Category : Maynard Institute archives

Journalists Push Back at Critic Ishmael Reed Ishmael Reed, the African American social critic and novelist, took on several leading journalists of color in a...

Sunday Papers Made Room on Front Page for Comic Actor The death of actor and comedian Richard Pryor was front-page news in most Sunday newspapers,...

“A Slice of the Community Not Often Represented” In the wake of criticism that the news media – particularly cable networks – spend an inordinate...

“Greatest” Magazine Fronts Reflect Changing Times The 40 greatest magazine covers of the past 40 years — at least as selected by the American Society...

Changes Affect Ohio, St. Paul, USA Today Mizell Stewart III, who lost his job as editor of the Tallahassee Democrat when Knight Ridder sold the...

Duke U. Accusation Raises Coverage Questions An African American college student working as an exotic dancer says she was raped and beaten by white members...

Perkins’ Departure Leaves 3 Blacks Nationally Ken Parish Perkins, one of barely a handful of African American television critics at daily newspapers, has resigned from...

Says Only Columnist’s Job Could Have Kept Him Don Wycliff, for six years the public editor of the Chicago Tribune and for nine years before...

Columnist Wendi Thomas Quits Before She Starts Columnist Wendi C. Thomas, who last month bid farewell to readers of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and moved...

“It Was Something I Wished I Hadn’t Seen” Tony Lopez and Ruby Gonzales were among 17 members of the news media who watched Stanley Tookie...

Tyler Perry Film No. 1 for Second Weekend “It was one of those rare Oscar weekends when not one nominated movie made it into the...

Detroit Free Press “Pushed Everything Off” When Rosa Parks died tonight at age 92, the Detroit Free Press appeared to be the first news organization...