HABJ is a nonprofit of media professionals across print, broadcast, and digital — advancing careers, funding the next generation of journalists, and keeping Houston's Black media history alive.
Our members work in Houston's newsrooms
Black tie up top, sneakers below. Every year HABJ honors Houston's media trailblazers and raises the money that funds our student scholarships — at the historic Eldorado Ballroom in Third Ward.
Open to graduating high school seniors and full-time college students from Greater Houston majoring in journalism, mass communications, or public relations. Apply online in about ten minutes.
The Texas Freeman launches, followed by the Informer, Defender, and Forward Times — Black Houston's own front pages.
KCOH becomes Texas's oldest Black radio station; KTSU brings Black FM radio to Houston in 1972.
Diana Fallis becomes Houston's first Black female prime-time anchor at KTRK, opening the door for generations.
Houston journalists organize to protect and restore the place of Black journalists in American media.
