After NAHJ cancelled its 2020 elections, the race is the organization’s most contested in recent memory

At a time when NAHJ was forced to reconfigure its annual convention due to a deadly pandemic, board members unanimously voted to cancel the 2020 elections for 10 board positions, creating a snowballing controversy that grew over months and eventually prompted the organization to reinstate a contest that has historically drawn low voter turnout and minimal participation.

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As the first-ever virtual NAHJ, NABJ conference begins, members worry about what is lost when everything goes online

As the 2020 NABJ-NAHJ conference kicks off this week, journalists are connecting through computer screens in their own homes instead of mingling at hotel bars and conference halls. Some said they worry about the intangibles that will be lost without the face-to-face interactions and serendipitous meetings that have come to define the conference experience.

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