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MSNBC is cutting ties with host Melissa Harris-Perry, an MSNBC spokesman confirmed on Sunday, after she refused to appear on her program Saturday morning, complaining that her show had effectively been taken away from her. Spokesman Mark Kornblau replied with a simple “yes” when asked whether the network was severing ties. Harris-Perry tweeted Sunday morning,…

“In an election season dominated by racist and xenophobic language on the right, Donald Trump distinguishes himself even among his more outspoken Republican challengers,” Inae Oh reported Wednesday for Mother Jones. “And according to a New York Times analysis of voters, so do his supporters, a majority of whom carry deeply intolerant attitudes toward gay…

Acel Moore Personified Black History 400 Community Members, Journalists, Former Colleagues, Politicians at Philadelphia Services Acel Moore wasn’t planning to die during Black History Month, but at services Monday for the legendary Philadelphia Inquirer journalist, whose death came Feb. 12 at age 75, the black history he personified couldn’t help but be part of the…

After more than 13 years, “Richard Prince’s Journal-isms,” the leading column on diversity issues in the news business, and the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education are parting ways. Prince said the Maynard Institute notified him Feb. 17 via telephone and email, “After much deliberation, the Board of Directors has decided the Journal-isms column is no…

Journal-isms will be on hiatus until further notice. Gwen Ifill, co-moderator of Thursday’s Democratic presidential candidates debate on PBS, said, “Let me turn this on its head, because when we talk about race in this country, we always talk about African-Americans, people of color. I want to talk about white people, OK?” Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

NBC’s Welker Often “the Only Black Woman in the Room” Elle.com, the website of Elle magazine, published “Meet the Girls on the Bus” Wednesday, confirming what many television viewers have noticed: More women than ever are covering a presidential race. “This Is What NBC News Looks Like in 2016,” read a headline on a video…

Michael Feeney, Mentor With a Purpose Service in Harlem Sanctuary Has Feel of NABJ Meeting Deon J. Hampton, a reporter at Newsday and fraternity brother of Michael J. Feeney, will never forget driving from Oklahoma to New York on faith. Hampton had been laid off from the Tulsa World in March 2011 and was not…

“The morning of May 4, 2011, Jameelah El-Shabazz watched out the window of her Bronx apartment as a team of police officers fanned across the rooftop of Banana Kelly High School,” Sarah Ryley wrote in a piece published jointly Thursday by ProPublica and the Daily News in New York, which participated in the reporting. “The…

Texan Cites Network in Spreading Falsehood About Carson “CNN has accused the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz of making false statements about the network’s reporting on the campaign of GOP rival Ben Carson,” Mark Joyella reported Wednesday for TVNewser. ‘Senator Cruz’s claims about CNN are false,’ the network said in a statement Wednesday…

“Doctors Didn’t See This Coming,” Mom Says of Fatal Illness A fund created to honor the memory of Michael J. Feeney, the 32-year-old New York journalist who died on Sunday as he was about to begin a new stage in his career as an entertainment journalist at CNN, raised more than $15,000 of its $20,000…