Author : richard

He Wasn’t a “Kid Who Couldn’t Shake the Hood”     Describing himself as the “media member who probably knew Sean Taylor and his family...

CEO Wants Staffers on “Non-Compete” Agreements Editorial staffers at Black Enterprise magazine are resisting efforts by CEO   Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. to “force” them...

Rebukes Black Comics Who Agreed With Insult Disgraced radio host Don Imus returned to the airwaves on Monday morning with a pledge that “I will...

Anchor Raising Profile for Latinas in Network News Maggie Rodriguez, who has been co-anchor of “The Saturday Early Show” since June, will become co-anchor of...

Toronto Court Rules Against Bruised American         A visiting African American photographer who said he was assaulted by Toronto police, then arrested...

Originally published December 2007 All Writers Covering NBA Plan Exit as 43 Take Buyout Four veteran black sports journalists are taking a voluntary buyout offered...

Writers Have Long Questioned Sentencing Disparities The Supreme Court’s Monday decision that judges may impose lighter sentences for crack cocaine placed the conservative jurists in...

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...