What Members Say About NAMME
There are not many organizations devoted to perpetuating the careers of minorities in the media. NAMME stands out as one of the best because its membership reaches beyond the newsroom and across all media companies. NAMME has many members who currently shape much of the news we hear, read and see daily. NAMME has grown in a very short time into a valuable media resource supported by industry leaders of all races. I'm proud to be a member.
-John W. Mason, President & Publisher, Public Opinion
NAMME is the most vital networking vehicle in the nation for executive people of color in the media industry. Whether you're on the business or editorial side of the industry, the organization can be a haven for the kind of critical expertise and personal support that make a critical difference in your success.
--Roy S. Johnson, Editorial Director, Vanguarde Media & Editor-in-Chief, Savoy
NAMME provides a forum for media executives across a variety of media to interact. Given the rapid convergence occurring in the media over the past few years, the need for an organization such as NAMME has increased. Beyond that, the friendships that you develop during NAMME discussions are valuable to both my organization and me.
--Mark Contreras, Senior Vice President, Pulitzer Newspapers Inc.
NAMME offers training and an important network of support for minority executives, who are often isolated in their day-to-day professional roles. Regardless of our stations, there are severe limits to what we can do as individuals to impact our industry. As a group, we are a powerful force.
--Kenneth F. Bunting, Executive Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
NAMME has helped me to make contacts that are useful to my work and career. And, as a bonus, it has connected me with many people whose company I enjoy. It is unique in its ongoing commitment to bridging the gaps between the media and ethnic groups.
--Dr. William M. Boyd II, Senior Vice President, Creative Loafing
NAMME gives media executives a ready-made network for dealing with common issues. As the workplace becomes more complex and more competitive, the collaborative that is NAMME will become increasingly important to up and coming as well as long-established media executives.
--Michael Chihak, Editor & Publisher, The Tucson Citizen
There's great value in having a management specific group like NAMME. The networking is excellent, as is the sharing of best practices.
--Leslie Ansley, Director of Newsroom Operations, The News & Observer
NAMME is a vital organization for minority media executives. It provides growth through networking and information-sharing that is unequaled in the media business. It's ethically diverse as well as diverse cross departmentally, which is unique compared to the many media organizations that currently exist. The best part about NAMME is that that ethnic and departmental diversity works.
--Samuel P. Martin, Vice President, Advertising, North Jersey Media Group
NAMME is a very special organization with very special people as members. I appreciate the opportunity to meet and network with professionals from the different disciplines of media. Moreover, it means a great deal to me to share experiences and knowledge and learn from people of color in the media industry. There is no other organization I know of that offers the opportunity to interact and share with multi-discipline and multi-cultural executives of color.
--Virgil L. Smith, President & Publisher, Asheville Citizen-Times
NAMME's legacy is a rich one, but the organization's best days are ahead. As a critical mass of new minority leaders emerge at media outlets across the country, NAMME will be poised to play an even greater role. The challenges facing the industry, ranging from fragmentation and consolidation to circulation and revenue decline, represents an opportunity for minority executives to make themselves invaluable by developing a strategic vision for their companies. I can personally attest to the benefits of NAMME. During the past two years, minority editors at the Arlington Morning News have taken the skills they learned from the Albert E. Fitzpatrick Leadership Development Institute program to help the newspaper increase market share and revenue dollars.
-Lawrence Young (1955-2002), Newspaper Editor and Board Member of NAMME
Minorities should consider NAMME as one of the primary organizations to join. The organization has provided me with a vehicle to freely share and discuss issues that I as well as other minorities experience in the workplace. It allows me the opportunity to hear points of views from other minority executives throughout the country. I have made lifelong friends whose opinions I cherish and rely on.
--Richard Webber, General Manager,Speciality Products Division, North Jersey Media Group
NAMME is a terrific networking organization whose members are the premier "movers & shakers" in many media entities. The ability to reach these decision-making executives allows NAMME members access to current industry information, job openings and other opportunities at a moment's notice. NAMME has the capability to become the premier multi-cultural media networking organization in the country. Also, its management of such programs as the McCormick Fellowship Initiative and the Albert E. Fitzpatrick Leadership Development Institute make NAMME a leading-edge industry provider of executive leadership & career development programs.
--Keith S. Mathews, Circulation Marketing Manager, The Providence Journal Company
Everybody needs somebody to talk to, and NAMME's a place where minority executives can find other minority executives to talk about the ups and downs that go with being a minority executive.
--Jim Crutchfield, President & Publisher, Akron Beacon-Journal
The National Association of Minority Media Executives is the premier organization, when it comes to providing executive development and mentoring opportunities for its members.
--Joseph Cabral, Marketing Manager, latimes.com
NAAME gives media executives a needed forum in which to discuss issues and
ideas that might not be well-aired in other venues. Concerns such as geography and corporate culture can impact minorities differently and are not well discussed in majority forums. Similar, policy-setting or financial management concerns are not well discussed in predominantly non-management groups. NAMME's programs facilitate those conversations.
--Monte I. Trammer, President & Publisher, The Star-Gazette