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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...

Survey Finds Industry “Has a Problem” “‘We all know the US is becoming much more of a melting pot,’ says MaryLee Sachs, chairman of Hill...

Leukemia Patient Told His Position Was Eliminated Tim Chavez, a columnist for the Nashville Tennessean, was diagnosed with leukemia in late 2005 and eventually had...

Thomas Writes, “Even for a Journalist, That Was Low” It’s hardly news that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no friend of the news media....

Geraldo, Others Urge Journalists to Fight Back First came celebrity journalist Geraldo Rivera of Fox News, taking the stage at an awards banquet for the...

2 News Outlets Said to Be in Talks to Bring Host Back Two news organizations said to be negotiating with radio host Don Imus to...

Black Photog Gives Up Term in Light of Suspension A Chicago news cameraman who faces five days’ suspension without pay for using the “N” word...

Salih Saif Aldin, 32, Shot Taking Photos “A veteran Washington Post special correspondent was shot to death Sunday in southwest Baghdad while on assignment, the...

“Only One Reason” to Retain a Well-Known Litigator Stephen A. Smith, the outspoken Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist who was reassigned against his will to the...

Sharpton Says Citadel Should Meet With Journalists Don Imus‘ apparent new employer, Citadel Broadcasting, has been keeping the National Association of Black Journalists waiting since...