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Washington Post Veteran Assumes ASNE Leadership
Coleman Champions Editors’ “New Attitude” April 14, 2010 Washington Post Veteran Assumes ASNE Leadership With nods to Abraham Lincoln, Robert C. Maynard and others, Milton R. Coleman, senior editor at the Washington Post, pledged that “we’ve got a new attitude, and a new game” Wednesday as he became president of the American Society of News…
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BOOKMARK: Nell Painter
In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Nell Painter, a leading American historian, talks about her latest book, The History of White People. In this conversation with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Painter discusses the definition of whiteness,…
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Two Black Editors Celebrate Pulitzer Day
Michael Days, Greg Moore See Staffers Win Honors “The newsroom was quiet this afternoon, save for the sound of a nervous editor repeatedly clicking his mouse while staring at a computer screen,” David Gambacorta wrote Monday for the Philadelphia Daily News. “Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. “Finally, at 3 o’clock, the silence was pierced by a euphoric…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Malcolm Gladwell
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show in 2010 that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Yo-Yo Ma
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Louise Erdrich
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Eva Longoria
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Kristi Yamaguchi
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Meet the 'Faces of America': Elizabeth Alexander
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., launched a PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His latest series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the immigrant origins of…