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Latinos Scarce in the Press Box
“For seven seasons, José Romero worked the plum assignment as a beat writer covering the Seattle Seahawks for The Seattle Times,” Manny Gonzales wrote Thursday for Fox News Latino. “It was the early 2000s and often times when Romero looked around the press box it became starkly apparent that there were few, if any, other…
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Audie Cornish to Host NPR's Sunday Morning
Capitol Hill Reporter to Succeed Liane Hansen Audie Cornish, a reporter and substitute host for NPR since 2006, has been named the new host of “Weekend Edition Sunday,” NPR announced on Thursday. She “will be the new voice of Sunday mornings for millions of public radio listeners beginning this fall. Liane Hansen, who has been…
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Ann Curry Rises to 'Today' Co-Host
Top-Rated Morning Show Presents Multicultural Face “Ann Curry will replace Meredith Vieira as co-host of the ‘Today’ show, NBC announced Monday, confirming much-anticipated changes in the cast of its perennially dominant morning show,” Bill Carter and Brian Stelter reported Monday for the New York Times. “Ms. Vieira told the program’s audience Monday of her decision…
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OWN CEO Christina Norman Out in Shakeup
“In an admission of dissatisfaction with the ratings for the 4-month-old OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the head of that channel, Christina Norman, has been dismissed, the channel said Friday,” Brian Stelter reported for the New York Times. “Effective immediately, Peter Liguori, the chief operating officer for Discovery Communications, will take over the channel on…
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Huffington Sets Direction for Its Black, Latino Websites
The Huffington Post has scrapped plans to create the new black-oriented GlobalBlack website it conceived with BET co-founder Sheila C. Johnson in favor of reshaping Black Voices, one of the sites Huffington now controls as part of the terms of its acquisition by AOL. “GlobalBlack is now Black Voices,” Huffington Post spokesman Mario Ruiz told…
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Clinton: Bin Laden's Death Will Help Foreign Relations
Clinton Says U.S. Wants to Capitalize on bin Laden Death Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday telegraphed the State Department’s public relations strategy in light of the killing of Osama bin Laden: “Our goal is to give it meaning and shape a narrative that will convince people he was a murderer and not a martyr,”…
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'Anything but Black' in the Dominican Republic
Certain Dominicans are willing to claim any race but black. In this installment of Henry Louis Gates’ PBS special Black in Latin America, learn how some use the term indio “to negate [their] African ancestry.”
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2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner: The Red Carpet
The Root was on the red carpet at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and Anji Corley chatted with Gayle King, Russell Simmons, Cee-Lo and the butt of the night’s jokes — Donald Trump himself. See what he had to say when asked if he really has designs on Obama’s job.
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Obama Chides Media for Birther Story
President Releases Birth Certificate “There comes a moment in almost every American presidency when the commander in chief turns media critic in chief,” David Folkenflik reported Wednesday for NPR. “For President Obama, that moment occurred Wednesday morning. He released his birth certificate to quell persistent rumors that he was somehow not born in this country…
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Obama Chides Media for Birther Story
President Releases Birth Certificate “There comes a moment in almost every American presidency when the commander in chief turns media critic in chief,” David Folkenflik reported Wednesday for NPR. “For President Obama, that moment occurred Wednesday morning. He released his birth certificate to quell persistent rumors that he was somehow not born in this country…