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Ken Bunting Dies; Ex-Seattle P-I Editor Collapses at Tennis
April 21, 2014Veteran journalist, 65, worked in Texas, L.A., Ohio, Mo.; Slate raises hackles speculating on Hispanics, whiteness; UNC sets May 3 memorial service for Chuck Stone; ethnic weeklies...
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Sudden Change of Editors at Ebony
April 23, 2014Jet's Mitzi Miller replaces Amy DuBois Barnett; why can't jailed people of color be three dimensional?; Poynter's Stephen Buckley to run youth program in Zambia; New York police outreach...
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Sterling Story Related to Whiteness of Press
May 2, 2014Why wasn't owner's history given greater play before?; consumer groups fear "fast" and "slow" Internet lanes; journalists of color at each major fellowship program Garry Howard rejoins...
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Millions Changed Race or Ethnicity in Census
May 5, 2014Many Hispanics don't claim a race; unusual rise in Indians; TV is best on journalists of color ā online the worst; radio host steps in it as Sterling fallout continues; editor sounds alarm...
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Jet Magazine Switches to Online Only
May 7, 2014"Everything is moving faster," publisher says, quoting dad (5/7/14); Millions changed race or ethnicity in census; unusual rise in Indians; TV is best on journalists of color ā online the...
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New NPR Chief Has a Model for Diversity
May 9, 2014Jarl Mohn says Latino listenership nearly doubled in L.A.; buyout of McClatchy service puts 5 blacks' jobs at risk; Matthews no longer "interim" NABJ executive director; citizen activists...
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Reporters Tease Out Schoolgirls' Stories
May 12, 2014"Too terrifying for words," says one who escaped; racial gap persists among kids who read and are read to; William Worthy, 92, defied U.S. government, traveled world; liberal media called...
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Dean Baquet Named Top Editor at N.Y. Times
May 14, 2014Veteran journalist is first African American in role (5/14/14); reporters tease out schoolgirls' stories; racial gap persists among kids who read and are read to; William Worthy, 92, defied...
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Was It Abramson's Pay? Her Style? Gender?
May 16, 2014Baquet calls Glenn Greenwald criticism "idiotic"; in reversal, Google pledges to disclose diversity figures; next on net neutrality: contentious sitdown expected; MTV finds youth lack...
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Sulzberger Says He Should Not Have Promoted Abramson
May 19, 2014Publisher's quandary: Baquet was too valuable to lose; black photographers laid off at Cincinnati Enquirer; Carole Simpson upset she was not invited to fete Walters; calling out black...
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NPR Cancels Multicultural "Tell Me More"
May 20, 2014Host Michel Martin given network-wide role (5/20/14) ; Sulzberger says he should not have promoted Abramson; black photographers laid off at Cincinnati Enquirer; Carole Simpson upset she...
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"Tell Me More" Could Be Last of Its Kind
May 21, 2014NPR favors integration into other programming; JosĆ© DĆaz-Balart to host morning show on MSNBC; Ricardo Thomas, photographer of Ford and Carter, dies at 72; Arthur Gelb remembered what black...
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All In for Reparations Cover Story
May 23, 2014The Atlantic launches P.R. blitz for Ta-Nehisi Coates; Bob Herbert, former N.Y. Times columnist, returning to TV; Hampton U. given $245K for pilot program in digital media; Univision to air...
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Leadership Shakeup at Chicago Defender
May 26, 2014Interim publisher vows to restore paper's influence; N.Y. Times, MSNBC knocked for takes on Latinos and race; so many of our members know personally somebody who died overseas"; N.Y. Post...
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When Angelou Learned to Be a Journalist
May 28, 2014In 1960, Renaissance woman landed editor's job in Egypt; diversity stalls in book publishing, newsrooms, online; Google figures show 61% white, 71% male workforce; "Reporter: I appeared to...
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Baquet Acknowledges Debt to Black Journalists
May 30, 2014"I identify with people who don't have much power"; story on black poetry prompts familiar criticisms; Lozano Exits as La OpiniĆ³n publisher, ImpreMedia CEO; Armstrong Williams sues FCC...
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One in 3 TV Stations Shares News With Another Outlet
June 2, 2014Survey finds "one-man bands" on relentless march; Comcast purchase of Time Warner opposed on racial grounds; Angelou service Saturday will be private, but streamed; reaction to Google...
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Raymond Boone, Feisty Publisher, Dies at 76
June 3, 2014Richmond journalist insisted on high standards (6/3/14); one in 3 TV stations shares news with another outlet; Comcast purchase of Time Warner ;opposed on racial grounds; Angelou service...
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"The Bravest Girl You'll Ever Meet"
June 4, 2014Story tells of polio victim who survived 10 days in forest; Memphis paper shifts columnist after 10-year run; Pharrell sorry he wore headdress for Elle U.K. cover; Paul DeMain, Native...
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Boost for Black TV-Station Ownership
June 6, 2014Nexstar offers to sell 3 Fox outlets to entrepreneur; D-Day rites a time to recall multicultural effort; Jet's final print edition on newsstands Monday; social media cheer empowerment...
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