Ta-Nehisi Coates, the national correspondent for the Atlantic, is becoming the go-to guy on race relations for television bookers. He has been getting near-unanimous praise for his new book “Between the World and Me,” and Benjamin Wallace-Wells of New York magazine recalled on Sunday that he also won the endorsement that meant more than any other. “Late this…

President’s Eulogy in Charleston Made for Riveting TV In full preacher mode, President Obama delivered riveting television Friday when he eulogized the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a state senator, rising political star and one of the nine people killed last week at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. “President Barack Obama used his eulogy for…

New NBC Anchor Sensitive to Race, Tech, Western Issues Lester Holt says he has “a strong sensitivity” to the story of race and that “It’s a story that, among others, we’ll be going at aggressively” as newly named permanent anchor of “NBC Nightly News.” In a telephone interview as he began his role as the…

The State Out Front; Black Paper Most Hardline South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call for removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state Capitol grounds Monday continues a decades-long fight in which the state’s newspapers have played a role, though it was not always clear whether they were leading or reflecting public opinion. “Two…

NBA Hall of Famer Aids Journalism and Sports Program “Basketball legend Charles Barkley recently announced his intention to make a $1 million gift to Morehouse College,” the school announced on Friday. “In that same announcement, he pledged similar support to Auburn University (his alma mater) and the Wounded Warrior Project,” for a total of $3…

Sun-Times Runs a Photo That Police Didn’t Want Seen “Photographs can do a number of things. “They can help frame a news story or put it into better context. “They can convey details and nuances of a story that might otherwise be lost,” Jim Kirk, publisher and editor in chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote…

Broadcaster, Black-Themed Site Each See Chance for Growth TheRoot.com has been sold to Univision Communications Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the parties announced Thursday, in a deal that puts a slice of the African American market in the domain of the U.S. company most dominant in Spanish-language broadcasting. “I’m excited,” Donna Byrd, publisher of TheRoot.com,…

Slaver Is Omitted, His Story “Just Wasn’t as Interesting” Actor Ben Affleck asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to edit out the fact that one of his ancestors owned slaves from Gates’ PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” according to messages in the massive November hacking of emails at Sony’s movie studio. The information did not appear…

Voting Rights Act Isn’t Only Great Society Law in Peril Along with the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act, this year marks another milestone: 1965 saw passage of the education law designed to help disadvantaged and special-needs children, particularly those of color. The law is up for renewal this year,…

Mitzi Miller Wants to Create Stories for TV, Film Mitzi Miller, editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine, announced Friday that she is leaving Johnson Publishing Co. She has been Ebony editor for less than a year, assuming that role after spending more than three years as editor of its sister publication Jet, which ended its print edition.…