Sun-Times Cuts Last 2 of Color on Edit Board
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...
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Will Economy Story Make Business Journalism Sexy?
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...
Star-Ledger to Lose 40% of Newsroom
Most Journalists of Color Are Heading Out the Door The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., is losing about 40 percent of its newsroom staff to buyouts,...
Is Artwork Inspiring or Degrading?
Reaction to Illustration "Stunning in Its Ferocity" A "visual op-ed" in the Cleveland Plain Dealer was "a thoughtful, fascinating piece of work by one of...
Pundits, Polls Call Debate for Obama
Uncommitteds Side With Democrat on Economy Pundits and instant polls called Tuesday night’s presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn., for Sen. Barack Obama. CBS said: "Thirty-nine...
“I’m Trying Not to Be Bitter”
Photographer Among 5 of Color Laid Off at Dallas Paper The Dallas Morning News gave pink slips to at least five journalists of color on...
Moyers: “Double Standard” on Wright
Robin Holland/PBS Bill Moyers, left, is comparing the reaction to comments by white preachers to those of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, right, saying, "It is...
Native Journalists Missing from the Trail
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTnvsSX_Kw] Indian political activists say Native American vote could be crucial in several states. Indians Feel Lack of Press-Pool Diversity "Not a single known Native...
Obama Agrees to Late Unity Appearance
Democrat Penciled In for End of Convention Sen. Barack Obama will address the Unity convention on Sunday, July 27, after he returns from his trip...
5 of Color Out at L.A. Times
75 Leaving in Third Cutback of the Year Movie critic Carina Chocano, veteran black journalists John Mitchell and Lynell George and sportswriter Lonnie White, another...
Right Wingers: Powell Chose Race Over Party
"Meet the Press" Obama Endorsement Grabs Ratings Pat Buchanan labeled Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama "ingratitude." Colin L. Powell‘s declaration of support for Sen....
Black Networks Plan Election-Night Coverage
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg] Sen. Barack Obama makes light of himself, jabs at Fox News at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria...