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Magazine Stands Behind 10-Year-Old Cover Shot Relying on public relations photos for your cover shots can be messy, as Jet magazine is finding out. Jet editor-in-chief Mitzi Miller on Friday issued a defense of the magazine’s use of a 10-year-old photo of cover subject Fantasia. “JET magazine is honored to have Fantasia grace the cover…

“Soledad O’Brien will leave CNN’s morning show in the spring, but she won’t be leaving the cable news channel altogether,” as Brian Stelter put it Thursday for the New York Times. “Ms. O’Brien, who is well-known for CNN documentaries like ‘Black in America,’ said Thursday that she would form a production company and continue to…

“Actor Alec Baldwin allegedly called a black Post photographer a racial epithet, a ‘crackhead’ and a ‘drug dealer’ during a confrontation on an East Village street yesterday morning, prompting police to intervene,” Leonard Greene reported Monday for the New York Post. The story was noticed almost immediately by the right-wing Breitbart.com. “Isn’t it great to…

Teens Skeptical President Can Change Gang Mindset “President Barack Obama returned to Chicago for a few hours Friday to address the high-profile gun violence that continues to plague his hometown and suggested the solution is not only more gun laws, but community intervention and economic opportunity in impoverished neighborhoods,” John Byrne and Dahleen Glanton reported…

“With elements echoing many of the fixtures of Hollywood’s fictional crime tales, Tuesday’s showdown with real-life fugitive Christopher Dorner brought the conflicting agendas of law enforcement and the media into sharp relief, spotlighting the challenges — and pitfalls — of such immersive live coverage,” AJ Marechal reported Tuesday for Variety. “Uncensored obscenities made it on…

“The New Republic is catching heat for its latest cover story about the Republican party, titled ‘The Party of White People: An Historical Investigation,’ ” Dylan Byers wrote Monday for Politico. It might be the most attention that the issue of the diversity of media staffs has received from a non-journalism publication in years. The…

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…

Less than a month after ESPN decided not to renew his contract over controversial remarks he made during the “First Take” talk show, commentator Rob Parker has landed a columnist’s spot on Keith Clinkscales’s new digital sports platform. A Wednesday news release began, “Today, TheShadowLeague.com announced award-winning sports columnist Rob Parker has been added to…

Maynard Grad Is First Black Journalist to Assume the Title Kevin Merida, national editor at the Washington Post, was named a managing editor at the newspaper Monday, the highest position a black journalist has achieved at the Post. Marty Baron, the former Boston Globe editor who became Post executive editor in January, called a meeting…

Antoine Sanfuentes Gains Increased Responsibilities Steve Capus, the president of NBC News who in 2007 received the Ida B. Wells Award from the National Association of Black Journalists for his diversity efforts, is stepping down, he told colleagues Friday. His move means an expanded role for Antoine Sanfuentes, senior vice president of NBC News and…