Category : Maynard Institute archives

NBC Is First with Whites, Last with Blacks NBC’s Brian Williams “Is First Among Anchors,” a New York Times headline reported Monday, citing new “sweeps...

Newsmagazines’ Portrayal of Hispanics Analyzed An examination of the portrayal of Latinos in the nation’s leading newsmagazines in 2005 shows the group to be depicted...

Spike Lee Film Kicks Off Anniversary Coverage ABC, BET, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, National Public Radio, NBC and TV One Spike Lee‘s four-hour...

Columnists Casting Opinions from Arizona to Mass. “I’m an African-American. I will vote against Ken Blackwell,” the black Republican running for governor of Ohio, columnist...

“Day of Absence,” Protests Become Topic A The “Day of Absence” and immigration-rights protests were topic A today, with the subject leading all three broadcast...

Series Documents Ouster of Black Populations A mention of slavery in an Arkansas county that by the mid-1990s was devoid of blacks set a specialist...

Editor Moves to Cherry Hill, N.J., in Musical Chairs Everett J. Mitchell, who was named the first African American editor of the Nashville Tennessean less...

Publisher Characterizes New Book, Fox Programs The publisher of the new book in which O.J. Simpson hypothesizes about how he could have committed the 1994...

Critics Debate Implications of Vargas Move The day after ABC News announced that Elizabeth Vargas would step down as co-anchor of “World News Tonight” and...

“Big Deal” for Both Mainstream, Spanish Press The illness of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the temporary transfer of power to his brother Raúl Castro...

Negro Leaguer Gets Section, 12-Hour Coverage “Buck O’Neil is one of the very, very few who is well-known and well-loved by almost everybody in town....

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...