Wise Words From Nelson Mandela That Hit Harder Than Ever, In Honor of His Death Anniversary
Meghan Markle’s Holiday Netflix Special is Just the Kind of Self-Care Black Folks Need Right Now
Why the Netflix Diddy Doc Has Everyone Furious at This Black Woman Juror From the Trial
Halle Berry Trashes the Idea of Gavin Newsom as President For One Crucial Reason
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Concrete Loop's Angel Laws' Advice for Bloggers
Angel Laws, founder of the popular blog Concrete Loop, talks to The Root’s Sheryl Salomon about her new book at the 2011 Blogging While Brown Conference in Los Angeles.
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Blogging While Brown 2011: Rene Syler Talks
At the 2011 Blogging While Brown conference in Los Angeles, The Root caught up with veteran journalist and blogger Rene Syler. Syler, co-host of CBS News’ The Early Show between 2002 and 2006, told us about the latest offerings on her parenting-advice blog, “Good Enough Mother.” Syler, who, with comedian Kim Coles, hosted the conference’s…
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CNN: Can't Find Anyone of Color Qualified
CNN’s top executive has all but said that the on-air journalists of color it employs are not ready for prime time, and deployed Mark Whitaker, the former Newsweek editor who recently became a CNN news executive, to talk with the National Association of Black Journalists about finding more suitable ones. In a statement protesting CNN’s…
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Morgan Freeman Learns About His Slave Ancestry
In an episode of the PBS series African American Lives 2 that aired in 2008, the actor uncovers shocking facts about his great-grandmother. Check out our Roots section for advice on exploring your family tree.
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CNN Cancels Eliot Spitzer
CNN on Wednesday canceled the political talk show “In the Arena” with Eliot Spitzer, filling his 8 p.m. time slot with Anderson Cooper’s “AC360” and unveiling a fall lineup that includes a new general news program with Erin Burnett, formerly of CNBC. The lineup includes no journalists of color. When the former New York governor…
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Media 'U-Turn' on Strauss-Kahn Hotel Maid
West African Accuser Loses Sympathetic Status The hotel maid who accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of forcing her into a sexual encounter has lost her status as a sympathetic figure in the American media as reporters and prosecutors say they have uncovered inconsistent statements and lies about her past. ” ‘Until today, it was white versus black,…
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Black Journalists Not So Easy on Halperin
White journalists have had a variety of reactions to Time magazine analyst Mark Halperin’s off-color characterization of President Obama Thursday on MSNBC, but black journalists are taking the insult much more seriously. In social media, in conversation and among the few who have access to opinion columns, the Halperin remark is seen as nothing less…
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Black Voices Gets Redesign, New Top Editor
HuffPost Picks Editors for Black, Latino Sites Two to Be Integrated Into Huffington Post “Platform” New top editors have been named for Black Voices and AOL Latino, and the two sites – now under the direction of the Huffington Post – will migrate from AOL to the Huffington site, or “platform,” according to Mario Ruiz,…
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Sports Editors to Train, Mentor Midcareer Journalists of Color
New Leader of AP Sports Editors Seeks Candidates The nation’s sports editors, recently told that they preside over what is likely the whitest, most male section of newspaper and website newsrooms, are planning a nine-month program intended to train midcareer women and journalists of color for sports-department leadership positions. Michael A. Anastasi, new president of…
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Undocumented-Immigrant Journalist Defends Deceptions
Ex-Boss Feels “Duped”; More Scrutiny for Latinos? Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ confession that he has been in the United States illegally since childhood prompted a declaration from a former boss that he feels “duped” and a prediction that Latinos — the group most associated with illegal immigration — could face increased scrutiny in newsrooms. The…