WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2012) --The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announces the selection of the Los
, Angeles-based, award-winning journalist, Dr. Yolanda Jones, as the 2012 NABJ Journalist of the Year.

Dr. Jones, a professor of journalism at California State University, Los Angeles, is the first African-American woman to be named NABJ Journalist of the