The organization held its convention in July and interviewed former President Donald Trump, who offered a controversial statement questioning Harris’s racial background.

Harris was unable to attend the NABJ convention with Trump at that time.

“As we have always stated, NABJ does not endorse political candidates as a journalism organization,” NABJ President Ken Lemon said in a statement. “Just as we demonstrated during our convention interview with former President Trump, this event will not be a campaign rally but will be handled with respect to journalistic principles. The interview with Vice President Harris is designed to inform the public and give our members access to help inform their reporting. It is our hope that this event will also help provide real-time training for our emerging storytellers. We are thrilled we were able to work with the Harris team to deliver an in-person interview as we did with her opponent.”