Category : Maynard Institute archives

Ruling Disappoints Student Press Advocates “The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will not hear a case that questioned the authority of administrators...

N.Y. Outlet Unlikely to Restore Black Programming New York City’s WLIB-AM, the black-owned station that tossed out Caribbean-oriented programming to host Air America, is parting...

Originally published October 2005. Black Columnists Recall Her Service in Dallas As conservatives pile on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers for not fulfilling their expectations,...

Black Enterprise Founder Names His Son CEO Earl G. Graves Sr., founder of Black Enterprise magazine, yesterday named Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. as the company’s...

Dropping 12 Papers Puts Some of Color in Jeopardy The acquisition of Knight Ridder by the McClatchy Co., announced today, combines two companies with stated...

Time to “Focus on the Future,” Paper’s Editor Says Newsday Editor John Mancini, who announced in September that the Long Island, N.Y., newspaper would cut...

Chris Houston, 42, “Managed Our News Desk” Assignment editor Chris Houston of WUSA-TV in Washington died Saturday of pancreatic cancer, the station announced over the...

Network Will “Vigorously Defend Itself” CBS issued the following statement this afternoon in response to Journal-isms’ report Monday of a discrimination complaint by fired CBS...

NAHJ Director: “It’s Definitely Good News for Us” Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff today were named co-anchors of ABC-TV’s “World News Tonight,” ABC News President...

House’s Katrina Report Knocks Early Coverage The House Republicans’ blistering report (PDF) last week on the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina also skewers the...

Newspapers Thought We’d Want to Know The death of velvet-voiced crooner Lou Rawls claimed front-page space in many newspapers Saturday, and according to three editors...

People of Color Not Considering Knight Papers In 1983, Robert C. Maynard became the first African American to own a mainstream daily newspaper when the...