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Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. has invited the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association to join the coalition, reversing its position that the alliance would include only the “journalists of color” groups. The invitation was taken in the absence of the National Association of Black Journalists, which withdrew from the coalition in March, and raises…

Activist Compares Show With Limbaugh’s, Hannity’s The Rev. Al Sharpton, newly awarded the “permanent” 6 p.m. host slot on MSNBC, says he views his position as new turf on the civil rights “battlefield,” engaging the right wing. Sharpton told theLoop21.com on Tuesday: “When you look at the last 15 years, there was a rise of…

CNN’s Sara Sidner Out Front on Downfall of Gaddafi “Women led the way in the coverage of the rebel advance into the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday night,” Jack Mirkinson wrote Monday for the Huffington Post, and among them was CNN’s Sara Sidner, one of the rare African American women to report from a…

“When I read ‘The Help’ two years ago (I couldn’t put it down) and watched the film last Saturday (which made me laugh and cry), I could feel the pain of another white 40-something Mississippian who wants to make it all better.   “She’s pining for a happier ending for our state, and she’s using her…

Johnson Publishing Co. plans to address Jet magazine’s competitive disadvantage with Internet publications by adding opinions and perspective pieces to the print magazine, Johnson CEO Desiree Rogers told Journal-isms on Wednesday. “You can curate and have opinions on what happened over the week,” she said. Jet can also offer “more of what you’ve loved all…

Hundreds Complain About Racial Remarks on BBC “The BBC has received nearly 700 complaints about the historian and broadcaster David Starkey’s claim that ‘whites have become black’ during a discussion about last week’s riots on Newsnight,” Lisa O’Carroll reported Monday for Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Of those contacting the BBC, 696 were protesting about Starkey’s comments,…

Ebony and Jet magazines reversed circulation declines in the first half of 2011, according to new figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, on the heels of a redesign of Ebony and the outsourcing of circulation duties at Ebony and Jet. Hispanic-interest titles also dominated the fastest-growing magazines, Lucia Moses reported for Adweek. “Poder Hispanic,…

Activist Says Black Journalists Would Be Part of His Show The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that if his show on MSNBC is made permanent, black journalists will be a part of it. In a telephone call to Journal-isms, Sharpton said he understood that only a few had complained that journalists, not Sharpton, should have…

At a passionate and emotional business meeting that stretched for nearly three hours, members of the National Association of Black Journalists voted Friday to “seek reunification with Unity: Journalists of Color as soon as is feasible,” but “based on conditions involving the financial and governance structure of Unity that do not conflict with the best…

AOL is relaunching its Black Voices site this week with Christina Norman, the ousted CEO of Oprah Winfrey’s struggling OWN cable channel as executive editor, David Kaplan reported Monday for paidContent.org. White Huffington Post writers will produce content for Black Voices in an effort to “cross-pollinate the sites,” Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of Huffington…