2008-2009 Executive Board Announced

Alicia Gaynor is the 2008-2009 president of the University of Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists, a collegiate affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Alicia transferred to UC in fall 2007 from Florida A&M University and promptly joined both UCABJ and the UC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. During the 2007-2008 school year, she was the UCABJ's secretary and UC SPJ's treasurer. The Kingston, Jamaica native spent the 2008 spring quarter as a deejay for Bearcast, UC's student-run radio station, and is working toward a journalism degree with hopes of becoming a news anchor. She's currently interning at CinWeekly's new online entertainment guide, metromix.com, which launches in mid-September.


Geoffrey Dobbins is the vice president of the University of Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists and a senior journalism major at UC. Dobbins won two scholarships at Wright State University in Dayton, studying mechanical engineering there for several years. His frustration with the cold metal and wheels of that field and the interest he always had in writing eventually caused him to change majors and schools in January 2007. Geoffrey's developing skills as a writer helped him win an English Composition Prize from the university’s Department of English & Comparative Literature in spring 2007. In the fall, he interned with Cincinnati Magazine as a fact checker and a Web content writer. He has also interned with The Cincinnati Herald, the city's African American newspaper and his stories have appeared in the campus newspaper, The News Record. Geoffrey is pursuing a career in print media, where his passion for truth-telling and social justice will serve him well.


Sophomore Zulekha Pitts is the secretary of the University of Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists. She's currently interning at CinWeekly's new online entertainment guide, metromix.com, which launches in mid-September.


Junior Armond Prude is the treasurer of the University of Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists. He's currently interning at CinWeekly's new online entertainment guide, metromix.com, which launches in mid-September.