George E. Curry, a veteran journalist who championed the black press and was reviving online his beloved Emerge magazine, died Saturday at 69, according to a message from his sister’s Facebook account. “It is with deep regret to inform everyone that my brother, George passed away earlier today,” said the message, from the account of…

“Swimmer Ryan Lochte was dubbed ‘The Ugly American’ on Friday as U.S. media turned on the once beloved Olympic champion, saying his made-up tale of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro played into the worst stereotypes of Americans abroad,” Jill Serjeant reported Friday for Reuters. But not all in the news media were…

Hillary Clinton addressed the joint convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Friday after not holding a full-fledged news conference in more than seven months. Do the Democrats take Latinos for granted? Here is part of @HillaryClinton‘s answer at #NABJNAHJ16 pic.twitter.com/FOaD5k8MXC — Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) August…

Donald J. Trump turned down an invitation to address the joint convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, NABJ said Wednesday as preparations continued for Friday’s address by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. C-SPAN spokesman Howard Mortman told Journal-isms that C-SPAN radio and television will carry Clinton’s…

Michael Jordan’s surprise announcement Monday that he would give $2 million to organizations working to improve police-community relations was published first on ESPN’s recently launched site The Undefeated because “he had read some of the articles on The Undefeated and liked what we were doing,” editor-in-chief Kevin Merida said he was told. “Jordan’s declaration has…

William C. Rhoden, the “dean of sports columnists” in one appraisal, told readers Sunday that he is leaving the New York Times after nearly 35 years, 26 of them writing the “Sports of The Times” column. The Times offered buyout packages and “50 Guild Newsroom colleagues will leave under this buyout and one Guild member…

“Facebook says it’s having trouble hiring people of color because public schools are failing to educate them properly,” Damon Beres reported Friday for the Huffington Post. “The company is 52 percent white, 38 percent Asian, 4 percent Hispanic and 2 percent black, according to diversity numbers released Thursday. Sixty-seven percent of Facebook employees are male…

“Donald Trump’s support among African-American voters has plunged to a new low—and the New York Daily News wanted to make sure the Republican presidential candidate knew it,” Ed Mazza reported Wednesday for the Huffington Post. “According to the Quinnipiac University poll, just 1 percent of African-American voters supported Trump. That was well behind the 6…

“CNN drew a fair share of criticism—and some shrugs—when it announced Thursday the hiring of recently fired Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a political commentator,” Kelly McBride and Benjamin Mullin wrote Friday for the Poynter Institute. “The pushback from journalists was twofold. First, Lewandowski was recorded on video manhandling Breitbart journalist Michelle Fields…

“Omar Mateen, the Muslim gunman who committed the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, was ‘100 percent’ gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by them, according to a man who says he was his lover for two months,” Univision reported Tuesday. “ ‘I’ve cried like you have no idea. But…