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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the NABJ Wellness Taskforce invites you to a special virtual conversation with award-winning journalist and media leader Kerwin Speight.

🧠 Personally Speaking: Prioritizing Mental Health in Journalism and Everyday Life

📅 Tuesday, May 19, 2026
🕖 7:00 p.m. ET
💻 Zoom

Kerwin Speight, faculty member at The Poynter Institute and an accomplished newsroom leader, will share insights on mental health, storytelling, leadership, and wellness.

NABJ-Raleigh Durham was pleased to hear some of the great efforts underway right now to support HBCUs during April's General Body Meeting. A special thank you to our speaker Dr. Shandra Jones with Self-Help Credit Union. She highlighted the important work she does with the HBCU Promise+ Center of Excellence. The center's holistic approach showed a deep level of care, commitment, and investment to HBCUs as well as the communities that surround them.

We also heard a recap of the NABJ Region III conference held in Montgomery, Alabama which included a talk from Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and a visit to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

It’s Thursday, and we’re throwing it back to last weekend! We met at Raleigh Union Station for our general body meeting. Troy Creasy, Branch Manager of Design and Construction at North Carolina Department of Transportation - Rail Division, gave an engaging and informative talk about the impact rail travel has on our state — from connecting communities to driving economic growth.

Troy J. Creasy, P.E., Branch Manager of Design and Construction, at NC DOT addresses today’s NABJ-RDU general body meeting from the Observstion Room of Union Station.

Family, join us on Saturday, March 28, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Raleigh Union Station for our March General Body Meeting! Our featured speaker is Troy J. Creasy, P.E., Branch Manager of Design and Construction at NC DOT – Rail Division. 🚂🚅🚆

🔗 Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/SJcgQvRcnekc6YDg7

TONIGHT: You’re invited to attend this virtual discussion hosted by NABJ-RDU.

The holiday season can be especially difficult for those navigating grief. The NABJ Wellness Task Force invites you to a supportive and meaningful virtual conversation focused on coping, healing, and care during this time.

🗓 Monday, December 22, 2025
🕖 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (ET)
📍 Virtual (Zoom)

Dr. Scott will share practical strategies, insight, and encouragement to help individuals manage grief and emotional challenges during the holidays, followed by a moderated Q&A.

Topic: NABJ Wellness Task Force: Coping with Grief During the Holidays.
Time: Dec 22, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87491470276

Meeting ID: 874 9147 0276

A time was had at our annual Holiday Mixer on Saturday night! Thanks to everyone who could join us to celebrate the season together! And a special thanks to Nerra and Chef Lex for hosting us! From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! 🎄

✨ Congratulations to our very own Gayle Hurd on her recent win at the RTDNAC Association Awards! Gayle, a News Anchor and Entertainment Reporter for WRAL-TV and WPTF-AM, and her team won second place in the Radio News Block category for “The WPTF Evening News with Gayle Hurd.”

The team was also awarded first place in the Outstanding News Organization category for FM 92.9, AM 680 WPTF, and first place in the Political Election category for “Election Night, 2024, NCN News.”

We’re so excited for you and celebrate all the work that you do in the industry, the community, and for NABJ-Raleigh Durham, Madam VP, Broadcast! 🎉

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our annual Making News: Media Day Access Workshop! We received incredible feedback from you about the professional insights from the panelists, the hands-on breakout session to develop your action plans, and the connections that were made. A special shoutout goes to the NC State University Student Media for sponsoring and participating! We love supporting the community in this way, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

📸: Mathias Bishop