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Yolanda Adams shares ways Journalists can find peace after NABJ Convention

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IPM's David Pierce sitting down with Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Artist, Yolanda Adams, (Aug. 4th) as she explained how Black journalists can return to work at their best following the NABJ Gospel Brunch.
  • Photo: David Pierce/Illinois Public Media

2024 has been a tumultuous year of news.

Journalists and storytellers recently gathered in Chicago at the National Association Of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) convention to find ways to stay grounded.

Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Artist, Yolanda Adams, sang “Open My Heart” and “The Battle Is the Lord’s” on the final day of the conference. Afterward, IPM’s David Pierce sat down with her and she said journalists should reframe how they see their work to keep supporting the public.

“You can start calling these things that you have to cover. ‘Okay, I’m going to cover this but I’m bringing the peace of God’,” Adams shared. “’I’m bringing the positivity. I’m bringing the nurture. I’m bringing all of that. I’m going to cover it in honesty and being genuine about it.’”

The conference will return next year in Cleveland for the organization’s 50th anniversary.

Click the video below to watch the full interview. 

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David Pierce

David Pierce is a content creator for TV, radio, and digital platforms, with a focus on politics and culture. He is the producer of a feature series called “Voice of the Voter”, where young people express their views on the importance of the 2024 election, the issues they believe are affecting them, and their concerns about democracy. In the Fall of 2024, he is set to produce a documentary on the University of Illinois’ “Project 500”, an affirmative action program that was initiated following the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. David earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. He returned to Champaign-Urbana in 2020 to take on the roles of producer and reporter at Fox Illinois. Earlier in his career, David produced his own show, “The Intellekt,” which was broadcast on YouTube. The show also aired on the online news outlet Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV). He covered popular culture events, such as the Chicago Auto Show and the grand opening of the world’s largest Starbucks, highlighting their impact on the residents of Chicago.