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Why "Scandal" Ranks No. 1 With Black Viewers
January 8, 2014Passion, angst and pride that a black woman is the star; Hispanics choose novelas over English-language shows; sharp-tongued film critic denies heckling filmmaker; Janice Min adds...
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Tamron Hall Bares Pain of Sister's Slaying
January 10, 2014Critic gets comeuppance at television writers conference; Christie scandal a fift: "The fat man sang," Geraldo says; coverage of Baraka's death ranges from front page to none; media did...
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Black Press Takes Free Trip to Morocco
January 13, 2014Arab government reaches out to African Americans; . . . news groups' policies on expenses-paid trips; Armond White expelled from New York film critics group; in light of massacre, media...
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Black-Press Visitors to Morocco Called Pawns
January 15, 2014Envoy from occupied "last colony in Africa" sees politics; in milestone, Rob King to head ESPN's news operations; evening news shows ignore landmark Internet ruling; BET, HuffPost...
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NABJ Rejects Free Tickets From Morocco
January 17, 2014Organization decides ethical issues are not worth it; screenwriter Ridley defends brutality in "12 Years a Slave"; CNN drops midday show co-anchored by Suzanne Malveaux; Texas stations...
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NABJ Executive Director Resigns
January 20, 2014Interim successor led medical association, Alpha Phi Alpha; black media outlets petition for share of anti-tobacco ads ; essayists took notes at star-studded Baraka funeral; Obama...
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Is "Thug" the Same as the "N-Word"?
January 22, 2014Player's comments prompt debate over "T-Word"; Ex-NBC Latino writer questions NBC's commitment; Twitter to capitalize on large user base of people of color; News reports tip us to...
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A 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...
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JFK 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...
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CNN 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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White 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...
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"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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"Love, Peace and Soul!" And More
November 27, 2013Looking for the right holiday gift? Books by A. Peter Bailey, Jinx Coleman Broussard, Alfredo Corchado, Ericka Blount Danois, Lolis Eric Elie, Hattie Kauffman, Gil L. Robertson IV,...
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Caution Urged on Teen "Knockout" Story
December 2, 2013Information vacuum in "trend" of attacks by young blacks; councilman elected in media fail held on DUI, pot charges; Daily Kos calls Obama cartoon ape-like, racist; would greater...
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Garry D. Howard Out as Sporting News Editor
December 3, 2013Helped publication reinvent itself as web property (12/3/13); caution urged on teen "knockout" story; councilman elected in media fail held on DUI, pot charges; Daily Kos calls Obama...
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N.Y. Post Beats Back Racism Lawsuits
December 4, 2013Related harassment case has been "resolved"; Bashir resigns from MSNBC over Palin comments; U.S., Japanese reporters scuffle on Biden trip; Detroit crisis prompts $500,000 in grants to...
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Mandela's Way With Journalists
December 6, 2013Reverential but professional coverage for hero without peer; . . . journalists'"curiosity very difficult to satisfy"; . . . media not always eager to cover the movement; . . . Mandela...
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2,500 Journalists Descending on S. Africa
December 9, 2013 Commentators warn against turning Mandela into mush; 300 celebrate Elaine Rivera as a "kick-ass journalist"; glossing over the racism, sexism of the 1970s newsroom; did Obama take a...
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Praise, Disgust for S. Africa Coverage
December 11, 2013Reporters who've covered Mandela critique their peers; coverage of "selfie," Castro handshake called excessive; after faffe, KTVU to air documentary on Korean Americans; study details...
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Holder Puzzled by News Media Complaints
December 13, 2013"We try to be as transparent as can be"; . . . media faulted for failing to connect the dots; did the CIA help capture Mandela in 1962?; black film critics group honors "12 Years a...
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