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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, 2014Board 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 won't...
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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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City Lends Black Community Paper $100,000
January 24, 2014Some say accepting government aid crosses ethical line; . . . Bay State Banner says Globe wants to write its obit; report from free Morocco trip: Nation "travels within you";...
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Joy Reid to Host Own Show on MSNBC
January 27, 2014The Grio to stay, despite fate of NBC Latino; Morrie Turner, pioneer comic strip creator, dies at 90; hate crimes unit investigates beating of arts journalist; individual racism, not...
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Arrest in Beating of Gay Arts Journalist
January 29, 2014Police sought "Hispanic," but arrested a "black male"; Charles V. Pittman, diversity advocate, to retire in march; race missing from president's diagnosis of inequality; Egypt to try 20...
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"SNL" Teaches Us "Diversity" Means Assimilation
January 31, 2014Writer says most blacks on show have not been happy; Cold-Weather Super Bowl has firsts for media, Latinos; study details white male dominance of Sunday talk shows; MSNBC staffer fired...
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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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Rival Jeers Series on Child Homelessness
December 16, 2013N.Y. Times five-parter wins raves, but not from N.Y. Post; Mandela told a critical cartoonist, "but that is your job"; "Santa is not white, because Santa is not real"; "Code Switch"...
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