Ray Suarez Quitting "PBS NewsHour"
October 13, 2013"Confident that something wonderful will shake out" (10/13/13); Obama's war on leaks called without precedent (10/10/13); shutdown challenges WaPo's federal-employee columnist; Obama...
View ArticleGold Diggers, Jezebels and Baby Mamas!
October 14, 2013Survey: Black women portrayed negatively in media; judge orders Heart & Soul owners to pay Writers; Reginald Stuart, Rochester, N.Y., paper win for diversity; ESPN backs columnist...
View ArticleNew Fusion Features Light-Skinned Latinos
October 16, 2013Professor asks, where are diverse, homegrown Hispanics?; Karen Lincoln Michel, Native American Gannett editor, exits; NAHJ leaders say the Unity of our memories is gone; shutdown over,...
View ArticleJournalists of Color Scarce at Shutdown Scene
October 18, 2013Does a picture from Capitol Hill tell the story?; black paper in Richmond, Va., drops "Redskins" term; White House correspondent Dan Lothian reported leaving CNN; Maria Hinojosa's...
View ArticleGrambling Turmoil Snares Student Editors
October 21, 20132 suspended amid football walkout over deterioration; Post employees' tribute to Graham includes community ties, NAHJ votes Tuesday on whether to leave Unity; N.Y. Post writer used...
View ArticleNAHJ Board Votes 13-2 to Leave Unity
October 22, 2013After definitive vote, Balta wishes remaining members well (10/22/13); Grambling turmoil snares student editors; Post employees' tribute to Graham includes community ties, NAHJ votes...
View ArticleGrambling Shows Deterioration to Media
October 23, 2013Institution lost 56.3% of its state funding in past six years; . . . NABJ plans council to examine college student media; Atlanta paper apologizes for "40 Acres and a Whole Lotta...
View ArticleUnity Is Dead, Co-Founders Say
October 25, 2013Remaining associations not ready to throw in the towel; FCC moves on ownership by Hispanics, others of color; Denise Bridges, Maynard Institute vet, laid off in Norfolk; Pineda retiring...
View ArticleElaine Rivera Dies, Wrote About Underdogs
October 28, 2013Onetime NAHJ board member was both compassionate, funny; Karen Dunlap retiring as Poynter Institute president; Suarez: "NewsHour""didn't have much of a plan for me"; Neal voted first...
View ArticleJudge Greenlights N.Y. Post Racism Trial
October 30, 2013Hostile work environment for people of color alleged; San Francisco Chronicle won't use "Redskins" team name; Latinos say PBS should have done more to keep Suarez; MBAs give inmates a...
View ArticleObama Likes "Bull Sessions" With Columnists
November 1, 2013Handful of black journalists have participated; accused of racism, writer finds home at National Review; Michael Giarrusso named AP's global sports editor; columnist debunks health care...
View ArticleMonuments to Supremacy: Do Not Disturb?
November 4, 2013Newspapers won't rock boat on tributes to "Lost Cause"; Ray Suarez joins Al Jazeera America; 2 French journalists kidnapped, killed in northern Mali; editor to staffers: Nothing...
View ArticleDon Lemon Protests, "I Am Not Supporting Stop-and-Frisk"
November 6, 2013CNN anchor reviled for commentary on Joyner radio show; AP, N.Y. Times say "terrorist" not so easy to define; Elizabeth Vargas checks into rehab over alcohol abuse; Arlene Morgan leaves...
View ArticleMiami Herald Reporter Held in Venezuela
November 8, 2013Detaining journalists has become "recurring practice"; Dolphins' Jonathan Martin to tell story to NFL investigator; Obama said to throw defenders in media under the bus; in TV ads, only...
View ArticleMiami Herald Reporter Freed in Venezuela
November 10, 2013U.S. of "enormous assistance" despite frosty relations; Dolphins' Jonathan Martin to tell story to NFL investigator; Obama said to throw defenders in media under the bus; in TV ads,...
View ArticleMedia Scramble on Philippines Typhoon
November 11, 2013Colorado teen found as American face on tragedy; Incognito says he regrets using "N-word" with Martin; freed Miami Herald reporter describes 48-hour captivity; Liberia releases...
View ArticlePoor Writing, Race and a Suspect History
November 13, 2013Columnist Richard Cohen hoist with his own petard; "$200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory"; black press group says NFL neglects black businesses; Philippines knocked off some Far...
View ArticleA Journalism Fail
November 15, 2013Media missed it: Winning candidate served time for murder; Raul Ramirez, reporter, editor and educator, dies at 67; complaints about Cohen touch on gender as much as race; radio...
View ArticleJFK Cemented Ties With Blacks
November 18, 2013Journalists shared in determined hope of the era; Kennedy wooed Ebony, Jet publisher John H. Johnson; Al Ortiz, CBS News exec, assigned to investigate misstep; Al Jazeera America...
View ArticleCNN Pumps Up Don Lemon
November 20, 2013Some debate whether commentaries are appropriate; stark differences in cable coverage of typhoon, health care; Sheila Solomon, longtime recruiter, wins Ida B. Wells Award; J-students...
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