A Journalism Fail
November 15, 2013Media missed it: Winning candidate served time for murder; Raul Ramirez, reporter, editor and educator, dies at 67; complaints about Cohen touch on gender as much as race; radio...
View ArticleJFK Cemented Ties With Blacks
November 18, 2013Journalists shared in determined hope of the era; Kennedy wooed Ebony, Jet publisher John H. Johnson; Al Ortiz, CBS News exec, assigned to investigate misstep; Al Jazeera America...
View ArticleMcClatchy Retirees Lose Health Care Benefit
September 25, 201330-paper chain directs ex-workers to new exchanges; militia in mall attack has terrorized, killed journalists; Arnold GarcÃa retiring as opinion editor in Austin; AAJA's Paul Cheung...
View ArticleCNN's Diversity Council Changing Leaders
September 26, 2013Network says chair and vice chair out, but panel stays; Manny Garcia leaves Miami for Scripps after 23 years (9/26/13); McClatchy retirees lose health care benefit; militia in mall...
View ArticleSteinberg Elected Unity President
September 27, 2013NLGJA delegate wins, 6-4, as NAHJ sits out vote; Lee Thornton, pioneer journalist, professor, dies at 71; Desiree Dancy, N.Y. Times Co. diversity officer, resigns; where's explanation...
View ArticleColumnist Cleared of Spousal Assault Charge
September 30, 2013Dallas' James Ragland reassigned for nearly two years; reactions differ on "Obamacare,""Affordable Care Act"; CNN names diversity V.P.; N.Y. Times won't fill post; N.Y. Times finds...
View ArticleAP, NPR Curb Use of "Obamacare" Term
October 2, 2013Editors say association with law's opponents persists; he-said, he-said approach faulted in shutdown coverage; New Miss America booked for South Asian Journalists gala; Darius Walker...
View ArticleDo Racial Issues Still Push Some Over the Edge?
October 4, 2013Black woman's chase, slaying renews interest in theory; would Cleveland Indians fans dress in blackface?; five points the press misses in covering health care act; frustrated immigration...
View ArticleNAHJ Reps Recommend Unity Pullout
October 7, 2013"Virtual Town Hall" meeting scheduled next week; Fox followed advice to use loaded health-care phrases; plans for local versions of NPR's "Code Switch" on hold; NAHJ reintroducing Ñ...
View Article"The Government Has Attacked Itself"
October 9, 2013Shutdown challenges WaPo's federal-employee columnist; Obama fails to call on TV reporters at news conference; N.Y. Times news-page policy: "Obamacare" in quotes; "Redskins" debate said...
View ArticleObama's War on Leaks Called Without Precedent
October 10, 2013Government officials "deeply wary" of talking to media (10/10/13); Shutdown challenges WaPo's federal-employee columnist; Obama fails to call on TV reporters at news conference; N.Y....
View ArticleRay Suarez Quitting "PBS NewsHour"
October 13, 2013"Confident that something wonderful will shake out" (10/13/13); Obama's war on leaks called without precedent (10/10/13); shutdown challenges WaPo's federal-employee columnist; Obama...
View ArticleGold Diggers, Jezebels and Baby Mamas!
October 14, 2013Survey: Black women portrayed negatively in media; judge orders Heart & Soul owners to pay Writers; Reginald Stuart, Rochester, N.Y., paper win for diversity; ESPN backs columnist...
View ArticleNew Fusion Features Light-Skinned Latinos
October 16, 2013Professor asks, where are diverse, homegrown Hispanics?; Karen Lincoln Michel, Native American Gannett editor, exits; NAHJ leaders say the Unity of our memories is gone; shutdown over,...
View ArticleJournalists of Color Scarce at Shutdown Scene
October 18, 2013Does a picture from Capitol Hill tell the story?; black paper in Richmond, Va., drops "Redskins" term; White House correspondent Dan Lothian reported leaving CNN; Maria Hinojosa's...
View ArticleGrambling Turmoil Snares Student Editors
October 21, 20132 suspended amid football walkout over deterioration; Post employees' tribute to Graham includes community ties, NAHJ votes Tuesday on whether to leave Unity; N.Y. Post writer used...
View ArticleNAHJ Board Votes 13-2 to Leave Unity
October 22, 2013After definitive vote, Balta wishes remaining members well (10/22/13); Grambling turmoil snares student editors; Post employees' tribute to Graham includes community ties, NAHJ votes...
View ArticleGrambling Shows Deterioration to Media
October 23, 2013Institution lost 56.3% of its state funding in past six years; . . . NABJ plans council to examine college student media; Atlanta paper apologizes for "40 Acres and a Whole Lotta...
View ArticleUnity Is Dead, Co-Founders Say
October 25, 2013Remaining associations not ready to throw in the towel; FCC moves on ownership by Hispanics, others of color; Denise Bridges, Maynard Institute vet, laid off in Norfolk; Pineda retiring...
View ArticleElaine Rivera Dies, Wrote About Underdogs
October 28, 2013Onetime NAHJ board member was both compassionate, funny; Karen Dunlap retiring as Poynter Institute president; Suarez: "NewsHour""didn't have much of a plan for me"; Neal voted first...
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