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The 2019 DTU Journalism Fellows are Tyla Barnes (Hampton University), Sharon Joy Washington (Florida A&M), Miana Massey (Howard University), Tedarius Abrams (Bethune-Cookman), Emani Nichols (Morehouse College) and were Elae Hill (North Carolina A&T).

Chevrolet Hosts Closing Ceremony for DTU Fellows

by WI Guest Author August 27, 2019December 21, 2021

Chevrolet and the National Newspaper Publishers Association hosted a closing ceremony earlier this month to celebrate the fourth year of the award-winning DTU program.

Chevrolet Discover the Unexpected Fellows Tedarius Abrams, Elae Hill and Sharon Washington spent their Informer internships with Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman, conducting interviews with both local and national newsmakers, including NNPA head Dr. Benjamin Chavis, all while moving through a video production of the 1959 Negro Motorist Green Book. (Shantella Y. Sherman/The Washington Infomer)

Black Experience

Mapping Segregation

by WI Guest Author July 17, 2019December 21, 2021

Chevrolet Partners with America’s Black Publishers to Help HBCU Students Discover the Unexpected

by WI Guest Author May 13, 2019December 21, 2021

Cherie Wilson is the Director of Federal Affairs for General Motors. Her responsibilities at GM include developing and executing legislative and political engagement in vehicle finance, corporate sustainability and diversity. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

GM Rep Talks Diversity During Fireside Chat at Black Press Week

by WI Guest Author March 23, 2019October 31, 2020

Telva McGruder, president of the General Motors African Ancestry Network (GMAAN) and director of facility engineering and manufacturing operations

Black Experience

General Motors Doing Even More for African Americans

by WI Guest Author September 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Lester A. Booker Jr. (center), the Corporate Giving Communications Lead for General Motors, accepts the 2018 National Meritorious Leadership Award on behalf of the global automaker at the NNPA's annual convention in Norfolk, Va. NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell (left) and NNPA President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. present the award. (Mark Mahoney/NNPA)

NNPA Honors General Motors with 2018 National Meritorious Leadership Award

by WI Guest Author July 9, 2018October 31, 2020

The 2018 NNPA Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellows are (from left) Tyvan Burns of Norfolk State University, Denver Lark of North Carolina A&T University, Ila Wilborn of Florida A&M University, Daja E. Henry of Howard University, Diamond Durant of Morgan State University and Natrawn Maxwell of Claflin University. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience, Education, NNPA Events

NNPA, Chevrolet Launch 2018 ‘Discover the Unexpected’

by WI Guest Author June 13, 2018October 31, 2020

Darrell Williams

Morehouse Student Follows His Passion, Finds the Black Press

by WI Guest Author July 14, 2017October 31, 2020

Discover The Unexpected fellows Noni Marshall (left) and Alexa Imani Spencer (right) sit down with Roland Martin to discuss the state of HBCUs.

Black Experience, Education

Roland Martin Launches Initiative to Fund HBCUs

by WI Guest Author June 7, 2017October 30, 2020

NNPA 2017 Discover the Unexpected interns (Courtesy of Chevrolet)

Journalism Students Poised to ‘Discover the Unexpected’

by WI Guest Author June 7, 2017October 30, 2020