On Day of ‘Vlogger’s’ Funeral, Friend is Slain
Coverage falls to postings on social media; immigrants held a special place with Bourdain; Washington Post breaks story of migrant's suicide; Cortes fights on despite...
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‘Is the President Aware That Taking the Knee Is About Police-Involved Shootings?’
April Ryan, Sarah Huckabee Sanders clash again; Inquirer rebukes Trump for disinviting Eagles; Pittsburgh paper spikes 6 of staffer's cartoons; where murder is common but...
Streetwise Video Blogger Slain in Chicago
Zachary Stoner called himself the ‘Hood CNN’; Chicago Tribune finds predators on school staffs; Craig Melvin puts Bill Clinton on defense; 90% of editors of...
Seeing No Diversity, Philly Papers Drop Ad Agency
Guild, staffers complained to management; Harold Jackson leaving Philadelphia for Houston; Report on massive Puerto Rico toll overshadowed; outrage builds on separation of families; Spanish...
‘Roseanne’ Train Wreck Raises Issues of Race in TV Coverage
Number of critics of color is abysmally low (5/30/18)...
A Session With President Obama, 2010
"This is really your time, so rather than me filibustering with a lot of statements at the top, what I would suggest is just that...
William Monroe Trotter Was Perhaps the Most ‘Rude’ African American Journalist This Nation Has Produced
William Monroe Trotter told President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, " "Two years ago, you were regarded as a second Abraham Lincoln . . . Now...
‘We Wanted to Do What We Could to Insure That the Voices of Black Columnists Would Speak the Loudest . . . ’
The idea that a group of black columnists would come together to share our common experiences and probe the soft underbelly of our craft was...
The Trotter Group: Opening Statement
You can't counter powerful white columnists without powerful black columnists, the late Les Payne told fellow commentators in his call to action at the Trotter...
NFL No-Knee Rule Blasted as Slap at Blacks
Opinion writers ask whether protest isn’t patriotic; Debra Lee departs BET after three decades; detained Mexican journalist wins new hearing; reporter’s experience with Freeman led...
‘Fox & Friends’ Pans NABJ’s ‘Journalist of the Year’
Black conservative gets facts wrong on Jemele Hill; a penalty for nondisclosure of diversity info?; Patricia Thompson to direct accrediting group; Obamas to produce shows,...
Media Stingy on Naming Racial Profilers
Falsely accused named, but accusers often aren’t; group of 10 reports on being black on campus; few takers on Georgetown offer to slave heirs; What?...