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Comedy Central Stands Behind Trevor Noah
April 1, 2015S. African says not to judge him "by a handful of jokes"; Indy Star makes splash with front-page editorial; N.Y. Times Magazine hires Hannah-Jones in diversity effort; Star-Ledger urges...
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Flawed Racism Claims Miss Another Problem
April 3, 2015Should media use mug shots as the "best available photo"?; when Selena died in 1995, newsroom diversity mattered; . . . Selena's death helped launch People en Español; Seattle sports...
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What "The Help" Saw at the White House
April 6, 2015Reporter persuades staff to dish on life in the mansion; Obamas visit black church: Who reported it right?; some stunned by lack of punishment at Rolling Stone; 147 slaughtered in Kenya,...
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NBC Snares Witness Who Filmed Cop Killing Civilian
April 8, 2015Video responsible for quick firing of S.C. policeman; Ferguson's historic election might not be all it seemed; Postal Service says it won't reissue Angelou stamp; 80% of black women say...
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Diversity Champs Bring Outside Help to Unity
April 10, 20152 would-be NABJ presidents join discussion; NPR rebukes "Latino USA" on Chicago election report; Jeb Bush order found to have reduced black enrollment; journalists debate coverage of...
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Few Cops Pay for Killing Unarmed Citizens
April 13, 2015 Analysis finds even those convicted serve little time; schmoozing with Clinton camp before big announcement; Unity plans more events after hearing from "Caucus"; Andre J. Fernandez named...
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Protests Shut Killer Cop's Fundraising Page
April 15, 2015ColorofChange.org says 54,000 members raised objections; . . police accounts should not control the narrative;. . . requests for body cam video met with mixed results; NABJ board spends...
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Fatal Shooting on Live Television
April 17, 2015 Airing car chase, producers had little time to cut away; Mother Jones puts gun-violence cost at $229 billion a year; St. Louis paper wins access to records of secretive courts; bystander...
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Ben Affleck Asked H.L. Gates to Edit Out Slaveowning Ancestor in Series on Roots
April 18, 2015Slaver is omitted, his story "just wasn't as interesting" (4/18/15); fatal shooting on live television airing; Mother Jones puts gun-violence cost at $229 billion a year; St. Louis paper...
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Post-Dispatch Wins Pulitzer for Ferguson Photos
April 20, 2015New York Times honored for coverage of Ebola outbreak; Tampa Bay Times finds "bicycling while black" targeting; can Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger proposal be saved?; Iran charges...
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Gates, Affleck Issue Regrets in Slaveowner Flap
April 22, 2015Station: Gates' cut "unacceptable" if based on actor's urging (4/22/15); Post-Dispatch wins Pulitzer for Ferguson photos; Tampa Bay Times finds "bicycling while black" targeting; can...
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"Ghettoization" of Latin American News?
April 27, 2015Also undercovered, diplomat says: Afro-Latinos, Indians; riots, looting follow efforts to show a peaceful face; 8 blacks, Latinas named Stanford, Michigan fellows; N.Y. Times declares 1.5...
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All Eyes on Baltimore
April 29, 2015 Some outlets strive to counterbalance sensationalism; . . . Sun editorials assail use of "thug," lack of leadership; . . mom who struck her son, 16, becomes day's hero; good news for...
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That *@#$ Media! Oh, Wait . . .
May 1, 2015Baltimore shows need for care in discussing "the media"; blacks are quarter of the poor but half of poverty images; historians group opposes "Redskins" and gives 10 reasons; Bryan Monroe...
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Dori Maynard Kept the Faith
May 4, 2015Knight Foundation funds award honoring diversity leader; AP reporter interviews freed Boko Haram prisoners; in killings by cops, consider whiteness of legal profession; Glover, Lowe...
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To Show Muhammad Cartoons or Not?
May 6, 2015Dallas readers had to opt in to see provocative images; Mei-Mei Chan, Rodney Brooks taking Gannett retirements; suddenly, photographer is "the next Gordon Parks"; Ric Harris named general...
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Race a Factor in Chicago DUI Checkpoints
May 8, 2015Post-Trayvon, media outlets look harder at police; Americans have own visual taboos, cartoonist says; U.S. labeled reporter a suspected terrorist; Google says it's spending $150 million on...
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"Price of Nice Nails" Is Abuse, Wage Theft
May 11, 2015Governor acts after N.Y. Times series on abused immigrants; first lady had to tune out negative "noise" about her; Latinos blast Bloomberg's Halperin over questions to Cruz; N.Y. Times...
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Journalists Shaken but Safe After Derailment
May 13, 2015Cheung of AAJA, NBC producer Janelle Richards aboard train (5/13/15); "Price of nice nails" is abuse, wage theft; first lady had to tune out negative "noise" about her; Latinos blast...
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Blacks Weren't Writing the B.B. King Story
May 15, 2015Cultural, generational reasons offered as theories; Obama, Coates defend stances on scolding black men; . . . Obama says poverty is down 40% since 1967; 4 U.S. journalists of color chosen...
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