ArticlesFeatureAnother Black Journalist Named Top EditorrichardDecember 18, 2020December 20, 2020 by richardDecember 18, 2020December 20, 202062 7655 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 7808 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 5837 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 7054 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 4296 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 4920 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 4657 Beliefs that Blacks could not get COVID-19 are part of a historical pattern of racism that African Americans themselves were helping to spread....
FeatureArticlesDid Media Enable Black Men in Drinking Trump’s Kool-Aid?richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 2020 by richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 202034 4002 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 3858 Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing agree to pay $3 million to multiethnic group of journalists,...
ArticlesFeatureWhite Supremacy Was on the BallotrichardNovember 6, 2020November 8, 2020 by richardNovember 6, 2020November 8, 202091 5405 The connection of the large vote for Trump with his embrace of white supremacy was barely mentioned....
ArticlesFeatureAlcindor Is NABJ’s Journalist of YearrichardOctober 31, 2020November 1, 2020 by richardOctober 31, 2020November 1, 2020129 5542 Yamiche Alcindor was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists....
ArticlesFeatureArchivesFeatured JOURNAL-ISMS INC. ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERSrichardOctober 31, 2020December 6, 2020 by richardOctober 31, 2020December 6, 2020012052 Thirteen advocates for diversity in the news business have accepted appointment to the inaugural board of directors of Journal-isms Inc....