Setback for Black TV-Station Ownership
December 20, 2013St. Louis brothers to give up stations in three cities; Mara Schiavocampo says goodbye to NBC News; Nikita Stewart; Rafael Pineda; Alex Wagner; Kai Jackson; Lynne K. Varner; Sean...
View ArticleSanfuentes to Exit NBC, Seeks His "Next Big Thing"
December 24, 2013Only Latino to rise to network senior VP of news (12/24/13)Returning December 30Only Latino to Rise to Network Senior VP of NewsOnly Latino to Rise to Network Senior VP of NewsAntoine...
View ArticleSoothing the Senses, Shocking the Conscience
December 20, 2013 Richard Prince's Book Notes™: Stocking Stuffers (Part 2): Simeon Booker with Carol McCabe Booker; Stanley Crouch; Wil Haygood; Pilar Marrero; Steve Penn; Alison Stewart; Touré; Celia...
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...
View ArticleWhite Writers Join N-Word Debate
November 22, 2013"'You don't get it; you're white.' . . . doesn't work for me"; news organizations challenge White House on photo access; Al Jazeera testing S.F.-based Internet news network; Kennedy...
View Article"Worst of the Worst" Are All Black Men
November 25, 2013Tenn. paper catches heat for front page array of mug shots; Pryor, Rock regretted their use of the N-word; paid internships can increase diversity, writer contends; Sarah Palin doesn't...
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