ArticlesFeatureFeatured Chicago Tribune Called Out on DiversityrichardDecember 24, 2020December 27, 2020 by richardDecember 24, 2020December 27, 20208 6625 The Chicago Tribune Guild called out the Chicago Tribune for its declining newsroom diversity....
ArticlesFeatureFeatured Bankrupt Ebony Sold to Former NBA PlayerrichardDecember 23, 2020December 24, 2020 by richardDecember 23, 2020December 24, 202012 6316 A bid to buy Ebony Media Holdings by a company headed by former NBA player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court....
ArticlesFeatureK.C. Star Joins Mea Culpas on RacerichardDecember 20, 2020December 21, 2020 by richardDecember 20, 2020December 21, 2020111 5377 The Kansas City Star published a six-part package apologizing for its racist past,...
ArticlesFeatureAnother Black Journalist Named Top EditorrichardDecember 18, 2020December 20, 2020 by richardDecember 18, 2020December 20, 202062 7599 The underwhelming number of Black top editors of mainstream newspapers inched forward for the second time in two weeks when Rick Christie, editorial page editor...
ArticlesFeatureMSNBC’s Rashida Jones Breaks Glass CeilingrichardDecember 7, 2020December 13, 2022 by richardDecember 7, 2020December 13, 202227 7758 No Black journalist has ascended to heading a mainstream network or a news division -- until now...
ArticlesFeatureMiami Herald Names First Black Top EditorrichardDecember 7, 2020December 8, 2020 by richardDecember 7, 2020December 8, 202060 5768 Monica R. Richardson of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been named the first Black executive editor of The Miami Herald,...
ArticlesFeatureFeatured Black Medics Seek Journalists’ Help on COVIDrichardDecember 6, 2020December 8, 2020 by richardDecember 6, 2020December 8, 2020100 7012 Black medical experts reach out to Black journalists for help with transmitting facts on COVID, vaccine....
ArticlesFeatureJournal-isms Roundtable‘Myopic, Dopey, Ill-Informed Coverage’richardNovember 27, 2020December 28, 2020 by richardNovember 27, 2020December 28, 202032 4273 Ray Suarez's self-described "rant" about the media's reporting on the way Latinos voted....
ArticlesFeatureCongress’ Latinos Eye N.Y. Times DiversityrichardNovember 22, 2020November 24, 2020 by richardNovember 22, 2020November 24, 202057 4900 The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is meeting with The New York Times "to discuss the lack of adequate Latino representation"...
ArticlesFeatureA Comic That’s as Serious as a VirusrichardNovember 19, 2020November 20, 2020 by richardNovember 19, 2020November 20, 202052 4631 Beliefs that Blacks could not get COVID-19 are part of a historical pattern of racism that African Americans themselves were helping to spread....
ArticlesFeatureDid Media Enable Black Men in Drinking Trump’s Kool-Aid?richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 2020 by richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 202034 3954 if so many Black men drank Trum's Kool-Aid, how much can be attributed to the news media -- and how much to a lack of...
ArticlesFeatureL.A. Times Settles Bias Suit for $3 MillionrichardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 2020 by richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 202018 3831 Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing agree to pay $3 million to multiethnic group of journalists,...