Category : Maynard Institute archives

NABJ President Awarded Newly Created Position Bryan Monroe, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, today was named vice president and editorial director of...

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...

Only African American to Rise to No. 2 at N.Y. Times Gerald M. Boyd, the only black journalist to rise to the highest newsroom ranks...

Little Attention for “Our Black Shining Prince” Everybody knows when Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday rolls around; it’s now a federal holiday complete with department-store...

“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....

Jamal Watson Says Case Was “He Said, She Said” The former executive editor of the New York Amsterdam News has pleaded guilty to a felony...

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...

Katrina anniversary coverage on ABC, BET, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, Tom Joyner’s Reach Media, National Public Radio, NBC and TV One Captors release...

Host Says He Learned from Those Who Dissed Him       Talk-show host Tavis Smiley calls his Web site “Tavis Talks,” and that’s exactly...

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...

Viewers of Color Give Edge to ABC in First Week Blacks and Latinos did not join the bandwagon driving viewers to Katie Couric’s historic debut...