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“Maya Angelou died two years ago but still she lives, a mighty spirit against the small minds of negativity,” began an editorial in the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal on Sunday. “She lives through her written words, including her signature poem that smacks back hard against some Washington small minds who tried to belittle her last week.…

The advent of social media has meant that the Black Lives Matter movement and other protesters have generally been “able to circulate their own narratives without relying on mainstream news outlets,” making more critical the need for mainstream media to staff their newsrooms with journalists whom protesters can trust if the news outlets want the…

“No longer will a daily newspaper bear the name of Oakland or San Jose due to a mass consolidation by Bay Area News Group, which on Tuesday also announced plans to cut roughly 20 percent of the company’s newsroom staff,” Marissa Lang reported Tuesday for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Half a dozen Bay Area newspapers…

“Though public television has long labored under the onus that its audience largely consists of older, upscale white viewers, our recent study of cumulative viewing of local stations demonstrates that this criticism is not warranted,” David LeRoy, Judith LeRoy and Craig Reed reported Monday for current.org. “The 2015 study, Know and Grow, was funded by…

MSNBC is cutting ties with host Melissa Harris-Perry, an MSNBC spokesman confirmed on Sunday, after she refused to appear on her program Saturday morning, complaining that her show had effectively been taken away from her. Spokesman Mark Kornblau replied with a simple “yes” when asked whether the network was severing ties. Harris-Perry tweeted Sunday morning,…

“In an election season dominated by racist and xenophobic language on the right, Donald Trump distinguishes himself even among his more outspoken Republican challengers,” Inae Oh reported Wednesday for Mother Jones. “And according to a New York Times analysis of voters, so do his supporters, a majority of whom carry deeply intolerant attitudes toward gay…

Acel Moore Personified Black History 400 Community Members, Journalists, Former Colleagues, Politicians at Philadelphia Services Acel Moore wasn’t planning to die during Black History Month, but at services Monday for the legendary Philadelphia Inquirer journalist, whose death came Feb. 12 at age 75, the black history he personified couldn’t help but be part of the…

After more than 13 years, “Richard Prince’s Journal-isms,” the leading column on diversity issues in the news business, and the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education are parting ways. Prince said the Maynard Institute notified him Feb. 17 via telephone and email, “After much deliberation, the Board of Directors has decided the Journal-isms column is no…

Journal-isms will be on hiatus until further notice. Gwen Ifill, co-moderator of Thursday’s Democratic presidential candidates debate on PBS, said, “Let me turn this on its head, because when we talk about race in this country, we always talk about African-Americans, people of color. I want to talk about white people, OK?” Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

NBC’s Welker Often “the Only Black Woman in the Room” Elle.com, the website of Elle magazine, published “Meet the Girls on the Bus” Wednesday, confirming what many television viewers have noticed: More women than ever are covering a presidential race. “This Is What NBC News Looks Like in 2016,” read a headline on a video…