The Tulsa, Okla. Designated Market Area (DMA) is a U.S. television market. It is the 62nd biggest media market by size in the United States, employing diverse teams comprised of Black journalists throughout their respective organizations.
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The Tulsa, Okla. DMA serves a total population of 543,710 television households as of the 2022-2023 television season. NABJ-Tulsa member journalists proudly represent their uniquely informed perspectives and those of residents throughout the Tulsa market.
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The Tulsa, Okla. DMA hosts 13 full-power television stations, serving a news market of more than 1.3 million residents. NABJ-Tulsa member journalists are integral members of station teams and continue to enhance the quality of news produced each day.
NABJ-Tulsa strengthens the ability of Black journalists and media professionals to serve our community as story-tellers.
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As an organization, we host programs, service and educational events to engage the community to champion the significance of the media profession.
Our voices and professional expertise matter
Our chapter members serve on and participate in domestic and global professional and student organizations.
62nd
The Tulsa, Okla. Designated Market Area (DMA) is a U.S. television market. It is the 62nd biggest media market by size in the United States, employing diverse teams comprised of Black journalists throughout their respective organizations.
543K
The Tulsa, Okla. DMA serves a total population of 543,710 television households as of the 2022-2023 television season. NABJ-Tulsa member journalists proudly represent their uniquely informed perspectives and those of residents throughout the Tulsa market.
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The Tulsa, Okla. DMA hosts 13 full-power television stations, serving a news market of more than 1.3 million residents. NABJ-Tulsa member journalists are integral members of station teams and continue to enhance the quality of news produced each day.
NABJ-Tulsa strengthens the ability of Black jouralists and media professionals to serve our communities as story-tellers.
Tulsa’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists has served its community nearly 30 years after founding in 1995. The organization’s first President, Russell Motley united with several other journalists to form an affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists. Prior to its formation, Tulsa did not have an organization dedicated to empowering black media professionals.
For Tulsa, it was a unique opportunity for the public to see black journalists in a light they’d never been viewed before. It is through collaboration, journalists were able to support and push each other through industry challenges, although many worked at different media outlets. Members found camaraderie hosting community social events while using their journalistic light to bring attention to key issues including the revitalization of Black Wall street and working alongside politicians.
One notable event the founding group held is a celebrity basketball tournament with an Olympian and professional basketball player. Over the many decades that have passed since NABJ-Tulsa formed, it is a community support that has helped uplift members to continue its legacy. The organization remains dedicated to serving as a strong representation of the National Association of Black Journalists and inspiring others to pursue careers in media.
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NABJ-Tulsa partners invest in the careers and professional growth of Black journalists and media professionals. Together we craft and offer solutions and opportunities to ensure that our voices are fairly represented.
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Recent Events
DEC 23'
Journalism Awards Gala
& Meet The Press Day
The National Association of Black Journalists – Tulsa Chapter held it annual Salute to Excellence Awards Gala earlier this month. Several awards were given to individuals who contributed to the local journalism community. The sold-out program was held at the Center for Creativity at Tulsa Community College.
MaKayla Glenn, multimedia journalist with KOTV Channel 6 (CBS), was dinner chair for this year’s event. Nearly a dozen awards were presented. The occasion was made even more special this year because four individuals were inducted into the Oklahoma Black Journalists Hall of Fame.
On the second day, three workshops were presented – “Media Literacy: Crafting Your Digital Narrative in the Age of Information,” “Diverse Voices in the Paint: BIPOC communities collaborating to better tell our stories,” and “How to Get Your News in the News.” Leading journalists and media professionals nationally and from across the state shared insight about leading topics in communications.
OCT 23'
Langston University Student Chapter
In April of 2024, we helped in the redevelopment of a college NABJ chapter at Oklahoma’s only HBCU (Langston University). After meeting with one of the school’s longtime communication professors and collaborating with a former Oklahoma City Association of Black Journalists’ president, we put together an NABJ-Tulsa Career Cabaret in Oklahoma City. The chapter invited Langston students and educators, plus Oklahoma City journalism professionals to help rekindle both the LU and OKC chapters. Fall of 2023, Langston University was approved as a NABJ student chapter.
JUL 23'
Summer Volunteering
During Summer 2023, members volunteered at three of Tulsa’s most iconic festivals ; the Black Wall Street Rally, Black Wall Street Legacy Fest, and the Juneteenth Festival. While there, NABJ-Tulsa was proud to focus media and community attention on local Tulsa media icon, Martha Vaughan’s need for a double lung transplant. NABJ-Tulsa with the support of many media friends, volunteers and family, helped raise $22,000 to assist Martha along her journey. Martha is now making a recovery after her surgery.
JUN 23'
Victor Luckerson's Built From The Fire, Promotion
In 2023, NABJ-Tulsa also supported a new author in our chapter, Victor Luckerson. He moved to Tulsa, so he could write a book chronicling the century-long aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Luckerson tells the stories of what led to the massacre to the difficult rebuilding of the historic Greenwood district. He also shares the communities’ demise again during Urban Renewal and its nascent rebirth following the commemoration a century later.
APR 23'
Regional Conference
NABJ-Tulsa has stayed connected with NABJ Region Ill for both the regional conference in Jackson, Miss. and the national convention in Birmingham, Ala. Jerry Goodwin represented the chapter in Jackson on an important panel on artificial intelligence and its potential impact on journalism. At the convention in Birmingham, Dr. Goodwin led a special presentation with Luckerson that featured local thespian Rebecca Marks-Jimerson about Tulsa’s “Built from the Fire”.
DEC 22'
Journalism Awards Gala
NABJ-Tulsa relaunched during the 2022 Christmas season with a journalism awards Gala that honored the image-keepers in our field, photojournalists, and photographers. NBC digital correspondent Deon Hampton, a former NABJ-Tulsa chapter president served as our keynote speaker.
Following the Gala, the chapter held ‘Meet the Press Day’. The event included a one-of-a-kind panel of newsroom executives discussing community issues and how to best cover stories in communities of color.