; keynote speaker Mark McEwen and 10 Connects reporter Tammy Fields; Central Avenue Remembered star and Tampa's poet laureate James Tokely.
TBABJ Announces the Winners of the 2008 Griot Drum Awards
The following journalists were honored with awards at the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists’ Griot Drum Awards banquet Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg.
Winners:
Television, Spot News -- "MLK Parade," WFTS News and Production Team, WFTS/ABC Action News.
Television, Non-Deadline Reporting -- "Freedom Riders," Dennis Hollingsworth, WTSP-TV 10.
Television, Investigative/Series, "Taking Action series," Matt McGlashen and Jackie Callaway, WFTS/ABC Actions News.
Television, Community/Public Affairs, "A Gulf Coast Journal: Buck O'Neill profile," Jen Noble, WEDU-TV.
Television, Documentary, "Central Avenue Remembered," Spencer Briggs, WEDU-TV.
Deadline and Spot News Reporting, Print (circ. above 100,000): "Jury spares Steele's Life," Jamal Thalji, Molly Moorhead and Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Investigative Reporting, (circ. above 100,000), "A Chase an Outcry and Shots in the Dark," Tom Lake, Molly Moorhead, Jamal Thalji, Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Features, (circ. above 100,0000), "Mom's Call to Action," Sarah Hoye, The Tampa Tribune.
Print, Community/Public Affairs, (circ. above 100,000), "Fraternizing with the enemy, "Rodney Thrash, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Sports Feature, (circ. above 100,000), "Family Blessings," Anwar Richardson, The Tampa Tribune.
Print, Investigative Reporting (circ. below 100,000), "American Recession, Black Depression," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Features, (circ. below 100,000) "United Front, "Wade Tatangelo, Creative Loafing.
Print, Community/Public Affairs, (circ. below 100,000), "Complete Systems Failure," Jenise Morgan, Florida Courier.
Print, Sports Feature, (circ. below 100,000), "New Name, Same Winning Spirit," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Commentary, (circ. below 100,000), "Black Colleges Deal with Mission Creep," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Criticism, (circ. below 100,000), "Numbers Man," Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing.
Photo, Deadline and Spot News, "Relatives Devastated," Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.
Photo, Features, "Comfort," Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times.
Photo, Sports News, "Strong Finish," Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.
Photo, Sports Feature, "Athlete of the Year," Fred Bellet, The Tampa Tribune.
Graphic or Photo Illustration, "A Night on the Town," Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times.
Photo Illustration, "The Iraq War: What Would MLK Say?" Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
New Media, "In the Mix," Sarah Hoye, The Tampa Tribune.
Winners:
Television, Spot News -- "MLK Parade," WFTS News and Production Team, WFTS/ABC Action News.
Television, Non-Deadline Reporting -- "Freedom Riders," Dennis Hollingsworth, WTSP-TV 10.
Television, Investigative/Series, "Taking Action series," Matt McGlashen and Jackie Callaway, WFTS/ABC Actions News.
Television, Community/Public Affairs, "A Gulf Coast Journal: Buck O'Neill profile," Jen Noble, WEDU-TV.
Television, Documentary, "Central Avenue Remembered," Spencer Briggs, WEDU-TV.
Deadline and Spot News Reporting, Print (circ. above 100,000): "Jury spares Steele's Life," Jamal Thalji, Molly Moorhead and Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Investigative Reporting, (circ. above 100,000), "A Chase an Outcry and Shots in the Dark," Tom Lake, Molly Moorhead, Jamal Thalji, Julia Kumari Drapkin, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Features, (circ. above 100,0000), "Mom's Call to Action," Sarah Hoye, The Tampa Tribune.
Print, Community/Public Affairs, (circ. above 100,000), "Fraternizing with the enemy, "Rodney Thrash, St. Petersburg Times.
Print, Sports Feature, (circ. above 100,000), "Family Blessings," Anwar Richardson, The Tampa Tribune.
Print, Investigative Reporting (circ. below 100,000), "American Recession, Black Depression," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Features, (circ. below 100,000) "United Front, "Wade Tatangelo, Creative Loafing.
Print, Community/Public Affairs, (circ. below 100,000), "Complete Systems Failure," Jenise Morgan, Florida Courier.
Print, Sports Feature, (circ. below 100,000), "New Name, Same Winning Spirit," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Commentary, (circ. below 100,000), "Black Colleges Deal with Mission Creep," Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
Print, Criticism, (circ. below 100,000), "Numbers Man," Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing.
Photo, Deadline and Spot News, "Relatives Devastated," Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.
Photo, Features, "Comfort," Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times.
Photo, Sports News, "Strong Finish," Fred Bellet, Tampa Tribune.
Photo, Sports Feature, "Athlete of the Year," Fred Bellet, The Tampa Tribune.
Graphic or Photo Illustration, "A Night on the Town," Lara Cerri, St. Petersburg Times.
Photo Illustration, "The Iraq War: What Would MLK Say?" Charles Cherry II, Florida Courier.
New Media, "In the Mix," Sarah Hoye, The Tampa Tribune.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
TBABJ Announces Its 2008 Griot Drum Scholarship Winners
The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists is pleased to announce its 2008 Griot Drum Scholarship Winners.
TBABJ members chose this year's winners from its largest field of candidates yet; applicants needed only be high school or college students of color studying journalism or preparing to study journalism in college with a connection to the Tampa Bay area.
The three honorees each will receive $1,000 scholarships and one year's paid membership to both the TBABJ and the National Association of Black Journalists.
They also will be honored during our Griot Drum Awards banquet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg. Please join us in congratulating the winners:
Jacqueline Haberman is an intern at WUSF, the public radio station at the University of South Florida, where she is a senior. She spent her summer serving as arts and entertainment editor for The Oracle, USF’s student newspaper, and also previously interned for AARP, where she helped establish a presence of the organization’s Divided We Fail campaign on university campuses across the state. In her scholarship essay, Jackie analyzed the role race played in media coverage of this year’s presidential elections. She criticized the media for labeling groups of voters by their ethnicity and assuming voters shared similar views because of their race.
Erik Maza calls Bradenton home, but this University of Florida senior has already placed international work experience on his resume. Erik recently returned from Guatamala, where he was among a dozen student writers and photographers documenting stories of hunger and malnutrition. He spent his Spring 2008 semester studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the English degree he is completing along with his bachelor’s in journalism. His byline has appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Gainesville Sun and as he has worked as a stringer for the Associated Press. In addition to his many talents, Erik is also fluent in Spanish and speaks Italian.
A 2008 graduate of Wharton High School in Tampa, Christina Ramos is in her first semester at the University of Central Florida. While at Wharton, Christina traded lunch time with her friends to work on stories and page design for her school newspaper. Christina had a busy senior year at Wharton. She served as president of her school’s National Honor Society, chairperson for her Senior Class Council and volunteered through Key Club. She graduated with a 4.9 GPA. Terry Sollazzo, Christina’s high school newspaper adviser, said, “She sets goals for herself and is relentless in pursuing those goals. She seeks out the truth and reports it fairly. In other words, she is just what this industry needs.”
TBABJ members chose this year's winners from its largest field of candidates yet; applicants needed only be high school or college students of color studying journalism or preparing to study journalism in college with a connection to the Tampa Bay area.
The three honorees each will receive $1,000 scholarships and one year's paid membership to both the TBABJ and the National Association of Black Journalists.
They also will be honored during our Griot Drum Awards banquet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg. Please join us in congratulating the winners:
Jacqueline Haberman is an intern at WUSF, the public radio station at the University of South Florida, where she is a senior. She spent her summer serving as arts and entertainment editor for The Oracle, USF’s student newspaper, and also previously interned for AARP, where she helped establish a presence of the organization’s Divided We Fail campaign on university campuses across the state. In her scholarship essay, Jackie analyzed the role race played in media coverage of this year’s presidential elections. She criticized the media for labeling groups of voters by their ethnicity and assuming voters shared similar views because of their race.
Erik Maza calls Bradenton home, but this University of Florida senior has already placed international work experience on his resume. Erik recently returned from Guatamala, where he was among a dozen student writers and photographers documenting stories of hunger and malnutrition. He spent his Spring 2008 semester studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the English degree he is completing along with his bachelor’s in journalism. His byline has appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Gainesville Sun and as he has worked as a stringer for the Associated Press. In addition to his many talents, Erik is also fluent in Spanish and speaks Italian.
A 2008 graduate of Wharton High School in Tampa, Christina Ramos is in her first semester at the University of Central Florida. While at Wharton, Christina traded lunch time with her friends to work on stories and page design for her school newspaper. Christina had a busy senior year at Wharton. She served as president of her school’s National Honor Society, chairperson for her Senior Class Council and volunteered through Key Club. She graduated with a 4.9 GPA. Terry Sollazzo, Christina’s high school newspaper adviser, said, “She sets goals for herself and is relentless in pursuing those goals. She seeks out the truth and reports it fairly. In other words, she is just what this industry needs.”Sunday, November 9, 2008
TBABJ Thanks 2008 Griot Drum Awards Sponsors
Despite a financial picture that often seems less than rosy these days, a host of local companies and organizations came together this year to make our Griot Drum Awards a reality. This is our space to thank them for their continued and most appreciated support.
PLATINUM LEVEL
St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Hill & Knowlton
10 Connects - WTSP-Ch. 10
SILVER LEVEL
Friday, November 7, 2008
Tickets on Sale for Griot Drum Awards; Mark McEwen keynote speaker
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The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists would like to invite you to the premiere event for journalists of color in the Tampa Bay area: the Fourth Annual Griot Drum Awards and Scholarship dinner.
Scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, the Griot Drum Awards honors journalists in several categories, highlighting those who have excelled in coverage of issues important to people of color. Proceeds will fund our scholarships to aspiring young journalists of color.
Our keynote speaker this year is Mark McEwen, former anchor for CBS This Morning, who will talk about his life in journalism and his new book, Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke. Our host is ABC Action News anchor Deiah Riley.
Our 6 p.m. opening reception will feature a meet-and-greet with Mark, and a presentation on Midtown Through Our Eyes, a photo essay on St. Petersburg's predominantly black neighborhood taken by students in grades 4 through 9. Learn about it here.
We would love for you to join us. Tickets are $30 for TBABJ chapter members and $35 for non-members, or $300 for a table of ten.
Please fill out the attached order form and send it to the address below with a check or money order (made out to TBABJ). Or you can email deggans@sptimes.com or call 727-893-8521 to place an order. You will receive confirmation by email and/or telephone.
Sincerely,
Eric Deggans, TBABJ chapter president
Scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, the Griot Drum Awards honors journalists in several categories, highlighting those who have excelled in coverage of issues important to people of color. Proceeds will fund our scholarships to aspiring young journalists of color.
Our keynote speaker this year is Mark McEwen, former anchor for CBS This Morning, who will talk about his life in journalism and his new book, Change in the Weather: Life After Stroke. Our host is ABC Action News anchor Deiah Riley.
Our 6 p.m. opening reception will feature a meet-and-greet with Mark, and a presentation on Midtown Through Our Eyes, a photo essay on St. Petersburg's predominantly black neighborhood taken by students in grades 4 through 9. Learn about it here.
We would love for you to join us. Tickets are $30 for TBABJ chapter members and $35 for non-members, or $300 for a table of ten.
Please fill out the attached order form and send it to the address below with a check or money order (made out to TBABJ). Or you can email deggans@sptimes.com or call 727-893-8521 to place an order. You will receive confirmation by email and/or telephone.
Sincerely,
Eric Deggans, TBABJ chapter president
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