Category : Maynard Institute archives

Will Smith told Miami Herald editors, "I think you should put a nice looking African American man on your front page. We’re popular right now."...

Palin Takes Prank Call From Fake "Sarkozy" (2nd item) Election Commentary Upsets Some on N.J. Campus The college newspaper at Montclair State University in New Jersey...

                    "Not only are the Obamas redefining what the President and his first family look like,...

¬† ¬† Election ’08 Creations Could Well Become Collectibles It was "one of the biggest days in the 30 years I’ve been in cartooning," the...

Hip-hop video blogger and New York radio host Jay Smooth, who has appeared in this space during the campaign, delivers a plea to young people...

Anchors of Color Rare as Obama Wins Presidency If you wanted to see black America’s reaction to the historic election of Sen. Barack Obama as...

Technological Innovations, but Few Diversity Surprises The coverage of Election Night — the culmination of a two-year campaign marathon — will be marked in the...

If Nothing Else, Black Conservatives Exemplify Political Diversity The black conservative columnist Thomas Sowell on Monday dropped a four-column series excoriating Sen. Barack Obama, giving...

Figures Contrast With Adverse Conditions at Newspapers While the newspaper industry downsizes due to reductions in advertising and an adverse economic climate, the local broadcasting...

C-SPAN provided video of the entire debate. Focus Groups, Pundits, Internet Used to Weigh Debate The news media took to what was anticipated to be...

Editor Says New Staff Trims "as Bad as You Say It Is" The two journalists of color on the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board were laid...

Lack of Outreach Said to Limit Journalists of Color For her Tuesday business-section column, Tannette Johnson-Elie of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel told small business owners...