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Diversity's Greatest Hits, 2014
December 29, 2014A year in the quest for news media that look like America: Ferguson; Cosby found guilty in court of public opinion; online media, new frontier, take heat on diversity; the numbers and...
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A Black Aide to LBJ Speaks Up on "Selma"
January 2, 2015Clifford Alexander says film gets one thing wrong; Egypt opens door for deportation of jailed journalists; 2 fired over footage edited to say "kill a cop"; N.Y. Times tells police that...
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Stuart Scott Tributes Go Broad and Deep
January 4, 2015"Obviously black" ESPN trailblazer dies of cancer at 49 (1/4/15); Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews promoted to senior VP at CBS News; N.Y. Daily News losing last black reporter; Ferguson grand...
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Media Respond to Paris Cartoonist Killings
January 7, 2015Death of 12 seen as attack on press freedom; Intel announces boldest diversity move by tech company; veteran sports journalist Leon Carter joins Whitlock site; Washington rises to deputy...
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What I Learned Directing Ferguson Coverage
January 9, 2015"Many leaped to conclusions often abetted by social media"; in Paris killings, a few challenge the dominant narrative; news outlets called out for ignoring NAACP bombing; 13 Mexican...
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World Shrugs at Reported Killing of 2,000 in Nigeria
January 12, 2015Paris assault overshadows Boko Haram's biggest massacre; surviving Charlie Hebdo staff puts Muhammad on the cover; 350 Stuart Scott mourners depart to "Rapper's Delight"; Al Martinez,...
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Black Greeks Winning War Against Reality Show
January 14, 2015VH1 says "No mas" on "Sorority Sisters"; NBC News launches NBCBLK, new black site; fired after challenging radio host's racial comments; Ann Curry leaves NBC, but network seeds her...
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A Tribute to an Intrepid Role Model
January 16, 2015500 urged to shine a light, like Michel du Cille; after "Tell Me More," Michel Martin in demand as a speaker; Oakland Tribune takes Oscar diversity issue to next level; Rice describes...
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Can PBS Provide "Reality Check" on "Selma"?
January 19, 2015Filmgoers should have a chance to see the documentary; editorial writers connect King's legacy to today's headlines; Gregory Lee named editorial director for NBA.com;Â Univision shut out...
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MSNBC Bans "Muslim Guy" for Insult to Jindal
January 21, 2015Governor "might be trying to scrub some of the brown off"; multimedia State of Union presentation declared a hit; reporter held hostage Went to Syria to help a friend; Radio One cancels...
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Reporter's Persistence Helps Free Inmate
January 23, 2015"Even after I retired, this case still bothered me"; Johnson to sell its historic photo archive — Jet app shelved; Jon Stewart asks, where's huge rally for Nigerian victims?;...
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Columnist "Incredibly Angry" at Son's Brush With Police
January 26, 2015 Yale U. concedes drawing of handgun was questionable; do news media tell the public about their own diversity?; tensions over press access on president's trip to India; editor concedes...
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"Race Beat" Up in the Air at N.Y. Times?
January 28, 2015News outlets split on best ways to cover the topic; black journalist joining editor's ranks at The Nation; columnist challenges Charles Blow on omission; Islamic State releases message...
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BET, MadameNoire, The Root Win in 2014
January 30, 2015 Pop culture still an attraction for black Web visitors; "liberal" New Republic magazine acknowledges racist past; TV One pushes envelope on language during daylight hours; Coleman...
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ISIS Says It Executed Japanese Journalist
January 31, 2015Video underscores danger in reporting from Syria (1/31/15); BET, MadameNoire, The Root win in 2014; "liberal" New Republic magazine acknowledges racist past; TV One pushes envelope on...
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O'Reilly Accused of Smearing Pinkston
February 2, 2015Fox News pundit links Al Jazeera reporters, terrorism; 20 groups fault coverage of Muslim response to Paris violence; Egypt frees foreign journalist, but colleagues remain; Super Bowl...
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Racial Split Over "I Am Charlie"
February 4, 2015U.S. nonwhites opposed publishing Muhammad cartoons; Fox shows graphic images of pilot's immolation; FCC chair would have no fast or slow lanes on web; N.Y. Times picks Gilbert Cruz for...
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Race a Part of the Brian Williams Equation
February 6, 2015Some wonder whether double standard is at work; Fox site gets twice its normal traffic showing immolation; secretive White House effort blindsided FCC on neutrality; comic Wilmore...
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Why "White" and "Colored" Sections on the Memorial?
February 9, 2015Black History Month a good time to illuminate the present; Lester Holt fills in at NBC as Brian Williams crisis deepens; Johnson Publishing finds its corporate base shrinking; "Fresh...
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Lester Holt to Be on Air 7 Days This Week
February 11, 2015Some say time is right for NBC News workhorse; killing of three Muslims in N.C. becomes global story; Dino Chiecchi among those exiting San Antonio paper; Obama said to loathe...
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