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...
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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...
Jesse Helms Winning Final Filibuster
There They Go Again: Blacks Hardly Exist as Media Retell Reagan Story (2004) Aides Still Campaigning; Media Won’t Use “R” Word It’s no surprise that...
Who Will Call Jesse Helms a Racist?
Media Use Euphemisms in Ex-Senator’s Obituaries David S. Broder, the dean of Washington political reporters, said it in his Washington Post column when Sen. Jesse...
Obama Resigns from Church
Candidate Leaves After Latest Remarks from Pulpit Sen. Barack Obama resigned on Friday from Trinity United Church of Christ after 20 years, in light of...