Obama Lets Media Mark His Place in History
First African American Shies Away from Racial Context The historic acceptance by Barack Obama of the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday came on the 45th anniversary...
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Hudlin Leaves BET; News to Remain Priority
Hollywood Director "Returning to Entrepreneurial Roots" Reginald Hudlin, the Hollywood director who three years ago became president for entertainment of Black Entertainment Television, "is leaving...
Setback for Justice, Not Journalism
Killer May Go Free, But Filmmaker Says He Did His Job Killer May Go Free, but Filmmaker Says He Did His Job A 2005 discovery...
Speaking of Sexism
Jay Smooth: "This recurring theme of turning ‘community organizer’ into some kind of epithet like ‘communist’ or ‘homo’ or something, that’s really despicable." See third...
AP Bureau Chief’s Objectivity at Issue
¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† ¬†¬† Pro-McCain Bias Alleged in Reporter’s Body of Work The Washington bureau chief for...
ASNE Suspends Student Newspaper Project
Longtime Diversity Initiative Falls Victim to Tight Times The ASNE Reporter, a newspaper project that for two decades has provided students of color with real-world...
Journalists Stay Put to Cover Gustav
   National Counterparts Fly In from GOP Convention Nearly 2 million people left south Louisiana in a massive evacuation effort as the nation awaited the...
Don Flores Quits as El Paso Editor
Exit Is Immediate So as Not to Cause "Distraction" Dionicio "Don" Flores, an early president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and a founder...
New Washington Post Editor Touts Diversity
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc] This is the caption of the video. "No Contradiction" With Tough Economic Times Amid concerns that economic troubles are putting newsroom diversity on the...
Sounding Racist Doesn’t Make You One
In Campaign Coverage, Media Don’t Always Distinguish Jay Smooth, founder of what is described as New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, "Underground Railroad" on...
Sounding Racist Doesn’t Make You One
In Campaign Coverage, Media Don’t Always Distinguish Jay Smooth, founder of what is described as New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, "Underground Railroad" on...
Black Press Not in Synch with Expanding Web
Tom Umstead, Multichannel News: Cable Remembers Mac And Hayes (Aug. 12) Many Still Haven’t Reported Hayes, Bernie Mac Deaths When two big African American celebrities...