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    What Happens When a Patient Demands a White M.D.?

    Newspaper’s Video Vindicates Fla. Congresswoman News Outlets Scramble to Explain Niger Ambush Jemele Hill Says She Deserved Her Suspension Torres Named First Latina Editor of El Paso Times Martin Leaves Sports Columnist Job for Washington Post NAHJ Raises $8,000 for Equipment in Puerto Rico ‘America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail’ Hate…

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    Now, Unpaid Uptown Magazine Writers Organize

    Writer’s Union Warns Potential Contributors ‘A Disgusting Tap Dance That’s All About Politics’ U.S. Presence in Africa Is ‘Wildly Underreported’ Tom Joyner Says He’s Retiring in Two Years Kaepernick Grievance Seen as Blow for Player Rights FCC Chair Breaks Silence on Trump Tweet Court Won’t Require Emergency Alerts in Spanish ‘MLK50’ Aims to Reframe Memphis…

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    Nelly’s Rape Accuser Decries Media Spotlight

    Woman Says She’s Been Frightened Into Silence Writer Has Doubts About Hill’s Future at ESPN 4 Women Sue Detroit Free Press Over Unequal Pay Calif. Paper Names Black Publisher, Joins Black Editor ‘Ask a Mexican’ Arellano Quits as OC Weekly Editor FCC Chairman Pressed to Speak Out on Trump How Trump Is Changing Hispanic Media…

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    Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins MacArthur Fellowship

    N.Y. Times Writer on Race Receives Prestigious Award Ebony Editor Confirms She’s Left the Company Journalists of Color at 16.6 Percent in ASNE Census State Dept., White House Differ on Media Issues Essence, People en Español in Time Inc. Cutbacks Whites Awarded for Stories on Black Communities Why It’s So Hard for Some to Relate…

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    Did Voter Suppression Give Trump the Election?

    Look at Results in Close States Such as Wisconsin ESPN Suspends Jemele Hill Over New Tweet 10 Projects Split $1.8 Million to Boost Trust in News NAHJ Ends Partnership with California Chicanos Oneida Nation Donates Indian Country Today  Nikole Hannah-Jones, a writer for the New York Times Magazine who specializes in racial issues, had little…

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    ‘Quit Being Spineless About Doing—and Defending—the Work We Do,’ Says Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr.

    By Leonard Pitts Jr. Leonard Pitts Jr., syndicated Miami Herald columnist, delivered this speech on Oct. 9 at the 2017 News Leadership Conference, convened by the American Society of News Editors, Associated Press Media Editors and Associated Press Photo Managers in Washington, D.C. These are his prepared remarks. Good afternoon.Thank you for that warm welcome…

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    Why the Las Vegas Shooter Isn’t Called a ‘Terrorist’

    Bloody Tragedy Still Not Worst in U.S. History 400 Minn. Cops Kept Jobs After Convictions Columnist Calls Killer Cop’s Fund-Raiser a Bad Idea Hefner Gave Essence the Capital to Launch Death Toll in Puerto Rico Being Underreported NFL Owners Gave $14 Million to Trump Campaign Amber Payne Leaving NBCBLK for Teen Vogue Connie Orlando to…

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    Media Document Failings in Puerto Rico

    Data Show How Long Crisis Wasn’t Given Its Due Like Air Force Academy, Writers Confront Racism Kaepernick Left Off Cover Homage to His Movement Russia-Linked Tweets, Postings Exploited Race Hugh Hefner Left Mark on Civil Rights Era Fox Business Network President Shuns ‘Politics’ St. Louis Paper Backs Outside Probe of Police Reggie Lavong, Philly Station…

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    94 Percent of Blacks Call Trump Unfit

    60% of Hispanics Agree in New Poll Media Turn to Puerto Rico Despite Logistical Issues Lauren Williams Named Editor-in-Chief at Vox.com Jemele Hill Says She Let Down Her Colleagues Some in NFL Protest Fear Message Is Being Lost Expanded Duties for Rob King at ESPN First-Time TV Directors of Color Double Blacks Less Likely to…

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    Trump’s NFL Attacks Embolden Journalists

    ‘Racism’ and ‘White Supremacy’ Stated More Easily Media Executive Named NABJ Executive Director Border Wall No Panacea, USA Today Network Finds Puerto Rico Overshadowed by NFL, Health Care Homicides Prompt Mental Health Crisis in Chicago 7 Projects Get $2 Million to Boost Trust in Media Va. Statue to Honor Firebrand Editor, Nat Turner Concerns About…