The Baltimore Association of Black Journalists (BABJ) hosted its April 24, 2021 general meeting with a panel on live conferencing audio apps.  Due to health concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19, BABJ opted for a webinar in an effort to implement social distancing and keep members safe.  Audio apps are where it’s at when it comes to cultivating online conversations. BABJ invited social media experts to discuss the ways to optimize the Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces apps to compliment a social media strategy.  More than 20 participants signed on for the two hour discussion on audio apps. The panelists included: Kamara Daughtry, Sinclair Broadcast Group Social Media Specialist Regan Farley, Intel Media Co-Founder/Comms Strategist Deprina Godboldo, Prina Media Philip Lewis, HuffPost Senior Front Page Editor The discussion covered: selecting the best audio app for your discussion; ways to promote upcoming discussions and the pros/cons of using apps. The experts also weighed in on; the importance of audience engagement; how to deal with trolls and disruptions; and best practices when transitioning listeners/guests to subscribers and followers of your media organizations.

Congratulations are in order for Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism & Communication!  ✨Dean Jackie Jones was named a 2026 NABJ Hall of Fame inductee! ✨And Morgan State University Association of Black Journalists was named a finalist for Student Chapter of the Year!Morgan has been a longtime supporter and contributor to BABJ over the years, and we are happy to see another year of achievement!#nabj #babj #blackjournalism #congratulations

2020 was an unprecedented year filled with the COVID-19 global pandemic, multiple #BlackLivesMatter killings and attacks on the journalism ...