The current president is Ken Lemon, a reporter for WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina,[3] and the executive director is Drew Berry.

A 1968 Kerner Commission Report mentioned how small a role black people held in a white media environment.

The NABJ Career Fair encompasses the nations broadcast, print, and online media including recruiters from Gannett Corporation, NBC News, CNN, Bloomberg, Google, ESPN, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and Tribune Company.

Locations of the NABJ Convention and Career Fair include Las Vegas in 2022; Birmingham in 2023; Chicago in 2024; Cleveland in 2025; Atlanta in 2026; and Houston in 2027.

[6] In October 2014, CNN withdrew its support for the 2015 Convention and Career Fair after the NABJ criticized the network for its lack of diversity on air and its treatment of black employees.