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Fox Reaches $10 Million Discrimination Settlement
Kelly Wright, Sole Black Male Anchor, Agrees to Leave Literary Lion Tom Wolfe Had His Critics on Race Amazon Adopts ‘Rooney Rule’ for Board Vacancies Watchdog Group Wants Probe of Gaza ‘War Crimes’ Senate Votes to Hold Line on Net Neutrality ESPN, Netflix Plan 10-Parter on Jordan, Bulls Tegna Foundation Awards 9 Grants for Diversity…
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Jemele Hill Is Still Out Here Spitting Truth About What’s Really Going On in America
I won’t lie—It didn’t sit well with me when ESPN sports personality Jemele Hill issued a statement saying she “deserved that suspension” following the social media backlash over her controversial tweets about President Donald Trump and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. I absolutely get that jobs are scarce and nice checks for those who truly…
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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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Jamie Foxx Walks Off on-Air Interview When Asked About Katie Holmes
Guess it’s Jamie Foxx’s policy not to talk about his longtime lady friend. And SportsCenter’s Michael Smith found out the hard way. Smith was interviewing Foxx before the actor played in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday night, and asked him about Katie Holmes, whom Foxx has been allegedly dating on the low for…
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Offensive Dreamers Cartoon ‘a Mistake,’ Editor Says
Closer Scrutiny Pledged After Widespread Criticism ‘Darker, Gayer, Different’ Too Much Even for Fox Reuters Moves Bombshell by Jailed Reporters Ethiopia Says It Will Free Press Freedom Hero — If Quincy Jones’ ‘Outrageous’ Conversation Goes Viral Judge Dismisses Discrimination Case Against CNN White Pittsburgh Anchor Settles Bias Suit Michael Smith Says Changes Muted ‘SportsCenter’ Blacks…
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ESPN’s Jemele Hill to Leave SportsCenter, Join The Undefeated
Jemele Hill is switching gears in her career, leaving her position as anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter to join the staff of The Undefeated, an ESPN-owned website that focuses on the intersection of sports, race and culture, as well as take on additional assignments. As Sports Illustrated notes, the move comes after Hill sparked national conversation…
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Detroit Journalist Stephen Henderson Traces Firing to 2 Encounters
Detroit Free Press Veteran Weighs Legal Action Skipper Quits at ESPN, Citing Substance Abuse Parrish to Leave as Arizona Republic President PBS Fires Back at Tavis Smiley’s Denials Stephen Henderson, fired Friday as columnist and editorial page editor at the Detroit Free Press, told radio listeners Monday that his dismissal stemmed from “social situations outside…
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Watch: Jemele Hill Says Our Progress Is ‘3 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back’
“We perceive color and report on black athletes, men and women, differently.” —Jemele Hill Jemele Hill’s name has been hashtagged, dragged and praised heavily this year, and here at The Root, we honor her for her contributions to journalism. As a black female sports journalist, Hill realizes how black athletes are perceived, and she’s bringing…
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Watch: Don’t Tell Michael Smith to ‘Stick to Sports’
“The people who rail against shows like ours that embrace the intersection of sport and society, what they’re really saying is, ‘It’s too black for me.’ The difference is you have a black man and a black woman being unapologetically black, and that turns some people off.” -—Michael Smith, co-host of ESPN’s SC6 The Root…
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Jemele Hill on ESPN Suspension: ‘I Put ESPN in a Bad Spot’
Jemele Hill doesn’t have any hard feelings toward ESPN after the company gave her a two-week suspension for violating its social media rules. In an interview with TMZ while walking through Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, Hill spoke candidly about the suspension over her Jerry Jones tweets. “Me and ESPN are fine. We’re in…