Gregory Lee Jr. is new NABJ president

“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;”>has been

elected the 19th president of the National Association of Black

Journalists. Lee, the senior assistant sports editor at The

Boston Globe and the current NABJ treasurer, won the election

with 294 votes, 57 percent of the vote, defeating opponent Deirdre

Childress of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 37 year-old is

the youngest elected president of the 3,400 member organization. He

has also worked for The Times-Picayune and The

Washington Post.