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ArticlesFeatureN.Y. Times to Capitalize ‘B’ in ‘Black’richardJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020 by richardJune 30, 2020June 30, 202035 8354 The New York Times announced that it will join the growing list of news organizations capitalizing the "B" in "black"...
ArticlesFeatureFeatured A Racist President Swept Up in the ReckoningrichardJune 28, 2020June 30, 2020 by richardJune 28, 2020June 30, 2020121 9380 Princeton University trustees voted to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school, a fitting coda to one of the most explosive...
ArticlesFeatureSuicide Ruled in Death of Darran SimonrichardJune 25, 2020June 26, 2020 by richardJune 25, 2020June 26, 202015 8969 Darran Simon, whose death at 43 in April stunned his Washington Post colleagues and those at his previous workplaces, died of suicide by hanging,...
ArticlesFeatureFeatured AP Catches Wave Capitalizing ‘Black’richardJune 21, 2020June 28, 2020 by richardJune 21, 2020June 28, 202070 9777 The news media's racial reckoning took an intense and extraordinary turn this week....
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ArticlesFeatureFeatured Racial Reckoning Here, Ready or NotrichardJune 12, 2020June 19, 2020 by richardJune 12, 2020June 19, 202019 8676 The national reckoning that is following the police killing of George Floyd is having an unprecedented effect on the news media...
ArticlesFeatureFeatured Racial Clamors Force Changes in Philly, N.Y.richardJune 7, 2020June 12, 2020 by richardJune 7, 2020June 12, 2020013753 Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor resigns;; one editor out, 2nd moved at N.Y. Times...
ArticlesFeatureJournal-isms RoundtableFeatured Why Prisons Deserve More CoveragerichardJune 7, 2020June 8, 2020 by richardJune 7, 2020June 8, 202011 5541 Our speakers raised a more deadly reason to pay attention to our prisoners: COVID-19....
ArticlesFeatureNAHJ Board to Hold Elections After AllrichardJune 6, 2020June 7, 2020 by richardJune 6, 2020June 7, 202011 3689 NAHJ board reverses itself and agrees to hold elections....