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Media Portray an Unpresidential President
Poll Agrees Trump Was Weak on Charlottesville CNN Refuses Anti-Media Trump Campaign Ad With Trump, Resist Making False Equivalency ‘This Virtually Is a Terrorist Movement’ ESPN Sorry for Fantasy Auction of Black Players 2 Black Republicans Say NABJ Slights Conservatives The Root Adds ‘Very Smart Brothas’ What It Was Like to Be Kicked Out of…
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Why I Participated in That Hot-Mess Panel With Omarosa at NABJ Last Week
“It’s gonna be a shit show. Why are you participating in a shit show?” “It’s not gonna be a shit show.” “It’s totally gonna be a shit show, and I specifically remember you saying last year you want to AVOID shit shows.” This was pretty much the exchange between me and The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle…
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Black Journalists, ‘The World Needs You’
April Ryan, Charles Blow Sound Alarms at NABJ A ‘Hot Mess’ at NABJ, With Ed Gordon, Omarosa White House reporter April P. Ryan declared that “for the last seven months, I’ve been under attack,” and New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow said that the Trump administration’s threats to press freedom “may be existential”—central to…
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If You’re Really Into MSNBC and Joy-Ann Reid Right Now You Have Yvette Miley to Thank
Joy-Ann Reid has become a national treasure. As one of few black faces in an anchor chair on MSNBC after the network dealt with the sudden departure of Melissa Harris-Perry in February 2016 and this February’s exit of Tamron Hall, Reid is one of only three African Americans with a regular show on the network.…
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Maybe We Should Stop Inviting Omarosa to Things (and by ‘Things’ I Mean Conventions, Cookouts, Clambakes, Church … )
… barbecues, game nights, brunch, sleepovers, car pools, anywhere west of the Mississippi River, day parties, commencement ceremonies, Trap Yoga, Trap Painting, Trap Karaoke, Trap Wine Tasting, Trap Skunk Hunting, Trap Trapping, casino nights at Schenley Gardens Senior Living, Caribana, Carnival, HennyPalooza, Must Love Beards, Must Love Beekeepers, Must Love Beekeepers with Beards, half-marathons, dinner…
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Omarosa Made an Appearance at NABJ and That Shit Did Not Go Over Well
White House Negress token black woman director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault was added as a last-minute addition to a Friday panel discussing police brutality at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans. Her announced appearance apparently created an uproar among black journalists attending the event. Page…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love No. 34: The NABJ Convention
Perhaps you noticed that your bottomless brunch spot was a bit less crowded than usual Sunday afternoon, and all of the bottles of room-temperature water placed on tables were left untouched. And then, when attending Trap Pumpkin Carving class last night, you looked around and saw you were the only one there! Disturbed and confused,…
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Journalist John Quinn, Who Insisted on Diversity, Dies
Gannett Exec Boosted Students, Journalists of Color NABJ Awards Thumbs Down to Ebony, Fox News Dana Canedy Named Pulitzer Administrator Rochelle Riley to Receive Ida B. Wells Award Urban Uprisings Helped to Change Newsrooms Dow Jones to Tackle Gender Issue Now, Race Later Short Takes John C. Quinn, described by one of the editors he…
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#EbonyOwes: Ebony Magazine Gets the Thumbs-Down From the National Association of Black Journalists
Shots fired! The National Association of Black Journalists on Thursday named Ebony magazine (along with Fox News) as its choice for its annual Thumbs Down Award, which puts on blast anyone or any organization that does something especially bad to black people or black journalists. In a release sent via email and widely shared on…
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April Ryan Named 2017 NABJ Journalist of the Year
It’s been an interesting year to be veteran White House reporter April Ryan. Between back-and-forths with President Donald Trump and his press secretary, Sean Spicer, and her generally excellent work, Ryan’s name has been in the spotlight pretty much since this administration made itself comfy in the White House. And now, in what is sure…