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Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC to Join Howard

richardJuly 6, 2021July 6, 2021

by richardJuly 6, 2021July 6, 202103423

Nikole Hannah-Jones is declining the offer of tenure at IUNC and instead will join Howard University...

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UNC Trustees Vote Tenure for Hannah-Jones

richardJune 30, 2021July 2, 2021

by richardJune 30, 2021July 2, 202103835

UNC-Chapel Hill trustees vote tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones; Alexi McCammond back at Axios...

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‘Black Journalists Can’t Breathe’

richardJune 30, 2021July 1, 2021

by richardJune 30, 2021July 1, 202103397

Black reporter alleges a culture of hypocrisy and a corporate mission of appealing to white readers...

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Black-Press Group Opposes Ban on Menthol

richardJune 24, 2021July 13, 2021

by richardJune 24, 2021July 13, 202103286

The trade organization representing the Black press, which has received thousands of dollars from the tobacco industry, is opposing a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes...

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Hannah-Jones Lawyers Escalate Tenure Demand

richardJune 22, 2021July 13, 2021

by richardJune 22, 2021July 13, 202102849

Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill without tenure, according to a letter from her legal team to the university....

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Featured Tell It, Black Journalists, Tell It!

richardJune 22, 2021July 13, 2021

by richardJune 22, 2021July 13, 202105021

Journalists urged to pursue the stories of the "Red Summer" atrocities of the early 20th century...

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Featured Media Version of Juneteenth’s Origin Is a Myth

richardJune 19, 2021June 19, 2023

by richardJune 19, 2021June 19, 202308000

The popular story of the origin of Juneteenth -- that the enslaved people in Galveston County, Texas, did not find out about the Emancipation Proclamation...

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‘What Are You So Afraid Of?’ Earns Praise

richardJune 17, 2021June 18, 2021

by richardJune 17, 2021June 18, 202103115

Journalists praise ABC News’ Rachel Scott for challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin at news conference....

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Featured Jackie Jones Named Morgan J-School Dean

richardJune 15, 2021June 17, 2021

by richardJune 15, 2021June 17, 202108613

Jackie Jones has been named to succeed DeWayne Wickham as dean of the Morgan School of Global Journalism & Communication,...

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Featured Pulitzers Shout Out Post-Floyd Reckoning

richardJune 11, 2021June 15, 2021

by richardJune 11, 2021June 15, 202105898

Coverage of the George Floyd murder, its aftermath, race and the underlying issue of police abuse of citizens...

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Featured ICE Puts Journalist in Its ‘Nest of Abuse’

richardJune 11, 2021June 12, 2021

by richardJune 11, 2021June 12, 202105540

An investigative journalist from Honduras is taken into ICE custody after requesting asylum in the United States....

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Media Play a Part in Environmental Racism

richardJune 2, 2021June 4, 2021

by richardJune 2, 2021June 4, 202104314

"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology): How journalists can better cover environmental justice/environmental racism,"...