Media
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In the Realm of Black Journalism, ‘We Are Losing Our Lions’
Les Payne Praised for Linking ‘Fairness,’ Journalism In Givhan Flap, Post Won’t Reimburse BET Heather Vincent Holley, Network Exec, Dies at 58 Tanzina Vega to Host Public Radio’s ‘The Takeaway’ PBS Cites a Dozen Complaints About Smiley Podcast Examines Cold Cases From Civil Rights Era Haitians Plan March Over Missing Journalist Mourners and celebrants at…
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Black Journalists Group Backs Reporter Over Furious BET
Givhan Was Part of Event With Michelle Obama Byron Allen Acquires the Weather Channel One Cop in Fatal Sacramento Shooting Is Black Some Led Readers Astray During Austin Bombings Where Are the Black Photographers? Detroit Anchor Out After Harassment Charges Don Imus Retiring After 50 Years in Radio Fourth Mexican Journalist Killed This Year In…
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Les Payne, Journalist Who ‘Took No Prisoners,’ Dies at 76
Fourth NABJ President Spent 38 Years at Newsday Lester Holt Drops GOP Registration: NBC Anchor Talks Race in Advance of News Special Les Payne, a thought leader for journalists of all colors in a career that saw him share a Pulitzer Prize, become a co-founder and fourth president of the National Association of Black Journalists…
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NABJ’s Executive Director Blasts Board’s Fostering of ‘Bad Business Culture’
Meddling, Arrogance, Unprofessional Gossip Cited Memphis Paper Going Deeper in Reporting on Itself Geographic’s Race Problems: Omission, Mindset L.A. Times Debuts Spanish-Language Edition Trump Helps Deflect Coverage of Police Killings Telemundo Rides Latinos’ Shifting Preferences Covering White Supremacists Takes Emotional Toll Getler, Diversity Champ at Washington Post, Dies O.J. Simpson Says He Hasn’t Watched O.J.…
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Mainstream Media Revive Condemnation of Farrakhan
Renewed Focus Includes Leaders Associated with Nation of Islam Head National Geographic Examines Racist Past ‘Fake News’ Smear Takes Hold at State, Local Levels ‘Panther’ Sequel Assured, but Will Africans Like It? Competing Anchors Talk in Spanish-TV Milestone Paper Finds Immigrant Leaders Welcome #MeToo TV Bosses Say Diversity Helps the Bottom Line NBC Explores How…
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New York Times Gets 1,400 Ideas for ‘Overlooked’ Obits
Newspaper Admits Shortchanging Women of Color Chilling Consequences for Covering Women’s Rights 4 Sessions to Train Newsroom Leaders of Color Boston Globe Finds Latinos Feel Invisible in Mass. Lester Holt Didn’t ‘Want to Be Defined by My Color’ Smith Joins Hill in Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ Experts Advise on Covering White Nationalists Revived ‘Indian Country’ to Hire;…
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‘Trenchant Views’ From Media Women of Color
Report Cites Micro-Aggressions, Low Numbers Public Favors Greater Diversity Among Journalists Short Take “Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and…
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50 Years After Kerner Report Criticizing Representation of Black People in Media, Some Say It Wasn’t Taken Seriously
Media Were ‘Shockingly Backward’ on Blacks Tweets Show Media Are Considered Clueless . . . Income Inequality, Wealth Gap Have Widened Tapper Blasts Politicians Who Meet With Farrakhan Unity Votes to Dissolve Indian Country Today Revived; Trahant to Edit Amy Holmes to Co-Host Conservative PBS Show Brazile Calls Russian Hacking ‘National Emergency’ RTDNA Asks Journalists…