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One of the most powerful storms to have ever made landfall dominated news coverage over Veterans Day, with news outlets chasing as many angles as they could in the Philippines tragedy, including first-person accounts, where to send aid, the connection to climate change and, no doubt, finding an American face to place on the story.…

U.S. of “Enormous Assistance” Despite Frosty Relations Venezuela released Miami Herald reporter Jim Wyss after nearly 48 hours in custody, the Miami Herald reported. World Editor John Yearwood, who went to Venezuela to help secure Wyss’ release, messaged Journal-isms from Caracas, “There’s no question that the release would not have happened this quickly without the…

Don Lemon Protests, “I Am Not Supporting Stop-and-Frisk” CNN Anchor Reviled for Commentary on Joyner Radio Show CNN anchor Don Lemon, reviled on social media for a commentary headlined, “STOP and FRISK: Would You Rather Be Politically Correct or Safe and Alive?” told Journal-isms categorically Wednesday, “I am not supporting stop-and-frisk” and said his remarks…

Newspapers Won’t Rock Boat on Tributes to “Lost Cause” The new movie “12 Years a Slave,” based on a true story, establishes beyond doubt that American slavery was the very definition of evil. So why do monuments to those who fought to perpetuate the evil still dot the landscape of Southern states? And what are…

Obama Likes “Bull Sessions” With Columnists Handful of Black Journalists Have Participated Even as the Obama administration is being criticized as the “most closed, control freak administration I’ve ever covered,” in the words of David E. Sanger of the New York Times, President Obama himself is increasingly talking at length in off-the-record sessions with small…

“In a setback for the New York Post, a district judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort to dispatch a lawsuit from a former employee alleging that she was harassed while at the paper and unlawfully fired,” Sam Stein and Michael Calderone reported for the Huffington Post. “The suit, brought by onetime Post editor Sandra Guzman,…

“ABC is apologizing for a segment of Jimmy Kimmel Live in which a child joked about killing Chinese people to help erase the U.S. debt,” the Associated Press reported on Monday. “The boy’s unscripted comment (‘Kill everyone in China,’ he suggested) came during a comedy bit in which youngsters commented on news events. The skit, aimed at poking…

Unity Is Dead, Co-Founders Say Remaining Associations Not Ready to Throw in the Towel The two men credited with the idea for the coalition of journalists-of-color associations say the Unity organization that sprang from their efforts is dead. “UNITY? There is no UNITY,” said Will Sutton of the National Association of Black Journalists. “There hasn’t…

“With the national spotlight on Grambling’s poor facilities, most notably a deplorable weight room, school officials aren’t shying away from the attention,” Sean Isabella reported Tuesday for the News-Star in Monroe, La., near Grambling State University. “The weight room was opened to all media Tuesday morning following new interim coach Dennis ‘Dirt’ Winston’s press conference,…

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists voted Tuesday to leave the Unity: Journalists for Diversity coalition, following a similar departure two years ago of the National Association of Black Journalists. The vote was 13 to 2 with three board members absent, President Hugo Balta told Journal-isms. Voting no were Nathan Olivares-Gilles and Erin Ailworth. Absent…