Category : Maynard Institute archives

Services Monday for former Houston anchor Cheryle Keck (fifth item) (Added Jan. 22) Originally posted January 2006. Pickett died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2006 Boomers’ Influence...

First African American Since Carole Simpson Russ Mitchell has been named anchor of the Sunday edition of the “CBS Evening News” effective immediately, Sean McManus,...

Star-Telegram Resignation Renews Discussion A day after the disclosure that television critic Ken Parish Perkins resigned over plagiarism charges at Texas’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Executive...

Committee Reports on Retention at D.C.’s Post A “star system” among reporters, bureaucratic obstacles to communication among editors and reporters and failure to post job...

Newspapers Falling Below Benchmarks for Progress The number of journalists of color in newspaper newsrooms grew slightly last year, with the greatest growth among Hispanics...

Network Was Intermediary in Assault-Weapon Drop Using Black Entertainment Television as an intermediary, members of the Bloods street gang turned in assault rifles to Los...

Renaissance Man Known for Gritty Photo Essays “Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and...

News Media Explain, Examine Icon’s Significance Funeral services were scheduled, special sections produced, editorials and commentaries written, and some version of “she sat down so...

Belafonte, Nagin, Clinton Comments Create Stirs Activist entertainer Harry Belafonte, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., all found themselves the...

Couric Ascension Confronts Issue of “Gravitas” Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of PBS’ “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,”...

Former TV Critic Still Wants to Practice “the Craft” Ken Parish Perkins, in his first interview since resigning last week as television critic at Texas’...

Black College Papers Face Interference, Flakiness “Uncommitted staffers, interference by the administration and infrequent publishing are among the primary problems faced by newspapers at historically...