Our Mission

We are dedicated To empowering and providing support to our print, digital, radio, and television journalists in the Tulsa Metro area.

Our chapter members serve on and participate in domestic and global professional and student chapters. Member service, within our local communities, allows us to consistently reach, support and engage Black journalists and media professionals through meetings, panels, workshops, media institutes and regional conferences. NABJ-Tulsa also offers its members the opportunity to join multiple task forces and committees that align with their professional disciplines and goals.

Dr. Jerry Goodwin

Jerry Goodwin, LP.D, MBA, a founding member and treasurer of NABJ-Tulsa, is a dynamic executive and educator with a long-standing record of success in executive management and higher education. Dr. Goodwin is an associate professor of strategic and mass communication/adjunct instructor in business and information technology at Tulsa Community College and an adjunct instructor in business at Langston University. Dr. Goodwin has taught courses in journalism and digital media, communications, and business, where his students have won countless national, regional, state, and local awards in journalism annually. Additionally, he is a contributing editor/columnist for the award-winning newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, the country’s 10th oldest African American weekly publication. Prior to teaching, he served as chief operations officer for The Oklahoma Eagle. Over the last 22 years, Dr. Goodwin has been president of Goodwin and Grant Public Relations. In addition to his role with NABJ-Tulsa, he is president of the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Pro Chapter.