43% of Nonvoters Are People of Color
November 3, 2014"Vast gulf" in finances between voters, nonvoters; reporter Jonathan Hicks dies at 58, "true Renaissance man"; biographer Whitaker stands firm in Cosby controversy; Ferguson no-fly zone...
View ArticleDemographic Changes Trump Midterms
November 5, 2014GOP base still a shrinking portion of electorate; landslide thwarts Paul DeMain's bid for Wis. Senate; from Hopis to Gullahs, low-power radio coming soon; Jill Abramson says Alessandra...
View ArticleDiversity at Top of PBS News Operation
November 7, 2014Marie Nelson named VP of news, public affairs; In "Pointergate"; station sees mayor's gesture as gang sign; Hispanics remain Democratic, but Republicans make gains; Sharpton meets with...
View ArticleAdvice J-Students Can Take to the Bank
November 14, 2014Black columnists offer tips for success in changing field; "What's your propaganda?" filmmaker asks J-students; in Washington Post piece, woman accuses Cosby of rape; on net...
View ArticleDownsized Unity Shrinks Further: Conventions Out, Ending an Era
November 17, 2014Executive director out as part of "restructuring"; journalists unimpeded by Ferguson state of emergency; Cosby's lawyer dismisses "decade-old, discredited" charges; Henri Cauvin named...
View ArticleA Bad Day for Don Lemon, Bill Cosby
November 19, 2014CNN host sorry for question; beloved dad becomes pariah; broadcast networks opt out of Obama's immigration speech; coverage of Ebola plummeted after midterms; NBC's senior leadership...
View ArticleLocal Stations Spurn Networks, Carry Obama
November 21, 2014Rise in viewership approaches 50% on Spanish-language channels; 7 of color apply for buyouts at Philly papers; Cosby developments leave biographer anguished; journalists covering...
View ArticleBarry Was a Gift to the Media
November 24, 2014D.C. journalists say national reporters missed the nuance; CNN, Fox reporters attacked in Ferguson protests; Cosby accusers speak on the record to Washington Post; Indy Star tweaks,...
View ArticleFerguson Prompts More Hatin' on the Media
November 26, 2014Prosecutor, protesters single out cable news, social media; TV critics home in on Don Lemon gaffes; news organizations launch FergusonNext.com; irrelevant story on boy, 12, fatally...
View ArticleWhat's the Real Story in Ferguson?
December 1, 2014Writer raises questions that get at the "why"; writers tackle "hackneyed" meme about black crime; why Woodward doesn't put "President" with "Obama"; critics question terms of ESPN's...
View ArticleHow Will New York Compare With Ferguson?
December 3, 2014Media attempt perspective after another failure to indict; how federal government racial policies cceated Ferguson; Newseum Collecting artifacts from Ferguson coverage; coverage misstep...
View ArticleEven Conservative Media Criticize Grand Jury
December 5, 2014Lack of indictment in Garner case faulted across spectrum; U.S. photojournalist killed in Yemen by Al Qaeda affiliate; FCC approves 10 minority-, female-owned stations; mass...
View ArticleObama to BET Viewers: Be Patient on Race
December 8, 2014Younger African Americans hear message of racial progress; "four lessons from the media's conflicted coverage of race"; few blacks, whites see police-minority relations improving; a...
View ArticleTorture Report Says CIA Misled Media
December 10, 2014Senate Democrats' study reveals leaks to journalists; Obama pushes back on contentious anchor Jose Ramos; armed security guards get little oversight, reporters find; CNN's Janelle...
View ArticlePhotographer Michel du Cille Dies Suddenly in Liberia
December 11, 2014Three-Time Pulitzer Winner, of Washington Post, was 58 (12/11/14); torture report says CIA misled media; Obama pushes back on contentious anchor Jose Ramos; armed security guards get...
View ArticleHands Up! Read This!
December 15, 2014Richard Prince's Book Notes™: Journalists' Holiday Gifts: Teri Agins, Ruben Castaneda, Farai Chideya, Nick Chiles, Nunyo Demasio, Audrey Edwards, Howard W. French, Charisse Jones, Dick...
View ArticleNAHJ's Contreras Resurfaces as Unity President
December 15, 2014"Polarizing figure" praised by AAJA, NAJA leaders; Cosby says black-press freelancer duped him; Richard Prince's Book Notes™: Journalists' Holiday Gifts: Teri Agins, Ruben Castaneda,...
View ArticleMedia Share in Historic Thaw With Cuba
December 17, 2014Journalists no longer will need U.S. license to travel; N.Y. Times departures further whiten Culture section; what about the "torture" in our own prisons? NABJ leader says his Cosby...
View ArticleMorial, Sharpton Confront Sony Over Emails
December 19, 2014Pullback of movie demonstrates "all films are political"; president lists what he's done for black America; press-freedom group urges release of Cuban journalists; Byron Pitts...
View ArticleCNN, Cosby Lawyers in Scathing Duel Over Coverage
December 22, 2014Beverly Johnson charges surface talk of lies, death threats; T.J. Holmes joins ABC News as full-time co-anchor; Milwaukee cop won't be prosecuted in black man's slaying; NPR, AP say...
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