3. SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT
• Anaffinity for telling stories of organizations,
communities and people collectively and singularly.
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4. SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT
• Anaffinity for telling stories of organizations,
communities and people collectively and singularly.
•A decade of leadership and service in the nation’s
oldest and largest organization for journalists of
color, culminating with two remarkable years as
president during which membership swelled by 43
percent to a record 4,700.
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5. SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT
• Anaffinity for telling stories of organizations,
communities and people collectively and singularly.
•A decade of leadership and service in the nation’s
oldest and largest organization for journalists of
color, culminating with two remarkable years as
president during which membership swelled by 43
percent to a record 4,700.
•A successful 22-year, multi-state career as a
respected journalist.
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8. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership
abilities
• Strong writing and
editing skills
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9. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership
abilities
• Strong writing and
editing skills
• Transformer of
organizational
publications
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10. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership
abilities
• Strong writing and
editing skills
• Transformer of
organizational
publications
• Meticulous
Thursday, March 5, 2009
11. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership
abilities
• Strong writing and
editing skills
• Transformer of
organizational
publications
• Meticulous
• Expert on diversity
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12. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking
abilities experience
• Strong writing and
editing skills
• Transformer of
organizational
publications
• Meticulous
• Expert on diversity
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13. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking
abilities experience
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills
• Transformer of
organizational
publications
• Meticulous
• Expert on diversity
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14. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking
abilities experience
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills
• Transformer of • Strong creative,
organizational strategic, analytical and
publications organizational skills
• Meticulous
• Expert on diversity
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15. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking
abilities experience
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills
• Transformer of • Strong creative,
organizational strategic, analytical and
publications organizational skills
• Meticulous • Extensive network of
media, corporate and
• Expert on diversity political contacts
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16. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking • Passionate
about
abilities experience multimedia and digital
asset management
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills
• Transformer of • Strong creative,
organizational strategic, analytical and
publications organizational skills
• Meticulous • Extensive network of
media, corporate and
• Expert on diversity political contacts
Thursday, March 5, 2009
17. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking • Passionate
about
abilities experience multimedia and digital
asset management
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills • Web site restructuring
• Transformer of • Strong creative,
organizational strategic, analytical and
publications organizational skills
• Meticulous • Extensive network of
media, corporate and
• Expert on diversity political contacts
Thursday, March 5, 2009
18. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking • Passionate
about
abilities experience multimedia and digital
asset management
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills • Web site restructuring
• Transformer of • Strong creative, • Advocate of preserving
organizational strategic, analytical and and presenting
publications organizational skills organizational history
• Meticulous • Extensive network of
media, corporate and
• Expert on diversity political contacts
Thursday, March 5, 2009
19. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
• Proven leadership • Public
speaking • Passionate
about
abilities experience multimedia and digital
asset management
• Strong writing and • Excellent
information
editing skills and design skills • Web site restructuring
• Transformer of • Strong creative, • Advocate of preserving
organizational strategic, analytical and and presenting
publications organizational skills organizational history
• Meticulous • Extensive network of • At ease with budget
media, corporate and limitations, deadlines and
• Expert on diversity political contacts high-pressure situations
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21. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
Washington, D.C.
May 2007 to February 2009
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22. Succeeded as communications director in enhancing and enlarging
the brand of the nonpartisan, nonprofit, public policy, research and
education institute established in 1976 to help improve the socioeconomic
circumstances of African Americans and other underserved communities.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
24. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
• Edited “Continuingthe Legacy: A Salute to the
Congressional Black Caucus of the 110 th
Congress,” a 160-page, coffee-table book
commemorating the unprecedented influence of
CBC members in the House of Representatives
and the 2008 presidential election.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
25. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
• Edited “Continuingthe Legacy: A Salute to the
Congressional Black Caucus of the 110 th
Congress,” a 160-page, coffee-table book
commemorating the unprecedented influence of
CBC members in the House of Representatives
and the 2008 presidential election.
• Transformed CBCF’s quarterly newsletter, CBCF
News, into a magazine-style publication that
spotlighted the foundation’s programs and
initiatives much more broadly and visually.
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27. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
• Supervisedredesign of primary CBCF Web site
and design of ancillary Web and blog sites.
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28. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
• Supervisedredesign of primary CBCF Web site
and design of ancillary Web and blog sites.
• Supervised CBCF interaction with media year-
round and press operation at its Annual Legislative
Conference (ALC), a four-day event attended by
18,000 elected officials, business and industry
leaders, celebrities and emerging leaders.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
29. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS FOUNDATION
• Supervisedredesign of primary CBCF Web site
and design of ancillary Web and blog sites.
• Supervised CBCF interaction with media year-
round and press operation at its Annual Legislative
Conference (ALC), a four-day event attended by
18,000 elected officials, business and industry
leaders, celebrities and emerging leaders.
• Expanded efforts to vividly capture ALC via
improved conference show daily, broadened Web
site experience and targeted video recording.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
31. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
Adelphi, Maryland
August 1995 to August 2005
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32. Elected in 2003 to two-year term as president and chairman of 19-
member board of directors. Elected vice president-print in 1999
and secretary in 1995 and 1997. Previously served as president of Garden
State (N.J.) Association of Black Journalists, an affiliate chapter of NABJ.
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34. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Accountable as president for a $2 million
annual budget, 10-member national office
staff and annual convention drawing more
than 3,000 delegates -- while fulfilling full-time
job as a criminal courts reporter at Newsday.
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35. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Accountable as president for a $2 million
annual budget, 10-member national office
staff and annual convention drawing more
than 3,000 delegates -- while fulfilling full-time
job as a criminal courts reporter at Newsday.
• Supervised a full-time executive director.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
36. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Accountable as president for a $2 million
annual budget, 10-member national office
staff and annual convention drawing more
than 3,000 delegates -- while fulfilling full-time
job as a criminal courts reporter at Newsday.
• Supervised a full-time executive director.
• IncreasedNABJ’s visibility and advocacy
regarding newsroom diversity by regularly
meeting with media executives, crafting news
releases and appearing in national media.
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38. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Spearheaded “NABJ365,” transforming the
association’s focus and recognition from
just the convention to year-round activities.
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39. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Spearheaded “NABJ365,” transforming the
association’s focus and recognition from
just the convention to year-round activities.
• Secured a three-year, $120,000 grant to
fund three professional-development
workshops for NABJ’s Media Institute.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
40. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK JOURNALISTS (NABJ)
• Spearheaded “NABJ365,” transforming the
association’s focus and recognition from
just the convention to year-round activities.
• Secured a three-year, $120,000 grant to
fund three professional-development
workshops for NABJ’s Media Institute.
• Conceived and coordinated production of
first and second editions of “Committed to
the Cause: A Salute to NABJ’s Presidents,” the
association’s official history book.
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41. UNITY: JOURNALISTS OF COLOR
McLean, Virginia
January 2004 to December 2005
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42. National board member for alliance comprised of NABJ and
the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of
Hispanic Journalists and Native American Journalists Association.
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44. UNITY: JOURNALISTS OF COLOR
• Helped ensure cooperative spirit among
the four alliance partners en route to the
UNITY 2004 convention, with 8,100
delegates, the largest gathering of
journalists in U.S. history.
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45. UNITY: JOURNALISTS OF COLOR
• Helped ensure cooperative spirit among
the four alliance partners en route to the
UNITY 2004 convention, with 8,100
delegates, the largest gathering of
journalists in U.S. history.
• Co-chairman of communications
committee that drafted news releases and
pursued a joint media-diversity hearing
with the federal Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and a
national presidential debate in 2008.
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47. NEWSDAY
Melville, New York
February 2000 to May 2007
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48. Staff writer last assigned to online team that reported breaking news
on Newsday.com for Long Island’s largest newspaper. Spent four-plus
years covering courts and the district attorney’s office in Queens.
Notable coverage on death penalty, kidnapping, child-abuse and wrongful-
conviction cases. Initially, reporter assigned to Southeast Queens and, on
Sundays, City Hall with Mayors Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.
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49. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 1993 to January 2000
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50. City desk reporter last assigned to North Philadelphia, spotlighting
neighborhood essence and initiatives and major economic development. Initially
assigned as politics and government reporter in native Camden, N.J., and in
Camden and Burlington counties. Lead reporter on high-profile Camden
mayoral election in 1995. Also reported on New Jersey governor’s race in 1993.
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52. OTHER JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
• The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star
Norfolk, Va. -- Jan. 1990 to June 1993
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53. OTHER JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
• The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star
Norfolk, Va. -- Jan. 1990 to June 1993
• TheRecord
Hackensack, N.J. -- Nov. 1988 to Jan. 1990
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54. OTHER JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
• The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star
Norfolk, Va. -- Jan. 1990 to June 1993
• TheRecord
Hackensack, N.J. -- Nov. 1988 to Jan. 1990
• ThePress
Atlantic City, N.J. -- Dec. 1986 to Nov. 1988
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55. OTHER JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
• The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star
Norfolk, Va. -- Jan. 1990 to June 1993
• TheRecord
Hackensack, N.J. -- Nov. 1988 to Jan. 1990
• ThePress
Atlantic City, N.J. -- Dec. 1986 to Nov. 1988
• TheMilwaukee Community Journal
Milwaukee, Wis. -- March 1985 to Sept. 1986
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59. MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
• Named 2009 J. William and Mary
Diederich College of Communication
Communicator of the Year by Marquette
University Alumni Association.
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60. MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
• Named 2009 J. William and Mary
Diederich College of Communication
Communicator of the Year by Marquette
University Alumni Association.
• EarnedBachelor of Arts degree from
College of Journalism (Broadcast
Sequence) in 1984.
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61. MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
• Named 2009 J. William and Mary
Diederich College of Communication
Communicator of the Year by Marquette
University Alumni Association.
• EarnedBachelor of Arts degree from
College of Journalism (Broadcast
Sequence) in 1984.
• Also majored in Political Science.
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62. SESSIONS.EDU
Completed courses in accredited online Web design
school’s master’s certificate program. Since December 2002.
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64. HEART AND SOUL:
A MARRIAGE OF LOVE,
FAITH AND JOURNALISM
World Journalism Institute
Kings College
New York, New York
November 2, 2007
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65. Co-author, with Mira Lowe, of monograph exploring the intersection
of Christianity and journalism for the third annual Samuel Cornish Lecture
at the World Journalism Institute, an independent school of journalism that
trains aspiring journalists of faith to work in mainstream newsrooms.
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67. OTHER
• NABJ
Media Institute Management
Workshops -- Nov. 1997 and Nov. 1998
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68. OTHER
• NABJ
Media Institute Management
Workshops -- Nov. 1997 and Nov. 1998
• Councilfor Advancement and Support of
Education Media Fellowship -- March 1998
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69. OTHER
• NABJ
Media Institute Management
Workshops -- Nov. 1997 and Nov. 1998
• Councilfor Advancement and Support of
Education Media Fellowship -- March 1998
• NorfolkState University (adjunct journalism
professor) -- Fall 1992
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70. OTHER
• NABJ
Media Institute Management
Workshops -- Nov. 1997 and Nov. 1998
• Councilfor Advancement and Support of
Education Media Fellowship -- March 1998
• NorfolkState University (adjunct journalism
professor) -- Fall 1992
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
-- Inducted 1984
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71. To learn more about Herbert Lowe, visit www.herblowe.com.
To contact him directly, send an e-mail to hlowejr@gmail.com.
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