NABJ, Unity Join Media Outlets in Expressing Outrage “Reporters from The Huffington Post and Washington Post have been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer’s performance, a chilling setback for press freedom coming nearly a year after their arrests in Ferguson, Missouri,” Michael Calderone reported Monday for the Huffington Post. “The Huffington Post’s Ryan J.…

From ASNE: “Our Industry Isn’t Making Progress” The percentage of journalists of color in newspaper and online newsrooms declined from 13.34 percent to 12.76 percent, the American Society of News Editors reported Tuesday, with the percentages down among Asian Americans, blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, but a slight increase among those identifying as multiracial [PDF]. “The…

Hulk Hogan Fired After Reporters Expose Racist Rant Reporting by the National Enquirer — a supermarket tabloid long scorned by the mainstream media for its sensationalistic stories and questionable journalistic practices — was credited Friday with prompting World Wrestling Entertainment to terminate the contract of its star Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan. “Hulk…

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,…