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The Top 10 Stories Involving Race and Media in 2015
A year in the quest for news media that look like America: 1. Police Violence The expanded use of body cameras and dashboard videos gave the public access to footage of police interactions with civilians who in too many instances ended up dead. The footage often contradicted police reports and prompted news organizations to conduct…
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Holiday Nonfiction Offerings: Journalists Follow Their Passions
Our latest list of nonfiction books by journalists of color or those of special interest to them — the second of two — features journalists following their passions, whether delving further into their beats, pursuing an avocation, expanding on an interest kindled at work, seeking more information about why they grew up as they did…
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After Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case, News Media Recycle Scenes of Earlier Baltimore Unrest
With Mistrial, Opportunity to Repeat Prior Mistakes A mistrial declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter provided an opportunity for the news media to recycle images of the unrest that followed the April 12 death of Freddie Gray in police custody. But how true a representation will those images be? …
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Ouster of Black Faculty Member at Fla. School for Journalists Results in Backlash Among Community Members
Mentors, Mentees Follow Kenny Irby to New Program The Poynter Institute is facing a backlash after forcing out Kenny Irby, its only African American faculty member, last month amid financial challenges. Some black community members have objected so much to Poynter’s change in a mentorship program started and run by Irby that by Irby’s count,…
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All Los Angeles Public Schools Closed After Bomb Threat
Public schools in Los Angeles were suddenly closed and students sent home Tuesday after authorities electronically received what officials are describing as a credible bomb threat, the New York Times reports. Ramon C. Cortines, the superintendent of schools, said that schools would be kept closed until police were able to search all buildings to ensure…
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Just in Time for the Holidays: Top Nonfiction Books
Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Holiday Offerings Our latest list of nonfiction books by journalists of color or those of special interest to them — the first of two — gives us a chance to praise journalists who rocked the world they found, paving the way for journalists who continue the struggle today. Four of these…
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Media Outlets Opine That Donald Trump Is Channeling Demagogues
HuffPost: Trump Is No Longer Entertainment N.Y. Times Compares Candidate With Past Demagogues “Earlier today, the candidate currently leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination called for a ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,’ ” Arianna Huffington wrote Monday for the Huffington Post. “That was, of course, Donald Trump.…
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Do Mormon Genealogy Records Include Black People?
I am trying to learn more about my family’s history. My mother, Ora Lean Johnson, is from Alexandria or Shreveport, La. However, she is ill and unable to provide me with any information. My father is Emanuel Christopher Bass Sr. of West Virginia, and as far as I know, he is still living. He was…
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White Accused Colo. Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Getting ‘Gentle’ Treatment by Media, Some Say
Media Outlets Again Accused of Racial Double Standards “Media rhetoric so often lives in shades of gray, yet when it comes to the terms used to describe people in crime stories, its true colors may be black and white,” Ryan Grenoble, a news editor at the Huffington Post, wrote Monday. “Take the words employed over…
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The Life and Legacy of Tech Innovator Hank Williams to Be Celebrated in NY
The life and works of tech entrepreneur Hank Williams, who worked tirelessly to champion diversity in the ever-growing technology field, is to be celebrated Saturday at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City at 9 a.m. Williams, 50, died Sunday following a battle with pneumonia and myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, which left…