Border Patrol Agent Charged in Teen's Killing
September 30, 2015 Action aided by pressure from Arizona Republic probe; FBI to tabulate police shootings of citizens; why so few of color in Madison, Wis., newsrooms?; Carson says media manipulate...
View ArticleNews Organizations Respond to Gun Violence
October 2, 2015Chicago Sun-Times to "hunt down the best solutions"; some on social media repulsed by reporters' tactics; Trump abruptly pulls put of q&a at Hispanic event; Jeb Bush defends name of...
View ArticleCurry Quits Ailing Black Press Group
October 5, 2015Competition from digital media forces staff pay cuts; black journalist scores with reports from Afghanistan; "News One Now" loses 36% of viewers in shift to 7 a.m.; NAHJ delays vote on...
View ArticleNABJ's Sidmel Estes Dies at 60
October 6, 2015Lack of medical insurance complicated treatment options (10/6/15); Curry quits ailing black press group; black journalist scores with reports from Afghanistan; "News One Now" loses 36%...
View ArticlePhilly Magazine, Under Fire, Plans Diversity
October 7, 2015Latest flap follows cover that omitted blacks; Writers Guild pledges to monitor diversity at HuffPost; Cosmo crowns Kardashians the new first family; Sidmel Estes fund turns attention to...
View ArticleBlack Fox Staffers "Hold Their Noses"
October 9, 2015Network blasts observation by former NABJ president; Fox story on Dearborn prompts calls to bomb city; is this cartoon on gun violence too crass?; Mizzou to require campus-wide diversity...
View ArticleMedia Take a Pass on Live March Coverage
October 11, 201520-year anniversary of Million Man event minimized; how ABC was talked out of a wrong approach in 1995; NABJ luminaries among 300 at services for Sidmel Estes; Iran reports conviction...
View ArticleCNN Faulted on Lemon, Lopez Debate Roles
October 14, 2015 Racial subjects too limiting for journalists of color?; a manifesto for increasing diversity in public media; writer says viewers expect too much from BET; Muscogee Council votes...
View ArticleWhy News Industry Failed on Diversity Goals
October 18, 2015Ready to overcome lack of commitment, financial crises? "those good old days worked better for white males"; commenters blast Ala. editorials on license office closures; Ebony cover...
View ArticleKevin Merida to Lead ESPN's "The Undefeated"
October 19, 2015Change of direction for Washington Post's first black M.E.; Howard U. considers selling TV station in FCC auction (10/19/15); why news industry failed on diversity goals; "those good...
View ArticleWhy Is Donald Trump Hosting "SNL"?
October 21, 2015Latinos see invitation as "a big '[expletive] you'"; Black Lives Matter gets OK for candidate "town hall"; The Root to produce content for Fusion cable network; Obama, Marshall Project...
View ArticleObama to Black Lives Matter: Got Your Back
October 23, 2015Group "raises legitimate issue," president says at forum; Campaign '16 press corps has gender, not racial diversity; dressing like "Empire's" Cookie and working at N.Y. Times; Mark...
View ArticleMedia Coverage Said to Slow Down Police
October 26, 2015FBI director ties scrutiny, rise in violent crime; Ole Miss removes state flag from campus; Houston Chronicle series showcases foreign-born; "enormous reaction" to Providence Journal's...
View ArticleWhy Are Cops in Schools, Anyway?
October 28, 2015Media question discipline practices after S.C. incident; 25,000 sign petition urging CNN to fire Don Lemon; GOP candidates blast CNBC, mainstream media in debate; Alex Poinsett, Ebony...
View ArticleNABJ Shakeup After New Deficit Estimate
October 30, 2015Figure nears $380K; executive director's job, 2 others cut (10/30/15)Figure Nears $380K; Executive Director's Job, 2 Others Cut"60 Minutes" Takes Viewers to Excavated Slave...
View ArticleJ-Dean Stopped for "Walking While Black"?
November 2, 2015 Video of Saturday morning encounter prompts a debate; Obama: News cycle leads to sensationalism, pessimism; . . . "Hamilton" called example of making history relevant; GOP candidates...
View ArticleAnd Now, a Case of "Sitting While White"
November 4, 2015"Bland got off easy," columnist writes of tasered man; 46 laid off at Philly Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com; K.C. Star sells out of World Series victory papers; Tribune agrees with...
View ArticleCarson Fights One-Two Punch From Media
November 6, 2015Tales of West Point offer, violent past challenged; Native Americans hail rejection of Keystone pipeline; unmasking of cop's suicide destroys anti-black narrative; website created to...
View ArticleMizzou J-School a Part of Protest Story
November 9, 2015Columnists call football team's threatened strike historic; troopers misreport race of drivers they stop, station finds; do reporters really wear "unthought-about uniform"?; editor sees...
View ArticleMSNBC Videos Show Death in Police Custody
November 11, 2015Tasered man pleads, "Please don't do this to me"; free-press confrontation at Mizzou harkens back 40 years; dozens died in Ike's deportation program, cited by Trump; . . . Carson wrong...
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