NABJ creates relief fund and job network for affected members; NAHJ planning aid

The National Association of Black Journalists is seeking donations for its Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, which was started with $10,000 of NABJ seed money "to help NABJ members and their families in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. . . . (the association) will also use its job network to help place NABJ members facing unemployment because of the storm and its destruction." NABJ has nearly 200 NABJ members living, working and studying in the affected areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and coastal Alabama. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is also planning aid and documenting the plight of some of its members.