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by E.R. Shipp onDecember 13, 2011
It divided many within black media circles and focused attention on capital punishment. Now what?
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onDecember 6, 2011
The affable weekend anchor is leaving the network at the end of the year.
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November 10, 2011
Deputy editor to succeed Joel Dreyfuss.
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by Washington Post onAugust 18, 2011
Ethel Payne, a reporter at the Chicago Defender, began her Washington career as one of three accredited African Americans in the White House press corps.
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by Eric Deggans onAugust 16, 2011
St. Petersburg Times media critic Eric Deggans argues that the best way to ensure diversity in news coverage is to hire a diverse staff of journalists, not activists.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onAugust 3, 2011
The black journalists' group takes a risk by quitting a key alliance with other ethnic associations.
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June 23, 2011
From Journal-isms: The National Association of Black Journalists received reports that there are fewer or no people of color working as journalists at some Gannett newspapers. Plus: Emerge Magazine re-emerges, and Sharpton-West rematch to take place.
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June 3, 2011
A white woman and a black man will lead the New York Times' newsroom. Executive Editor Bill Keller is stepping down to write.
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May 26, 2011
After a brutal wave of layoffs, a report looks at a "reverse migration" from the mainstream media to the black press. Also: Naming the maid in the DSK case.
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April 9, 2011
Black journalists have been particularly affected as newsrooms downsize or individuals seek a more secure line of work. In other news, Manning Marable's surrogates urge the reopening of the Malcolm X assassination case.
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