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Publishers from the Black Press,
the National Newspaper Publish- r
ers Association, hold their annual
convention in Portland, June 25-28.
Pictured (from left) are Terry Jones,
New Orleans Data News; Larry Lee,
Sacramento Observer; Cloves
Campbell, Arizona Informant;
Denise Rolark Barnes, Washington
Informer; Chida Warren-Darby, San
Diego Voice; Chris Bennett, Seattle
M edium ; James Belt III, Dallas
Examiner; and Bobby Henry,
Westside Gazette.
Attending the NNPA convention in Portland were Bill Deiz (left), events and corporate relations
manager at Volunteers o f America Oregon, and Tracy Curtis and Bernie Kronberger o f Wells
Fargo Bank.
^uayana wasnmgton (ten), the daughter o f Portland Observer Publisher Mark
Washington, with the newspaper’s Business Manager Lucinda Baldwin
(center), and the Portland Observer’s President Elizabeth Washington.
Maxine Fitzpatrick, the executive director o f Portland Community
Reinvestment Initiatives,(left) and former state senator Avel Gordly
enjoy opening night at the NNPA conference.
at the Black Press national conference in Portland with Tamara Winston o f Macy’s
and Robert D. Bush, president and CEO o f the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint.