Few Blacks in White Media, but They Reported It Elsewhere On Monday, PBS announced that a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington would air Aug. 27, on the eve of the historic date when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. While this documentary and other commemorations…

How desperate are some journalists to find newspaper work in this era of cutbacks and layoffs? Nine or 10 journalists are reported to have fallen for a scam in which a 25-year-old accused con artist created a fake online newspaper. They joined his “staff.” Joshua Brian Randolph was in the Hall County, Ga., Detention Center…

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama addressed freshly minted African American graduates over the weekend, reopening a debate that has dogged him since he was a candidate. On such occasions, how much emphasis should he give to addressing the “personal responsibility” of African Americans? How much should he focus instead on the responsibility of…

“Central Park Five” Film Makes Journalists’ Guilt Clear “The Central Park Five” has been a book, a theatrical movie and a PBS film that aired last month, indicting the news media as well as police and prosecutors in each iteration. But how much difference will it make? “Filmmakers Sarah and Ken Burns, not to mention…

“The Cleveland kidnapping case has all the elements of an unforgettable news story, including a bizarre crime, innocent victims, heroes and a happy, at least for the most part, ending,” Michael Malone wrote Wednesday for Broadcasting & Cable. “As such, it’s nothing short of a circus on site in Cleveland, as the local TV reporters…

T.J. Holmes Says He’s
 Officially a Free Agent Black Entertainment Television finally acknowledged Thursday that 
it will not bring back T.J. Holmes’ “Don’t Sleep!”  late night news/talk show, eight months 
after its initial launch. Holmes told Journal-isms on Friday, “I’m a 
completely free agent.” Holmes left his job as a CNN weekend anchor in December 2011…

Allen H. Neuharth, who led the newspaper industry in championing diversity and made it possible for Robert C. Maynard to become the first African American publisher of a mainstream newspaper, died Friday at his home in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89. An obituary by Herbert Buchsbaum of the New York Times described Neuharth as…

Some Use Experts of Color to Comment on Boston Bombing On a day highlighted by false reports that a suspect had been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing, CNN’s John King was singled out for reporting that law enforcement officials had identified “a dark-skinned male” as the suspect, and at least three news organizations demonstrated…

Exit Followed Clashes Over Time Inc. View of Black Women Constance C.R. White has disclosed that her departure as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine was involuntary and the result of repeated clashes with Martha Nelson, the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. who White says sought to limit the way black women were portrayed. “I went in there…

Ex-N.Y. Times Writer Showcased Black Women’s Diversity Constance C.R. White, who returned Essence magazine to a showcase for black women of diverse skin tones and hairstyles, is leaving the magazine, as are Corynne L. Corbett, the beauty editor, and Greg Monfries, the creative director, spokeswoman Dana Baxter confirmed for Journal-isms Friday night and Saturday. Vanessa…