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Sonia Sotomayor, all smiles, arrives July 15 for Day 3 of her confirmation hearings. (Credit: talkradionews) Sotomayor Hearings Viewed as They Began:  Differently The Senate...

Updated July 18 ABC’s Peter Jennings, left, NBC’s Tom Brokaw and CNN’s Bernard Shaw with Walter Cronkite in New York in 1988. "If he did...

Kevin Chappell of Ebony and Jet magazines was among seven black-press journalists who flew with President Obama. "Immediately, I noticed a difference from my first...

Some newspapers fashioned their front – and back – pages as collectors’ items. Since His Death, Entertainer "Drove the News Agenda" "Tuesday’s lavish Michael Jackson...

On Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart poked fun at the senators who labeled Sonia Sotomayor a racist in a segment called, "White Men...

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told senators that her judicial philosophy is guided by ‘fidelity to the law.’ Anchor Russ Mitchell introduces the CBS News...

Ghanaian Went Undercover to Expose Sex Trafficking On his first presidential trip to sub-Saharan Africa, President Obama Saturday boosted a Ghanaian investigative reporter who went...

In May, Gannett closed the Tucson Citizen as a print publication. In Gannett’s latest cutbacks, publishers said they were determined to withstand the recession. Above,...

Howard Manly, executive editor of the Bay State Banner, appears on NECN’s "News Day Live" for "Bay State Banner Moments," discussing news in Boston’s black...

An editor told Darrin Bell, speaking of this strip, "I can’t let you do this." "It had all the urgency of an intervention," Bell wrote....

Updated July 8 Farewell Seeks to Counteract Jackson’s Media Image When the Rev. Al Sharpton peered out at Los Angeles’ Staples Center to Michael Jackson’s...

NAHJ Sees Membership Drop by 36 Percent "The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is facing a budget crisis after seeing its membership drop by 36...