{"id":826,"date":"2024-04-27T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=826"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:46:21","slug":"the-2024-african-americans-in-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2024\/04\/27\/the-2024-african-americans-in-media-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 African Americans in Media Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was deeply honored to receive the \u201cBob Johnson Trailblazer\u201d trophy at the fourth annual African Americans in Media Awards (AAIM) celebration in Tallahassee, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I am grateful for being recognized by and among such an august and loving group of family, friends, Frat, and peers, I would be remiss if I didn&#8217;t thank you, my&nbsp;<em><strong>Hobbservation Point<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;family, for supporting my efforts to bring real analysis\u2014in real time\u2014about the critical issues of our age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I assure you, the best is yet to come! \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards.jpg 480w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-830\" style=\"width:479px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards6.jpg 480w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Media-Awards6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lest we forget\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chuck Hobbs is a freelance journalist who won the 2010 Florida Bar Media Award and has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was deeply honored to receive the \u201cBob Johnson Trailblazer\u201d trophy at the fourth annual African Americans in Media Awards (AAIM) celebration in Tallahassee, Florida. 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