Apparently I don’t suck

By Chardaé Davis
Monitor Staff
I’ve been nervous for the last two days. As a broadcast journalism student, I’m very concerned about my presentation on camera and am always looking for feedback.
Knowing NABJ would be able to assist me, I signed up for a voice coaching session at the career fair with the Radio-Television News Directors Association [...]

Starry-eyed at NABJ

Me with Roland Martin and Don Lemon
It was a star frenzy at the “My Black is Beautiful” reception on Thursday night, and lucky me. I was right in the center of it.
If you’re a media groupie, you certainly were thrilled to see CNN’s Don Lemon & Roland Martin in the house.
If you’re a soap opera [...]

Illegal Tender

Are you 20.767 years old? No worries. Las Vegas has a number of things for the youngn’s to do. You can go to Circus Circus and hang out at the Adventuredome Theme Park. There you can also get your face painted and take pictures with Marvin the Martian.
 
Not interested? We didn’t think so.
Instead you might [...]

Party All the Time

If you’re an Us Weekly or Young, Black and Fabulous blog enthusiast, you’re probably itching for a celebrity encounter while in Vegas. Perhaps a menacing run in with (insert any celebrity under 30) body guards, or maybe even a distant, slightly obstructed glimpse of Gabrielle Union exiting Pure — Tia Mowry, Dwyane Wade and Toni [...]

Bally’s High

It’s just my luck that just before the opening of the 32nd NABJ Convention and Job Fair, I came down with a cold. In an attempt to nurse myself back to health, I bought a box of 18 Vicks DayQuil liquid caps and a bottle of water at a Bally’s gift shop. Total cost: $17.
I [...]

PINK Relations Alert

 
 
I spy AKAs on the prowl. The lovely ladies of pink and green are hoping to rev up interest in their centennial celebrations by visiting NABJ’s annual convention as emissaries from their historic organization.
 

 

But let it be known, AKAs are not masters of disguise. Their attempts to embed chitchat with mentions of Boule [...]

Word on the Strip is…

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