Roland Martin has been named “Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists.
The organization announced the award on Wednesday. NABJ President Gregory Lee, Jr. praised Martin for his “well-rounded coverage of the African-American community,” in a statement on Wednesday.
The announcement comes a week before Martin’s last day at CNN on April 6. “New boss wants his own peeps,” the CNN contributor tweeted earlier this month, when asked why he was leaving.
Martin said that he was “thankful and humbled” by the award from the NABJ. “I hope this honor serves as a lesson to any young or veteran journalist that Black media platforms are just as essential and important to us today as they have always been,” he said.
