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Concerns Similar to Reasons NABJ Left Two Years Ago The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is re-evaluating its membership in the Unity: Journalists for Diversity coalition, citing reasons of governance, finances and mission, the same reasons the National Association of Black Journalists listed when it pulled out two years ago. On Saturday, NAHJ President Hugo…

“In the opening line of his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would ‘go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,’ ”…

Journalists Don’t Heed U.S. Warnings to Flee Despite Egypt’s Danger, “There’s a Story Going On” The State Department warned U.S. citizens “to defer travel to Egypt and U.S. citizens living in Egypt to depart at this time because of the continuing political and social unrest,” but for journalists, it was no time to leave. “American…

At least four journalists, including a cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News who was also the husband of a former Washington Post and USA Today reporter, were killed and several were injured in the violence that erupted in Egypt on Wednesday, according to news reports. “Media watchdogs urged Egypt to investigate all attacks on journalists…

“PBS and Al Jazeera America are shaking up the status quo by hiring a diverse group of journalists for key on-air positions. The moves reflect the networks’ conscious effort to become more multicultural in their approach, executives tell TheWrap,” Sara Morrison wrote Sunday for The Wrap. “When Gwen Ifill. . . and Judy Woodruff were named the co-anchors of PBS…

Mark Russell, whose nearly three years as editor of the Orlando Sentinel were marked by coverage of the Trayvon Martin case and the hazing death of a marching band member at Florida A&M University, was ousted Wednesday in a reorganization that eliminated his job. Russell was replaced by Avido Khahaifa [pdf], a corporate manager who is…

Bob Butler, a multimedia reporter at KCBS radio in San Francisco and two-term vice president/broadcast of the National Association of Black Journalists, was elected president of the organization Friday as members learned that NABJ ran a deficit in 2012 and that its finance committee projected one for 2013 as well. Butler, 60, defeated Sarah J.…

Commentator and entrepreneur Armstrong Williams, who said Monday that he plans to buy WMMP-TV in Charleston, S.C., from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., said Tuesday that other television companies should be asked why they are similarly not helping other entrepreneurs of color to purchase stations. Providing the entrepreneurs with cable networks is one thing, as Comcast…

Commentator and entrepreneur Armstrong Williams said Monday that there is “no doubt” that he plans to buy WMMP-TV in Charleston, S.C., his home state, from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Allbritton Communications announced Monday it has agreed to sell its seven television stations to Sinclair for $985 million. Williams’ good relations with Sinclair are paying off.…