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Winning Big Again: Pro Athletes Turned Entrepreneurs
For many professional athletes, the winning doesn’t stop once they leave sports. From George Foreman’s popular grills to Magic Johnson’s chain of movie theaters, professional athletes are making moves beyond the boxing ring, court and field. 1. Junior Bridgeman This former NBA player owns Bridgeman Foods Inc., which operates more than 160 Wendy’s and more than…
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GM to Invest $449 Million in Detroit-Area Auto Plants
General Motors is investing $449 million in two Detroit-area factories that will build the next generation of the Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric car, the Associated Press reports. GM would not say how many jobs would be added, but the cash infusion will eventually create a second shift at the Detroit assembly plant that makes the…
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17 Black Women in Science and Tech You Should Know
In honor of Women’s History Month, The Root pays tribute to African-American women working in the fastest growing field around the globe. While their numbers may be relatively few (pdf), they are making great strides, using their science, math and engineering degrees to amass impressive digital portfolios. Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)…
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Latinos Follow Blacks, Leave Diversity Group
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…
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White Gay Man to Head Diversity Organization
NLGJA Delegate Wins, 6-4, as NAHJ Sits Out Vote David Steinberg, a former president of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, has been elected president of Unity: Journalists for Diversity, the coalition announced Friday. Steinberg, who becomes the first white president of the former Unity: Journalists of Color, defeated Janet Cho of the Asian…
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Supporting Obama's New Syria Strategy
(The Root) — On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out the moral argument for an international, multilateral coalition to respond to the alleged Aug. 21 gas attack by the Syrian government on its own citizens. The speech came in the midst of a rapidly moving diplomatic crisis. Just over a week ago, it seemed…
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Have Black Journalists Overcome?
Coverage of Latest March Shows Progress, Setbacks Could African American progress since the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom be measured by the roles black journalists assumed in coverage of the march’s commemoration 50 years later? One Journal-isms reader in Washington was disappointed. “I noticed there were no black bylines on the main…
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Station Says Axing Was About Policy, Not Hair
Responding to an uproar over the firing of Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist who responded to criticism of her short Afro on the station’s Facebook site, the news director at KTBS in Shreveport, La., said the firing was over violations of station policy, not her hair. Randy Bain, KTBS news director, pointed to a memo emailed…
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Fired From TV for Explaining Black Hair?
A black female meteorologist has been fired from the ABC affiliate in Shreveport, La., she told Journal-isms, because she responded to a racial remark posted by a viewer on the station’s Facebook page. KTBS-TV’s action against Rhonda Lee followed a previous response by Lee to a viewer who questioned whether she should wear her short…
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FCC Opens FM Stations to Community Groups
More Than 6,000 Applications Awaiting Approval “Coincidences in Washington? Try this. Just when the Federal Communications Commission is circulating a draft order to loosen media ownership rules, it voted today to take final steps to create lower-power FM radio, a new class of noncommercial radio stations aimed at increasing diversity on the radio airwaves,” Katy…