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Lester Holt, 1st Black Solo Network Anchor of a Weeknight News Show, on Race: Less Talk, More Action
New NBC Anchor Sensitive to Race, Tech, Western Issues Lester Holt says he has “a strong sensitivity” to the story of race and that “It’s a story that, among others, we’ll be going at aggressively” as newly named permanent anchor of “NBC Nightly News.” In a telephone interview as he began his role as the…
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SC Media Long Involved in Debate Over Confederate Flag
The State Out Front; Black Paper Most Hardline South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call for removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state Capitol grounds Monday continues a decades-long fight in which the state’s newspapers have played a role, though it was not always clear whether they were leading or reflecting public opinion. “Two…
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Why the Charleston Massacre Is a Local Story
Post and Courier Has Less Diversity Than 15 Years Ago The massacre that killed nine worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday left news organizations with a wealth of decisions. Do they call the suspect a “terrorist”? Do they deploy reporters to the scene? How much coverage does it warrant? How…
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Similar to Teach for America, How About a Report for America Program?
Media Can Affect a Community’s Confidence in Itself In Teach for America and AmeriCorps, citizens fan out across the country and work in service to local communities. Now, how about a “Report for America,” with journalists? Steven Waldman, described as “a serial news entrepreneur,” made the proposal at a conference sponsored by journalism organizations that…
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How Rachel Dolezal Became a Global News Story
Pacific Northwest Outlets Made Public Record Requests The story that created so much buzz at week’s end started at a 22,000-circulation newspaper in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the ABC-TV affiliate in nearby Spokane, Wash. It was about Rachel Dolezal, the president of the Spokane NAACP who claimed that she was African American but whose parents say…
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Charles Barkley Is Giving Morehouse College $1,000,000
NBA Hall of Famer Aids Journalism and Sports Program “Basketball legend Charles Barkley recently announced his intention to make a $1 million gift to Morehouse College,” the school announced on Friday. “In that same announcement, he pledged similar support to Auburn University (his alma mater) and the Wounded Warrior Project,” for a total of $3…
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Another Day, Another Video Showing Police Officers Overreacting With Blacks
Warning on McKinney: “This Time We Got Lucky” “Once again, the nation is fixated on frightening video of a police officer’s over-reaction,” the Dallas Morning News editorialized on Monday. “This time it happened in North Texas. This time no one was hurt. “This time we got lucky.” The Morning News was leading the pack Sunday…
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Community Engagement Offered as Remedy for Negative Media Coverage of Black, Arab and Latino Boys
ASNE Offers “Community-Based Engagement” as Remedy Adults who work with children say news media reporting on boys and men of color reinforces negative narratives about them, according to a new survey, but “news organizations increasingly are using community-based engagement to improve the situation,” according to Mike Fancher, speaking to Journal-isms on behalf of the American…
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Wow. Here’s What the American Red Cross Did With the Half-Billion Dollars Donated After the Haiti Earthquake
Red Cross Slammed in NPR-ProPublica Investigation “When a devastating earthquake leveled Haiti in 2010, millions of people donated to the American Red Cross. The charity raised almost half a billion dollars. It was one of its most successful fundraising efforts ever,” Laura Sullivan reported for NPR on Wednesday. “The American Red Cross vowed to help…
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Media Outlets Are Taking It Upon Themselves to Track the Number of People Killed by Police
Washington Post Counts 385 Fatally Shot This Year At least 385 people were “shot and killed by police nationwide during the first five months of this year, more than two a day, according to a Washington Post analysis,” Kimberly Kindy reported for the Sunday print edition of the Washington Post, along with Julie Tate, Jennifer…