Our Story:
In 2016, a coalition of nearly 30 public media organizations launched the Public Media Village and gathered in one space to recruit at the NABJ/NAHJ conference in Washington, D.C. under the unifying banner, Think.Public.Media. Back then, more than 500 black and Latino journalists came through our "Village," talked to public media recruiters, and registered so that their resumes would be available to all of the participating organizations. As a result of that effort, we saw many journalists of color end up in public media.
From then on, the Village has assembled at some of the largest gatherings of journalists each year – NAHJ, AAJA, NABJ, NLGJA, NAJA, and now AMEJA – where the work of journalists of color and LGBTQ+ journalists is celebrated through workshops, panel discussions, and keynote addresses.
