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Signal Drops Out on CNN Show About Bigotry “With much anticipation, some Vidorians waited to see yet another television special about dealing with the stigma...

Historic Black Paper to Face Yet Another Test Roland S. Martin, who raised the profile of the historic Chicago Defender as its executive editor and...

Jamal Watson Says Case Was “He Said, She Said” The former executive editor of the New York Amsterdam News has pleaded guilty to a felony...

Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: 10 for the Holidays Despite recent news, being a journalist involves more than enduring layoffs and grieving fallen heroes and heroines....

Focus to Shift to Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, Gays       After a “town meeting” in southeast Texas on racism involving African Americans, CNN announced...

Turning the Pages, 2006 Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Into the New Year As noted Tuesday, many journalists have been hard at work over the past...

(Video added 2023) Originally published Dec. 27, 2006 Nearly Every Front Page Includes Entertainer’s Death The announcement that entertainer James Brown had died at age...

Updating: Two Half-Hour Shows to Air Over Weekend BET News announced Friday that two specials on entertainer James Brown, who died on Christmas, will air...

A year in the quest for a news media that looks like America: 1. Whiplash The turmoil in the news business prompted by new technologies,...

Columnist Wendi Thomas Quits Before She Starts Columnist Wendi C. Thomas, who last month bid farewell to readers of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and moved...

Newspapers Falling Below Benchmarks for Progress The number of journalists of color in newspaper newsrooms grew slightly last year, with the greatest growth among Hispanics...

U.S. Agency Working With Unity on Public Meeting As the news media fail to measure up to their stated hopes for progress on diversity and...