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Saying 'No' to the Comcast-NBC Merger
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists has become the first journalist-of-color organization to oppose the proposed merger between NBC Universal and Comcast, saying that “this massive media consolidation will lead to fewer journalism jobs, less coverage of the Latino community, less diversity of voices, and excessive control for one company over the country’s media.” “A…
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Washington Post Veteran Assumes ASNE Leadership
Coleman Champions Editors’ “New Attitude” April 14, 2010 Washington Post Veteran Assumes ASNE Leadership With nods to Abraham Lincoln, Robert C. Maynard and others, Milton R. Coleman, senior editor at the Washington Post, pledged that “we’ve got a new attitude, and a new game” Wednesday as he became president of the American Society of News…
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Two Black Editors Celebrate Pulitzer Day
Michael Days, Greg Moore See Staffers Win Honors “The newsroom was quiet this afternoon, save for the sound of a nervous editor repeatedly clicking his mouse while staring at a computer screen,” David Gambacorta wrote Monday for the Philadelphia Daily News. “Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. “Finally, at 3 o’clock, the silence was pierced by a euphoric…
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Is There a Next Page for ‘Ebony’?
Four years ago, at the funeral of Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson, then-Sen. Barack Obama remembered the man who almost single-handedly built the economic foundation for black-audience periodicals. Through his magazines, Obama told the more than 2,000 mourners, “he shared countless news, large and small, that had been ignored for so long.” Tavis Smiley…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
