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Study Finds Race Still at Issue in 2012 Campaign “After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue,” Molly McElroy wrote this week for the University of Washington. “However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have…

President Backs Same-Sex Marriage in White House Talk Robin Roberts did not really need anchor Diane Sawyer’s confirmation on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” later Wednesday, when she told viewers that Roberts’ interview with President Obama was historic. The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” knew the magnitude of her scoop. The buzz had…

NABJ Leaders Urge N.Y. Post Never to Use “That Vile Word” The New York Post’s use of abbreviations for racial and misogynistic epithets commonly used by many rappers prompted leaders of the National Association of Black Journalists Saturday to call for “that vile word” (the racial one) never to appear in the Post again. But…

N.Y. Black Journalists to Honor Pop Star’s Essay in Essence The New York Association of Black Journalists “is going to be looking at the criteria for next year” after its announcement  that pop star Beyoncé Knowles had won one of its journalism awards was greeted with surprise, criticism — and headlines,  president Michael J. Feeney…

“When President Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, it was supposed to be a secret, like his earlier visits to the dangerous region,” M. Alex Johnson reported for msnbc.com. “But news of the trip leaked out hours earlier, raising new alarm bells about the…

Civic-Minded Jocks Out as KISS Folds into WBLS The nation’s largest radio market lost one of its two big black-music stations on Monday, and with it the nationally syndicated, civically aware voices of Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden. Joyner said he was sad and urged New York listeners to keep in touch with his show…

Racist tweets greeted the series-ending overtime goal Wednesday by Joel Ward, the first black player in the National Hockey League to accomplish that feat. Did the tweets betray a bigoted disposition among hockey fans that has been undercovered by the news media? One read, “The fact that a nigger scored the winner goal make this…

“For the next three weeks or so, Washington, D.C., will relive one of the most brutal crimes in city history: the murder of 48-year-old Catherine Fuller back in 1984,” Derek McGinty told viewers of Washington’s WUSA-TV on Monday. “But this time, the court will be deciding if the men convicted of the crime were themselves…

Tone Became “Solidly Positive” After Michigan Primary “Mitt Romney needed 15 weeks once the primary contests began to gain a secure hold over his party’s nomination for president,” Tom Rosenstiel, Mark Jurkowitz and Tricia Sartor wrote Monday for the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. “But he emerged as the conclusive winner in…

Essence magazine and its white male managing editor — whom the leading magazine for black women has emphasized had a production, not an editorial role — are parting ways, a spokeswoman told Journal-isms Friday, after right-wing material on his Facebook page was brought to the editors’ attention. The hiring of Michael Bullerdick last July created…