Your career, your community, your craft.
Black media provides historical context to present-day challenges — and HABJ makes sure Houston's storytellers never stand alone.
HABJ offers innovative training, career advancement opportunities, and advocacy for Black journalists, while supporting the development of visionary content creators across print, broadcast, digital, education, and corporate communications.
Membership benefits
- Job openings across the Houston media market, before they circulate
- Invitations to members-only events and mixers
- Current industry news and advocacy alerts
- Networking opportunities with Houston's newsroom leaders
The HABJ timeline.
HABJ is formed
During a time of increased social activism and political reform, Black journalists organize to protect and restore the place of significant African-American history — and found the Houston Association of Black Journalists.
Scholars Development Program
HABJ founds a program developing the journalistic skills and job-readiness of scholarship recipients while they finish their degrees.
Houston Town Hall Panels begin
Partnering with Rice University to present free annual community forums.
The Sneaker Ball era
HABJ hosts its Annual Scholarship and Fundraiser Gala at the historic Eldorado Ballroom — raising over $50,000 for college students.
The shoulders we stand on.
The Texas Freeman launches, followed by the Houston Informer (1919), Houston Defender (1930s), and the Forward Times (1960s).
Houston's pioneering Black portrait photographers begin chronicling Black Houston and shaping American history.
KCOH becomes Texas's oldest Black radio station; KTSU brings Houston its first Black FM station in 1972.
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