James Hawkins, Ex-FAMU Dean, Dies at 64
May 27, 2013Retired J-educator was at school 34 years; on Memorial Day, connection to freed slaves is muted; undercover journalists stung by Syria's chemical weapons; administration casting wide net...
View ArticleHolder Wants Talks With Media Off the Record; Some Will Boycott
May 29, 2013Journalist of color groups not invited; Joyner says Smiley should blame low ratings, not Obama; NBCUniversal pays its college interns; diversity efforts ebb not just in news business; old...
View ArticleHolder to Meet With Journalists of Color
May 31, 2013"It was always his plan," a staffer says — Native Americans decline invitation; amid "toxic, unkind spirit," Sun-Times shuts photo dept.; founders exit Grio — MSNBC takes over from NBC...
View ArticleNABJ, AAJA, Black Press Turn Down Holder
June 2, 2013Black, Asian, lesbian and gay journalists cite off-the-record stipulation (6/2/13); amid "toxic, unkind spirit," Sun-Times shuts photo dept.; founders exit Grio — MSNBC takes over from NBC...
View ArticleHolder Says He Would Address Leaks Differently
June 3, 2013NAHJ, Unity reps are told journalists were not the target; Soul of the South network to cover Zimmerman trial; public editor calls out N.Y. Times on poverty coverage; MSNBC suffered last...
View ArticleN.Y. Post's Lightning-Rod Cartoonist Exits
June 5, 2013Critics said Sean Delonas showed Obama as chimpanzee; first lady and her heckler: Oppressed groups in conflict?; Univision anchor: coverage "clearly pro-latino or pro-immigrant"; Study: few...
View ArticleNo "Candidate Geraldo" This Time Around
June 7, 2013Rivera is collateral damage in Gov. Christie's "stunt"; at least 3 of color laid off at New York Post; Chinese dissident designs Time cover; John Noel, WNBC-TV reporter, dies of cancer at...
View ArticlePoll: Blacks More Accepting of Curbs on Privacy
June 10, 2013Majority of Americans say security is the bigger priority; media influence clear in Zimmerman trial jury selection; N.Y. Times' Keller favors class-based affirmative action; nonprofit news...
View ArticleHow to Defend Against Surveillance
June 12, 2013Will the government think you're guilty by association?; magazines'"new Golden Age" looks like the pale old age; Soledad O'Brien to join "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel"; Rosa Flores,...
View ArticleJob-Hunting Journalists Duped by Fake Newspaper
June 14, 2013Accused con artist said to pay staffers with forged checks; white deaths exceed births for first time in a century; no black dads pictured in Time Father's Day feature; protection order...
View ArticleFrederick Douglass Statue Unveiled in Capitol
June 19, 2013 First journalist of color, fourth African American; non-newsroom layoffs begin at Cleveland Plain Dealer; Mexican journalist, his family slain, wins asylum in U.S.; Iran, Somalia again...
View ArticleFood Network Drops Paula Deen Over N-Word
June 21, 2013Comments a hot topic among blacks on social media; 35 in newsroom laid off in Oregonian transition; 25 journalists attacked or detained in Brazil protests; Heat-Spurs finale is Miami's...
View ArticleJohn Dotson Jr. Dies at 76, Industry Leader, Diversity Champion
June 22, 2013Former Akron publisher co-founded Maynard Institute (6/22/13); Food Network drops Paula Deen over N-word; 35 in newsroom laid off in Oregonian transition; 25 journalists attacked or...
View ArticleNetworks Wait, Get Affirmative Action Ruling Right
June 24, 2013CNN, blasted for past mistakes, takes its time; reporters fly from Moscow to Cuba — without Snowden; Armstrong Williams, Juan Williams wrote Mandela's letters; Hispanics oppose 10-year...
View ArticleSwimming Against the Demographics
June 26, 2013 ASNE diversity figures at odds with population trends; coverage helped speed legalization of same-sex marriage; voting rights decision "devastating but not definitive"; Obama's trip to...
View ArticleTrayvon's Friend Ignites Social Media
June 28, 2013Rachel Jeantel personifies race, class, culture clash; Paula Deen story should really be about the workplace; gay people "all over the airwaves" on Wednesday; voting rights challenges...
View ArticleBlack Journalists Awed, Moved by '63 March
July 1, 2013Few blacks in white media, but they reported it elsewhere; media's indifference to Africa said to be costly; local television news salaries fell last year; gay flap said to expose...
View ArticleFirst, Egypt's Army Went for the News Media
July 3, 2013Station employees arrested before Morsi's overthrow; press-freedom group urges Europe to protect Snowden; blacks more engaged with top news stories than whites; Zimmerman trial not the...
View Article"The Lone Ranger" Flopping at Box Office
July 5, 2013"Train wreck" mutes discussion of portrayal of Indians; staff at Egypt's largest paper said to detain editor; American reporter wouldn't venture into Tahrir Square; Blackmon offered new...
View ArticleBlacks Lead Whites in Naming TV as Top News Source
July 8, 2013Internet is second choice for all groups, Gallup says; reporter finds Calif. forcibly sterilized female inmates; Sun-Times editor sorry "if anybody was offended"; leader of "secret Supreme...
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