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The Second Wave of the Digital Divide
(The Root) — Today, in early 2013, American media and entertainment face a curious condition. On the one hand, African Americans and other people of color are flocking to movies, Twitter, television and blogs in ever-greater numbers and percentages. We are huge consumers of media. On the other hand, the Federal Communications Commission and the…
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Ensuring Black Firms Have Success Tools
(Special to The Root) — In today’s economy, entrepreneurs play a critical role in bolstering America’s economic vitality and competitiveness throughout the world. Our small-business owners and innovators have always been united by the shared American dream that every person, with hard work and dedication, has the potential to achieve remarkable things. In his State…
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Dorner Manhunt Echoed Hollywood Crime Tales
“With elements echoing many of the fixtures of Hollywood’s fictional crime tales, Tuesday’s showdown with real-life fugitive Christopher Dorner brought the conflicting agendas of law enforcement and the media into sharp relief, spotlighting the challenges — and pitfalls — of such immersive live coverage,” AJ Marechal reported Tuesday for Variety. “Uncensored obscenities made it on…
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Are Magazine Staffs Whiter Than the GOP?
“The New Republic is catching heat for its latest cover story about the Republican party, titled ‘The Party of White People: An Historical Investigation,’ ” Dylan Byers wrote Monday for Politico. It might be the most attention that the issue of the diversity of media staffs has received from a non-journalism publication in years. The…
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Rob Parker Gets Online Columnist Gig
Less than a month after ESPN decided not to renew his contract over controversial remarks he made during the “First Take” talk show, commentator Rob Parker has landed a columnist’s spot on Keith Clinkscales’s new digital sports platform. A Wednesday news release began, “Today, TheShadowLeague.com announced award-winning sports columnist Rob Parker has been added to…
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New Black Leader at Washington Post
Maynard Grad Is First Black Journalist to Assume the Title Kevin Merida, national editor at the Washington Post, was named a managing editor at the newspaper Monday, the highest position a black journalist has achieved at the Post. Marty Baron, the former Boston Globe editor who became Post executive editor in January, called a meeting…
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Why Was Cotton 'King'?
(The Root) — 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro No. 17: How much did the cotton industry shape American history and the lives of enslaved Africans? “C” stands for Cotton. Its beautiful bolls, And bales of rich value, the Master controls. Of “mud-stills” he prates, and would haughtily bring The world to acknowledge that “Cotton is King.”…
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Turkish Group Claims US Embassy Bombing
As many said goodbye to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, was attacked. On Saturday a leftist Turkish group, according to Reuters, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, blaming their motivations on America’s foreign policy. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out Friday’s attack,…
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5 Ways the Super Bowl Will Reflect Our Changing Culture
Colorlines‘ Jamilah King explains how this year’s biggest sporting event will also act as a stage for some of the nation’s most dramatic cultural shifts. Black leadership. Ok, I’m biased here, but I’ll say this anyway: The San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick is the future. The league has long asked itself the irritating question of whether…
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Obama Faults 'He Said, She Said' Journalism
“The New Republic has just lifted the embargo on its [wide-ranging] interview with President Obama, in which he talked at length about the role the media can play in breaking Washington’s partisan gridlock,” Dylan Byers wrote Sunday for Politico. ” ‘One of the biggest factors is going to be how the media shapes debates,’ he…