FAMU alumna Kathy Times is the new president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Times, an anchor for WDBD-TV in Jackson, Miss., won the election with 325 votes or 57 percent of the vote.
Georgia Dawkins (right), a FAMU broadcast journalism student, was also elected NABJ Student Representative.
A Miami native, Times started her career as a newspaper reporter in Tampa. She later made the switch to television. Her flair for uncovering government blunders and system failures helped her win two Southeast Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and other honors. She’s covered national news for MSNBC and interviewed the country’s most powerful leaders, such as, President George H. W. Bush and and former Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice.
She is a proud graduate of FAMU, holding two baccalaureate degrees from the institution: one in journalism and another in computer information systems.
"I was editor of The Famuan, and I got leadership training through that,” Times said. “I learned accuracy counts. If you made one fact error you got an F (grade)…and that made me a better journalist.”
After graduating, she furthered her education by earning a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Currently, Times is a business owner and licensed Realtor in Alabama and Florida. She has taught journalism as an adjunct professor at Jackson State University. She just finished a term as NABJ’s national vice-president-broadcast.
While campaigning for the NABJ presidency, Times promised to “intensify efforts to address record layoffs, to offer retraining and to establish entrepreneurship opportunities that generate revenue for NABJ.”
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, James E. Covington, volunteering, mentoring youth, traveling, and watching football. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Follow Times’ work with NABJ here on Twitter.
Georgia Dawkins (right), a FAMU broadcast journalism student, was also elected NABJ Student Representative.
A Miami native, Times started her career as a newspaper reporter in Tampa. She later made the switch to television. Her flair for uncovering government blunders and system failures helped her win two Southeast Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and other honors. She’s covered national news for MSNBC and interviewed the country’s most powerful leaders, such as, President George H. W. Bush and and former Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice.
She is a proud graduate of FAMU, holding two baccalaureate degrees from the institution: one in journalism and another in computer information systems.
"I was editor of The Famuan, and I got leadership training through that,” Times said. “I learned accuracy counts. If you made one fact error you got an F (grade)…and that made me a better journalist.”
After graduating, she furthered her education by earning a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Currently, Times is a business owner and licensed Realtor in Alabama and Florida. She has taught journalism as an adjunct professor at Jackson State University. She just finished a term as NABJ’s national vice-president-broadcast.
While campaigning for the NABJ presidency, Times promised to “intensify efforts to address record layoffs, to offer retraining and to establish entrepreneurship opportunities that generate revenue for NABJ.”
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, James E. Covington, volunteering, mentoring youth, traveling, and watching football. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Follow Times’ work with NABJ here on Twitter.
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