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David Carr Nurtured Young Black Journalists
February 13, 2015N.Y. Times columnist boosted Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jelani Cobb; in 24 hours, Obama's goofy video gets 25 million views; Obama critical of HBCUs in meeting with Black Caucus; pundits abroad...
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More to the Story of Jackie Robinson West
February 16, 2015Writers link circumstances to conditions on South Side; Ta-Nehisi Coates wins Polk Award for reparations story; Carr died of complications from lung cancer, autopsy says; bringing the...
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Listen to the Real LBJ, King Talk Voting Rights
February 18, 2015University publishes audio of telephone calls on website; Holt wins week; nonwhites more forgiving of Williams; Ta-Nehisi Coates to teach David Carr's class at Boston U.; Vargas, L.A....
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Ebony Editor Steps Down After 10 Months
February 20, 2015Mitzi Miller wants to create stories for TV, film; Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow shows canceled at MSNBC (2/20/15); Listen to the real LBJ, King talk voting rights; Holt wins week; nonwhites...
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A Fatuous, Racially Glib Night With Oscar
February 23, 2015Pulitzer winner Wesley Morris says he has to go there; . . . what a difference four years makes; Gannett down to one African American top editor; black media group sues Comcast,...
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Dori Maynard, Diversity Champion, Dies at 56
February 24, 2015President of Maynard Institute succumbs to lung cancer; Maynard memorial service scheduled Monday in Oakland; one-third of Americans say Obama doesn't love America'; media said to...
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FCC's "Open Internet" Vote Praised, Panned
February 27, 2015Hispanic journalists rejoice — Rainbow PUSH not so much; Bay Area News Group to tweet Dori Maynard service; Obama becomes interviewer for NPR's StoryCorps project; Holder won't give...
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Standing Ovation for Dori J. Maynard
March 2, 2015Oakland memorial service pauses for "Maynard moment"; Soul of the South lays off news employees, plans to regroup; 4 black journalists take Sun-Times buyouts; Why was Valerie Jarrett...
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"Wisest Course": Dump Ferguson P.D.
March 4, 2015 Post-Dispatch says the same about neighboring police; officers who severely beat Attica inmate make plea deal; Yale clears officer in case of columnist Blow's son; task force to determine...
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Black Journalists Back From "Africa's Last Colony"
March 6, 2015Long-overlooked story told of continent's "Palestine"; . . . In accepting trip, "my integrity is not for sale"; . . . "small publications can't self-finance such trips"; NPR voices "too...
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"No Room for Error" in Face Time With Obama
March 9, 2015 5 question president en route to Selma anniversary; a "deep-dive" inside look at NBC News drama; Randy Archibold named N.Y. Times deputy sports editor; "floored" Pam Oliver signs...
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When Inmates Write Their Own Obits
March 11, 2015Some say assignment demonstrates power of journalism; meaning, consequences of racist frat chant debated; S. African reporter mugged as cameras roll; Lester Holt-led "NBC Nightly News"...
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Ebony Delays Issue in Dispute Over Rates
March 13, 2015Company maintains advertisers shortchange black media; fired host apologizes to first lady, denies bigotry; blacks, Latinos more likely to follow local crime news; the real Lakshmi Singh...
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2 Black Presidents, Gowns and White Ties
March 16, 2015Barons of D.C. journalism take steps toward diversity; sports columnist's show pulled before it airs; a new rush to judgment in Ferguson; OU frat incident renews debates on N-word,...
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Where's the Outrage Over Education Threat?
March 18, 2015 Voting Rights Act isn't only Great Society law in peril; . . . does race make a difference in covering education?; NAHJ to discuss internal racism among Latinos; S. Mitra Kalita named an...
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USA Today, Starbucks Hope to Defy Haters
March 20, 2015Newspaper joins coffee shops in "Race Together" project; L.A. Times names 3rd journalist of color to key post; Latino journalists slightly more optimistic; white reporter recalls covering...
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Black Suspects Covered Disproportionately
March 23, 2015Media Matters surveys New York's late-night newscasts; Texas dailies say keep Confederate flag off plates; new NPR news chief calls diversity "a real problem"; N.Y. Times public editor...
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CBS Called on Showing "Africa Without Africans"
March 25, 2015150 protest "60 Minutes" pieces with no blacks in view; Vietnam's most publicized atrocity had racial dimension; time to blow up the journalist of color associations?; writer: diversity...
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Why Obama Liked "The Wire"
March 27, 2015President: Emulate "humanizing" of drug criminals; ex-N.Y. Times "race beat" reporter leaves for CNN; Dori Maynard service scheduled May 4 in D.C.; "60 Minutes," critic of Africa coverage...
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Biracial South African to Host "Daily Show"
March 30, 2015Trevor Noah could puncture one-dimensional view of Africa; CBS colleague says Bill O'Reilly didn't rescue him; part-time newsroom employee promoted Ferguson protest; . . . paper wants an...
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