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Miami Sports Columnist Under Fire

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Herald Publisher Meets With J-Groups
Why Do Journalists of Color Leave? Here’s a Start
Latinos Missing as Debate Moderators — Again
. . . And That’s the Way It Was
Reporter Disputes Violent Image of Portland
Pro-Police Readers Protest Two Cartoons
Some Relate to Kenosha Editor Who Quit
Student Station Manager Urged to Quit Over Tweet
More Prisons Blocking Media From Access
Lopez, San Martin Vie for NAHJ Presidency
Joy Reid Phrase About Muslims Creates Tempest

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Miami Herald sports columnist Armando Salguero debated whether the three-fifths compromise that determined how Blacks would be counted for congressional representation was pro- or anti-slavery. (Credit: Twitter)

Herald Publisher Meets With J-Groups

The publisher of the Miami Herald is in discussions with Black and Hispanic journalists associations and the Society of Professional Journalists over comments about race by Cuban-American sportswriter Armando Salguero that the National Association of Black Journalists calls “disturbing and unacceptable.”

A meeting by Zoom took place Friday, NABJ President Dorothy Tucker told Journal-isms. “Let me confirm it was a productive meeting but it’s clear we need to meet again and we will,” she added.

Tucker said in a statement earlier this week, “I am concerned a columnist who feels it’s ok to insult the Black community may work in a newsroom where Black people are not valued and Black journalists are not respected. Unacceptable.”

The controversy is the latest to test the boundaries of opinion writers’ license to express their thoughts free of recrimination. Mindy Marques (pictured), publisher and executive editor of the Herald, originally defended Salguero, tweeting, “The right to free expression and a free press are foundational to our democracy. @ArmandoSalguero is a @MiamiHerald sports columnist and unlike reporters, columnists have broad latitude to express their opinions. Those opinions do not reflect the views of the Miami Herald.”

But Marques tweeted the next day, Aug. 29, “His comments were uninformed, insensitive and deeply troubling. For that, we apologize. We expect our columnists to base their opinions on reporting and facts. We are addressing this matter internally.

“To be clear, @ArmandoSalguero’s tweets do not reflect the views or values of the Miami Herald,” she added.

In 2017, Sports Illustrated named Salguero one of “the 30 Most Influential Hispanics in Sports.”

Joshua Ceballos reported for Miami New Times, “In November 2016, after confronting San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick during a conference call before a matchup between the visiting 49ers and the Miami Dolphins, Salguero wrote a column deeming Kaepernick a ‘fraud’ and an ‘unrepentant hypocrite’ for wearing a T-shirt that depicted a 1960 meeting between Fidel Castro and Malcolm X.

“Last year, as New Times reported, Salguero tweeted that he would ‘rather have Satan’ as a quarterback than Kaepernick, who had been blacklisted by the NFL for kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustice. . . .”

Suzanne Gamboa wrote Tuesday for NBC News, Salguero “posted a tweet Friday with video of Tennessee Titans safety Kevin Byard and quarterback Ryan Tannehill, explaining that the athletes sat out their practice as a show of solidarity against police violence and racial injustice.

“In the video, Tannehill said that ‘this country is founded upon racist ideas with slaves being brought here from the day of foundation.’

“Salguero lashed out at Tannehill, paraphrasing him as saying the United States of America was founded upon racist ideas.

“ ‘I am so sick of the America bashing by people who have never lived and would never live anywhere else,’ Salguero said in his tweet.

“Salguero was born in Cuba and has written about his escape from Cuba under Fidel Castro.

“The comment drew criticism on Twitter over several days, with some critics digging up previous statements and comments by Salguero, including verbal clashes with Colin Kaepernick.

In 2016, Armando Salguero wrote a column deeming Colin Kaepernick a ‘fraud’ and an ‘unrepentant hypocrite’ for wearing a T-shirt that depicted a 1960 meeting between Fidel Castro and Malcolm X. (Screen shot)

“When asked to comment on the situation on Tuesday, Salguero referred to a statement he made on Twitter over the weekend: ‘Racism, in all its forms, is disgusting, wrong and an anathema to every fiber of my being as both an American and a Christian…’

“He said he does not deny the truth about ongoing racism or ‘that slavery has been a stain on this entire Earth … So if anyone who sincerely interpreted my comments to suggest otherwise, I assure you that is not what I’m about and it was not my intent to cause anyone pain.’ . . .”

Of her talks with NABJ, Marques messaged Journal-isms Friday, “We have had two productive conversations and will continue the discussion.” She tweeted, “Thanks @Dorothy4NABJ for a candid conversation this morning. We welcome the invitation from @NABJ to discuss diversity issues @Miami Herald and collaborate with @SFBJA @SPJFla and @NAHJSouthFl. We are listening.”

The NABJ statement, issued Tuesday, said, “Although Salguero has since expressed regret for the tweet, the problems at the Miami Herald appear to be much broader than one writer. NABJ supports the efforts and demands of the One Herald Guild, representing many of the employees, calling for immediate systemic actions from the Miami Herald to address a myriad of diversity issues.”

The controversy swept up other Herald staffers, Ceballos reported Tuesday for Miami New Times. “Yesterday, after the paper’s management censored a portion of a fellow columnist’s podcast in which he addressed the controversy, the Herald attracted even more condemnation and claims of hypocrisy, leading some newsroom employees to criticize their bosses and ask for more racial sensitivity. . . .

“Greg Cote (pictured), himself a Herald sportswriter, recorded an episode for his Herald podcast that included commentary about the situation. But before the episode was released Monday morning, those six minutes of the show were cut out by the paper’s management. . . .”

The One Herald Guild tweeted Tuesday, ” One thing we know is that racism isn’t an opinion. It should not be excused, and it has no place at the Miami Herald + el Nuevo Herald.”

The Guild also tweeted, “Among our proposals, we’re asking management to create a framework for the resolution of future conflicts by immediately adopting, in the form of a memo of understanding, a comprehensive anti-racism policy that repairs harm through deliberate conversation & thoughtful education.”

The South Florida chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists messaged on Facebook Wednesday, “We are closely monitoring the situation at the Miami Herald. In partnership with SPJ Florida & NABJ-SFL, we are in discussions with employees & management at the newspaper & will report our findings.

“For now, we’ll leave you with this: our groups condemn racism and censorship.”

The progressive group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting has observed, “The issue of columns and truthfulness has become an issue of late, with the New York Times recently letting go editorial page editor James Bennet for not checking out an incendiary column he ran from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas).”

Why Do Journalists of Color Leave? Here’s a Start

An admittedly narrowly focused study has concluded that journalists of color leave the U.S. journalism industry “because ‘they decided to’ — not because they couldn’t find sufficient or any work; company downsizing, restructuring or buyout; nor retirement.” The study reframes “the newsroom/the industry as the problem — not ‘Leavers’ ‘ inability to ‘fit’ in nor a lack of training.”

Carla Murphy (pictured, below) wrote Aug. 26 for Source, an OpenNews project, “For three weeks this February-March, more than 100 ‘Leavers’ — 81% of whom were women of color and half of whom were Black — responded to an ethical and practical call to gather exit data to: ‘serve as a resource for current students and JOCs [journalists of color] who are making [career] decisions, often in isolation, in an industry in crisis’ and ‘help newsroom managers to improve the retention of JOCs, particularly, through mid-career.’ “

Murphy is a 2020-2021 visiting fellow in Boston College’s journalism program. She is also vice president and a board member of the Journalism & Women Symposium, known as JAWS.  The project is “designed to amplify the impact of journalism code and the community of developers, designers, journalists, and editors who make it.”

“As a testament to the survey aims and design, and respondents’ commitment to journalism — the practice, less so, the industry — 83% agreed to participate in follow-up interviews and surveys related to this project, . . .” Murphy continued.

“The data corroborate whisper-network news and this project’s central hypothesis that JOCs leave at mid-career. (Most ‘Leavers’ left journalism because ‘they decided to’ — not because they couldn’t find sufficient or any work; company downsizing, restructuring or buyout; nor retirement.) Also of note, one-third of ‘Leavers’ say they had managerial duties at the time they left.

“This mid-career ‘leakage’ of experience, potential leadership and representation matters. It raises questions about the timing of diversity initiatives at the start of the career pipeline and their return on investment (ROI) for both the industry and communities that newsrooms serve. Proceeding along this line of inquiry re-frames the newsroom/the industry as the problem — not ‘Leavers’’ inability to ‘fit’ in nor a lack of training. . . .”

However, Murphy wrote this caution: “The ‘Leavers’ sample (n=101) may not be representative of JOCs leaving the U.S. journalism industry, and findings are applicable to the sample population, only. Do use the ‘Leavers’ profile and findings as a starting or supplemental point in discussions around the hiring and retention of JOCs in local, regional or national outlets and markets, and for informed discussion about career pathways. . . .”

NAHJ President Hugo Balta said, “When the people in the positions who sincerely inform 32 million eligible voters do not fulfill their responsibility, it is not a question to us as to why Latinos’ civic engagement is low . . . each election year.” (video)

Latinos Missing as Debate Moderators — Again

“The head of the National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists sent a harsh message to the Commission on Presidential Debates regarding the lack of a Latino moderator in the upcoming sanctioned face-offs between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden,” Stephen Battaglio reported Friday in the Los Angeles Times.

“NAHJ President Hugo Balta said in a video posted Wednesday night that the commission that sanctions the debates — expected to be watched by as many as 80 million TV viewers — is perpetuating the ‘erasure’ of Latinos by failing to represent them in the moderator choices announced earlier that day.

“ ‘Three white co-chairs of the Commission on Presidential Debates have once again denied Hispanics and Latinos a seat at the table approaching election 2020,’ Balta said.

” ‘It is preposterous to look at the state of our country and increasingly polarized communities across the nation and not be left to wonder how is it possible that our community remains excluded. When the people in the positions who sincerely inform 32 million eligible voters do not fulfill their responsibility, it is not a question to us as to why Latinos’ civic engagement is low . . . each election year.’

“The moderators announced for the debates are two white men, Chris Wallace of Fox News and Steve Scully of C-SPAN, and two women, Susan Page of USA Today and Kristen Welker of NBC News, who is Black. The first debate will be held Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. . . .”

Tom Jones added Thursday for the Poynter Institute, “Earlier this month, Rudy Giuliani, in a rather overwritten and much-too-long letter [PDF] that apparently represented the Trump campaign, gave the commission a list of 24 suggested moderators. The commission chose none of them. . . .

“But, an interesting note, Giuliani’s list did include ABC ‘World News Tonight’ anchor David Muir and ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Norah O’Donnell, but it did not include “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt.”

Holt’s May 11, 2017, interview with Trump elicited the comment seen by many as an admission that when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, Trump had in mind shutting down the investigation into his presidential campaign’s ties to Russia.

NAHJ also protested the lack of Latino moderators in 2016 and in 2012.

Walter Cronkite, front row, second from left, and the “CBS Evening News” team in undated photo. By this time, there appeared to be an African American on the staff. (Credit: CBS News)

. . . And That’s the Way It Was

Norah O’Donnell, anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” announced Wednesday that it was the 57th anniversary of the day the program went from 15 to 30 minutes. When the piece showed a photo of the staff, led by anchor Walter Cronkite,  everyone appeared to be white.

Bill Plante, who covered the civil rights movement for CBS, messaged Journal-isms Thursday, “When I joined CBS News in New York in June, 1964 there was one Black reporter at New York headquarters – Ben Holman. He was not on the Evening News staff; he was what was then called a ‘reporter-assignment editor,’ as was I. I don’t recall there being any people of color on the Evening News staff, but I wasn’t working directly with them.

“Holman went on to a distinguished teaching career  — here’s a link to the University of Maryland entry.

“I don’t know when Evening News was integrated, but I would guess that it was sometime in the later ‘60s or early ‘70s.

 “That’s about the time CBS News began to hire some more Black reporters. I worked with Randy Daniels and Mike Dejoie.”

In an oral history for the late Wallace Terry’s “Missing Pages: Black Journalists of Modern America: An Oral History,” Holman said, “In October (1962) I joined WBBM, the CBS station. I was the first black on television news in Chicago.

“In January 1963, I got a call to come to New York to audition for the network. The other networks, not long before, had hired their first blacks — [Mal] Goode at ABC, Bob Teague at NBC. I guess CBS was catching up. I was made the first. Teague and I were on general assignment. Goode was posted at the U.N.”

Cronkite anchored the “CBS Evening News” for 19 years (1962–1981), was known as “the most trusted man in America” and closed each show with his signature “and that’s the way it is.”

Reporter Disputes Violent Image of Portland

President Trump and his supporters are successfully changing the subject from his poor leadership in the COVID-19 crisis and the racial reckoning prompted by police shootings of Black civilians to the need for “law and order” in cities with Democratic mayors, even threatening to cut their federal funding.

But a Portland, Ore., journalist cautions that the public is getting the wrong impression about the violence in his city.

“There are those who are portraying Portland as a city under siege and that is simply not true,” Jonathan Levinson (pictured) of Oregon Public Broadcasting messaged Journal-isms on Wednesday, repeating a caution he expressed on public radio’s “Here and Now” on Tuesday.

“The protests are isolated to a few blocks downtown around the Multnomah [C]ounty justice center and federal courthouse. On other nights they go to police precincts or other law enforcement affiliated buildings but they remain isolated to those few blocks around the building in question. On any given night, if you were out in the city, you’d likely have no idea anything was happening.”

The description is similar to what has happened in other cities where “rioting” has taken place. Local reporters have said that there were “pockets of rioting” in cities such as Baltimore in 2015, and that networks sometimes ran footage of the same building being attacked over and over, giving viewers the impression that the violence was more widespread than it was.

The Elections Committee of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists announces certified candidates by video on Monday. (Credit: YouTube)

Lopez, San Martin Vie for NAHJ Presidency

Two candidates — Nancy San Martin, managing editor of El Nuevo Herald and current vice president/print of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists,, and Nora Lopez, metro editor of the San Antonio Express-News — are vying for the presidency of NAHJ in the first contest for the top post since 2012.

All told, seven of 10 positions are contested, Elections Committee members said in a video and in an online statement.

San Martin and Lopez were on opposite sides of the recent controversy over the board’s decision to delay this year’s election because of the “unpredictability” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The board, which included San Martin, eventually relented and agreed to an all-electronic election.

Online voting starts Sept. 28, with a virtual candidates forum Sept. 10. NAHJ announced the candidates on Monday.  

San Martin (pictured) writes, “I’ve always thought of NAHJ as the equalizer for Latino journalists, providing continuous training, creating networking opportunities and building a community of storytellers whose words, images and broadcasts contribute to the tapestry of history.

“I am running for NAHJ president because I want to help open even more spaces for young journalists, mid-career and veterans who are ready to take on leadership roles. This is where we  have the most impact. As an industry, we’ve got a grueling road ahead. But NAHJ is stronger than ever. . . .”

Lopez (pictured) writes, “I’ve been a part of this group for more than two decades because I’m passionate about its mission: to improve diversity in America’s newsrooms and to identify and support the next generation of Latinx journalists through scholarships and mentorship programs.”

She adds, “My goals are centered around four key issues”: transparency, advocacy, training and a comprehensive review of the bylaws, an issue that arose during the election-postponement debate. “It is key that our members know what we are doing as a board and an organization. I will make it a priority to ensure all NAHJ business is open for members and the public to see.  Additionally, we should conduct open meetings via video conferencing. All members are welcome.”

The last contested presidential race took place in 2012, when Hugo Balta defeated Russell Contreras. Subsequent presidents — Mekahlo Medina in 2014, Brandon Benavides in 2016 and Balta in 2018 — ran unopposed.

 

Joy Reid’s Monday panel featured, from left, Mike Baker, Seattle bureau chief of The New York Times; Naveed Jamali, Newsweek editor-at-large; and Jennifer Rubin, opinion writer for the Washington Post. (screen shot)

Joy Reid Phrase About Muslims Creates Tempest

Executives at NBC met with members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Wednesday amid a tempest created Tuesday after MSNBC host Joy Reid used the phrase “the way Muslims act.”

In a segment of “The ReidOut” on Monday, Reid said, “Leaders, let’s say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence, including on their own bodies, in order to win against whoever they decide is the enemy.

“We in the U.S. media describe that as they are radicalizing those people — particularly when they’re radicalizing young people. That’s how we talk about the way Muslims act. When you see what Donald Trump is doing, is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people?”

“Her comments came in response to President Trump retweeting a video of a pro-Trump caravan that included a man who shot paintballs at protesters.

As AlJazeera reported, “While the comments initially did not receive much attention, they were heightened after it was widely shared on social media.”

Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., among others, called on Reid to apologize. “Words matter,” Tlaib said ,”and these words feed into the harmful anti-Muslim rhetoric & actions that we continue to see in this country. It is even more painful to hear it from someone I admire. We deserve an apology. “

Reid returned to the subject on Tuesday with an 11-minute segment on how Muslims were stereotyped. Her guests were the same as on Monday. Dalia Mogahed of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding said, “What we want though is simply objective fair coverage of all communities, of all acts of violence … and what we often see, however, is that term ‘terrorist’ is only used against Muslims. No matter what their motivation might be.”

Erik Wemple wrote Thursday for the Washington Post, “Thirty seconds would have done the trick. Joy Reid, the MSNBC host who offensively characterized the Muslim world on Monday night, could have faced the camera and regretted the way she’d framed the matter. Then she could have moved on.

“Instead of such a graceful dispatch, however, the episode on Wednesday’s edition of ‘The ReidOut’ received the cable-news version of ‘The Twilight Zone.’ Two guests came on to discuss Reid’s missteps, and the host — in the best tradition of Bill O’Reilly — displayed her mastery of the almost-apology. ‘I guess the way that I framed it obviously did not work,’ said Reid. . . “

The Council on American-Islamic Relations confirmed on Twitter the meeting Wednesday afternoon, thanking the network in a tweet for hearing its concerns, but maintaining its demand that Reid apologize for her remarks, Emily Jacobs reported for the New York Post.

“Thank you @NBC for meeting to discuss our concerns about @JoyAnnReid’s inaccurate, offensive remarks. We appreciate your pledge to avoid Islamophobia in all forms,” the organization wrote on the social media platform.

An MSNBC spokesperson told Journal-isms Thursday, “We don’t have any further comment [other] than Joy’s comments and the segment last night.”

Short Takes

  • Mary McLeod Bethune (pictured) is no longer allowed to say “Negro.” The Palm Beach Post is paying tribute to Bethune, the educator and adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bethune will have a statue in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol as a representative of Florida. Hers will replace that of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith. Gov. Ron DeSantis asked that the switch be made. In reprinting one of Bethune’s speeches, the Post wrote, “Dr. Bethune used the term ‘Negro’ throughout this document, as was the custom of the 1950s. That word has been changed to Black in most references.” Editors did not respond to an inquiry about whether they would also change the “Negro” references in historic speeches by Frederick Douglass or Martin Luther King Jr.

  • “Vanessa Díaz, an assistant professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies at Loyola Marymount University, offers an alternative analysis of paparazzi’s role in the Hollywood industrial complex in her new book, ‘Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood, ‘ ” Gwen Aviles wrote Monday for NBC News. “Díaz argues that it’s racialized and gendered labor that fuels the celebrity news industry. The mostly Latino paparazzi and the mostly white female celebrity reporters grapple with the fallout, which includes precarious situations as well as possible violence and exploitation. . . .”

 

Emmett Till and the house at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago. (Credit: Society of Architectural Historians)

  • Peter Goldman, who met Malcolm X in 1962 when he worked for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and was later national affairs writer for Newsweek, was dogged in his determination to find out who killed Malcolm. He messaged Journal-isms on Friday, weighing in on the Netflix series in February that claimed to uncover new evidence. Goldman wrote, in part, ” I don’t know if you’ve seen the third edition of Death & Life,  but it lays out my conclusion as to who killed Malcolm X: a ‘special squad’ from the NOI [Nation of Islam] mosques in Newark and Paterson, NJ, acting on orders from Elijah Muhammad and relayed by his son, Elijah Jr., known within the Nation as E-Two. . . ” Goldman’s complete message has been added to the February Journal-isms column.

  • Justin M. Madden (pictured), a desk editor for the Associated Press in New York, has been named senior editor / general manager of the Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the news operation announced Thursday. “Madden will oversee the day-to-day operations of The Sun News and myrtlebeachonline.com. He arrives at a time when The Sun News is expanding its local reporting team, recently adding two new reporting positions to increase its coverage of Horry and Georgetown counties. . . .”
  • Marlon A. Walker (pictured), until recently the vice president/print of the National Association of Black Journalists, has left the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after five years to become investigative and politics editor of the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss. That is the No. 2 job in the newsroom, Editor Mary Irby-Jones said in a staff announcement. “Marlon will help our team continue to deliver important investigative and enterprise journalism through a statewide lens while serving our local communities. In his role, Marlon will coach reporters to make strategic coverage decisions and champion investigative and First Amendment journalism that resonates with readers,” Irby-Jones, who also edits the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, wrote. NABJ President Dorothy Tucker Monday named Kathy Chaney, deputy managing editor of breaking news and staff development for the Chicago Sun-Times, to be vice president/print.

  • Gustavo Arellano, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2018 after about a decade as editor and publisher of OC Weekly, “is our newest California columnist,” Editor Norman Pearlstine announced Aug. 18. “Arellano will have a wide berth in both what he writes about and the forms he takes, but a central mission will be diving deeply into Southern California’s disparate communities and how the Latino experience is transforming the region. . . .”

  • The South Asian Journalists Association is sponsoring an “Allyship Roundtable” Tuesday at 7 p.m. EDT, in which panelists “will talk about why allyship is important, how we can be better allies to each other, strategies, and struggles in 2020.” Included are “representatives from the Asian American Journalists Association (Julia Chan), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Yoli Martinez), the National Association of Black Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Kat Stafford), as well our own Board members Mihir Zaveri and Farnoush Amiri!” See this page for free registration.

““After about 33 years covering the Chinese community for the World Journal in San Francisco, reporter Portia Li (pictured, by Kaitlin Bancroft) was laid off in April,” Nicholas Chan reported Monday for the San Francisco Examiner. “Instead of calling it quits or searching for another staff reporting job, Li is striking out on her own and putting funds from her savings into a new, locally-owned and produced newspaper. Li hopes that her weekly bilingual publication, the Wind Newspaper, can bring news about San Francisco’s Chinese community not only to Chinese locals, but also to everyone who can read and speak English. The first print issue is available this week beginning Tuesday in Chinatown. . . .”

  • “Johann Calhoun (pictured) will be our first-ever Chalkbeat Philadelphia bureau chief,” the education publication announced. “Johann starts Sept. 8, joining our senior reporter and longtime Philadelphia education journalist Dale Mezzacappa, plus Cara Fitzpatrick as story editor, to form a truly powerhouse team. Johann brings the entrepreneurial spirit that we look for in bureau chiefs — a proactive doer mentality — plus deep experience in daily journalism and community engagement. He has spent the past 15 years at The Philadelphia Tribune in various senior editorial roles, and did tours of duty at the Courier Post (NJ), Bucks County Courier Times, and other newspapers. . . . [He also] has served in leadership positions with the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Black Journalists. . . .”

  • Alice Su (pictured), Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, was detained and forced to leave the region after reporting on China’s efforts to diminish Mongolian language and culture. “A Times reporter who visited the Mongol school in Hohhot was surrounded by plainclothes men who put her into a police car,” Su wrote. “They took her to the back building of a police station, where she was interrogated and separated from her belongings despite identifying herself as an accredited journalist. She was not allowed to call the U.S. Embassy; one officer grabbed her throat with both hands and pushed her into a cell. The reporter was detained for more than four hours. She was then forced to leave the region, with three government officials and a policeman accompanying her to a train and standing at the window until the train left for Beijing. . . .”

  • “Today The Root, a G/O Media brand and one of the largest sites covering Black news, politics, culture and opinion, announced a creative partnership with HBO – a branded writing contest for emerging Black writers – inspired by HBO’s new series, Lovecraft Country,” the organizations announced Wednesday. “The contest, titled For The Love Of The Craft, offers an opportunity for emerging Black artists to lend their voice to the short fiction contest, to have their writing reviewed by expert digital editors at The Root, as well as talented television writers from HBO, and ultimately have their work featured and published on The Root. . . .”

  • “In light of recent unprecedented attacks on journalists around the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), in collaboration with the News Leaders Association (NLA), launched the U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project, the groups announced Thursday. “The initiative will support reporting on press freedom violations and accountability in relation to coverage of protests against police violence. . . .”

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