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Survey of Blacks Reports Continuing Dissatisfaction “Blacks are not satisfied with how they are portrayed by the media. Only 29 percent agree that the mainstream...

CNN Survey Finds Gap Between Blacks, Whites Whites and African Americans start from such different places in discussing race that it should be no surprise...

A McClatchy Managing Editor Joins Buyout Exodus As news outlets stepped up notices of buyouts and layoffs, the National Association of Black Journalists on Thursday...

Media Use Euphemisms in Ex-Senator’s Obituaries David S. Broder, the dean of Washington political reporters, said it in his Washington Post column when Sen. Jesse...

There They Go Again: Blacks Hardly Exist as Media Retell Reagan Story (2004) Aides Still Campaigning; Media Won’t Use “R” Word It’s no surprise that...

Tough Times Not Seen as Barrier to Broadening Pool Amid alarms that economic troubles are putting newsroom diversity on the back burner, Marcus Brauchli, the...

A compiliation by the Web site 23/6 shows cable news anchors struggling to describe Jesse Jackson’s remarks over what turned out to be a live...

Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: About the Craft Anyone familiar with the history of African Americans in journalism knows the words, “We wish to plead our...

Premier documentarian St. Clair Bourne dies (see item below) Some Call It a Milestone, Others See Holes Sports columnists of color greeted former senator George...

Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: For Holiday Giving Last week, this column listed books by or about black journalists on the craft of journalism. Now we...

Further Slide Feared for Minority Ownership “Congressional opponents of media consolidation are greeting the FCC’s vote to ease its media-ownership rules as a call to...

Icon for Black Women to Focus on Mentoring Effort Susan L. Taylor, the driving force behind Essence magazine since she became its editor in chief...