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    April 4, 1968, as Told by Black Reporters

    Three Describe the Night of King’s Death 1. White: Editors Had ‘Domino Theory of Rioting’ 2. West: A Need ‘to Put Our Imprint on the Stories’ 3. Caldwell: ‘I Took It to Be a Bomb’ The Athletic Making Little Progress on Diversity NAHJ Reaches 7-Year Membership High Immigrants Found to Drive Crime Down, Not Up…

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    In the Realm of Black Journalism, ‘We Are Losing Our Lions’

    Les Payne Praised for Linking ‘Fairness,’ Journalism In Givhan Flap, Post Won’t Reimburse BET Heather Vincent Holley, Network Exec, Dies at 58 Tanzina Vega to Host Public Radio’s ‘The Takeaway’ PBS Cites a Dozen Complaints About Smiley Podcast Examines Cold Cases From Civil Rights Era Haitians Plan March Over Missing Journalist Mourners and celebrants at…

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    Black Journalists Group Backs Reporter Over Furious BET

    Givhan Was Part of Event With Michelle Obama Byron Allen Acquires the Weather Channel One Cop in Fatal Sacramento Shooting Is Black Some Led Readers Astray During Austin Bombings Where Are the Black Photographers? Detroit Anchor Out After Harassment Charges Don Imus Retiring After 50 Years in Radio Fourth Mexican Journalist Killed This Year In…

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    The New York Times Documents Police Lying

    ‘Entrenched Perjury . . . Shows Little Sign of Fading’ Gang Databases a Life Sentence for Blacks, Latinos Police Rule Out Hate as Motive in Austin Bombings Meredith to Lay Off 1,000 at the Former Time, Inc. Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Time Diversity Officer, Dies George Wilson, Capitol Hill Radio Man, Dies at 70 Services Planned…

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    Les Payne, Journalist Who ‘Took No Prisoners,’ Dies at 76

    Fourth NABJ President Spent 38 Years at Newsday Lester Holt Drops GOP Registration: NBC Anchor Talks Race in Advance of News Special Les Payne, a thought leader for journalists of all colors in a career that saw him share a Pulitzer Prize, become a co-founder and fourth president of the National Association of Black Journalists…

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    In Putin’s Circle, Obama Was the 'N-Word’

    Book Cites Contempt From Both Russian, Trump A School Shooting Deserving of More Coverage Golden Age of Rap Writing Gave Way to Blog Culture Paying Tribute, a Morning Anchor Raps the News Short Takes Russian President Vladimir Putin was so contemptuous of Barack Obama that Putin’s aides, if not Putin himself, would refer to the…

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    Mainstream Media Revive Condemnation of Farrakhan

    Renewed Focus Includes Leaders Associated with Nation of Islam Head National Geographic Examines Racist Past ‘Fake News’ Smear Takes Hold at State, Local Levels ‘Panther’ Sequel Assured, but Will Africans Like It? Competing Anchors Talk in Spanish-TV Milestone Paper Finds Immigrant Leaders Welcome #MeToo TV Bosses Say Diversity Helps the Bottom Line NBC Explores How…

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    New York Times Gets 1,400 Ideas for ‘Overlooked’ Obits

    Newspaper Admits Shortchanging Women of Color Chilling Consequences for Covering Women’s Rights 4 Sessions to Train Newsroom Leaders of Color Boston Globe Finds Latinos Feel Invisible in Mass. Lester Holt Didn’t ‘Want to Be Defined by My Color’ Smith Joins Hill in Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ Experts Advise on Covering White Nationalists Revived ‘Indian Country’ to Hire;…

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    ‘Trenchant Views’ From Media Women of Color

    Report Cites Micro-Aggressions, Low Numbers Public Favors Greater Diversity Among Journalists Short Take “Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and…

  • Mourning the Living: On Finally Winning the Lawsuit Against Ebony Magazine

    Have you ever had a feeling like you were mourning the death of something that was still alive? On Feb. 27, after months of back-and-forth, canceled court dates and a stringing along that felt as if we were never going to come to an agreement, 43 writers settled their lawsuit with the once powerful Ebony…