Media

Sheryl Tucker Returns to Run Magazine on Acting Basis Angela Burt-Murray, editor at Essence magazine for the last five years, “has announced her plan to leave her post and relocate with her family to Atlanta,” John Huey, editor-in-chief of Time Inc. told staff members on Friday. “We are beginning our search for a new editor,…

Milwaukee’s Garry D. Howard to Lead Sporting News Garry D. Howard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the last remaining African American editing the sports section of a mainstream daily newspaper, is leaving in December to become editor-in-chief of the weekly Sporting News. “We thank him for his dedication, enthusiasm and passion for exceptional journalism,” Martin…

Network, Blogger Feud After Invitation to Be Part of Coverage Andrew Breitbart, the blogger who released the edited tape that made Agriculture Department manager Shirley Sherrod seem like a bigot, is causing grief for ABC News, which invited him to be part of its election night coverage. Even as Color of Change and other media…

Former Vibe, Latina Editor Leaving After 3 Months Mimi Valdés, former editor of Vibe and Latina magazines, is leaving Black Entertainment Television after only three months, a BET spokeswoman confirmed for Journal-isms on Wednesday. Valdés is BET’s vice president for content, supervising BET.com, the most widely viewed Internet site catering to African Americans. “Mimi Valdés…

NABJ’s Ciara Sees Effort to Deny Her Group the Top Job In a contested election that is rare for the board of Unity: Journalists of Color, Joanna Hernandez, a Washington Post multiplatform editor who represents the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, was elected president of Unity on Sunday. She defeated Barbara Ciara of the National…

Juan Williams lashed back at NPR Thursday and Friday over his Wednesday night firing, as the network’s CEO acknowledged it bungled Williams’ dismissal and black NPR employees tied Williams’ departure to their diversity concerns. The story was proving to be bigger than anyone imagined. Some American Muslims, meanwhile, wondered whether the episode would make matters worse…

Did White House Decide Who Represents Trotter Group? An attempt by the White House to reach out to the nation’s organization of African American columnists has resulted in anger and resentment on the part of those in the group who were ignored or, worse, disinvited. Some lost money when they made travel arrangements to Washington…

Except for the posting of a smart-phone video of President Obama greeting black bloggers and journalists — a video that found its way to the Drudge Report — the White House does not believe that ground rules for the Monday session were broken, according to the White House liaison for African American media. Controversy over the meeting,…

Democrats Budget $3 Million to Reach African Americans President Obama stopped by a “black online summit” at the White House Monday as part of an outreach to African American journalists and bloggers before the midterm elections, an effort that includes the Democratic National Committee spending what it calls an unprecedented $3 million to reach the…

“I Went Into the Interview With a Chip on My Shoulder” Ousted CNN anchor Rick Sanchez appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday and said his controversial comments last week were wrong and offensive, but added that “I went into the interview with a chip on my shoulder” because of the lack of Hispanics,…