Pulling Back on “Refugee”
D.C.’s Post, NPR, Miami Herald Limit Use of Word The Washington Post today joined the Miami Herald, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, the Tulsa...
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From “Black Issues” to “Diverse”
Legal Climate Cited in Magazine Name Change The magazine Black Issues in Higher Education is removing the word “black” from its name and broadening its...
Geraldo: New York Times Insulted Latinos
Rivera Broadens Attack after “Editors’ Note” Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera, having secured what he called a “grudging” editors’ note from the New York Times...
Native Journalists Elect Kellogg
Publisher Says He’ll Seek Diversity on Business Side Mike Kellogg (Navajo), publisher of the News Press in Stillwater, Okla., was elected president of the Native...
Emery King, Detroit Station Reach Deal
Ex-Anchor Will Do Documentaries, but Not News Fifteen weeks after anchor Emery King was unceremoniously fired from Detroit’s WDIV-TV to a community outcry, the Post-Newsweek...
Reporter Wounded in Baton Rouge
2nd Writer, Missing Since Thursday, Turns Up A St. Petersburg Times reporter in Baton Rouge, La., as part of the paper’s hurricane coverage was shot...
2 Blasts, Different Coverage
Saturation for London; Less for Higher Toll in Egypt “Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik early...
Don’t “Rip Into Judy”
Advice for Journalists Covering Miller Case Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, has some advice for journalists watching...
Honoring a “Race Man’s” Values
More than 2,000 at John H. Johnson Services There were the anecdotes, there were the well-known names, there were the people — a number exceeding...
Not All Willing to “Fill Up the Jails”
Free-Press Groups Coalesce Around U.S. Shield Law With a one-two punch this week from courts ruling against journalists who want to keep sources confidential, about...
Low Power Beats No Power
Broadcasters in New Orleans Pledge Comeback The Fox affiliate in New Orleans, WVUE-TV, off the air since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast Aug. 29,...
Columnist Flies the Coop
Manly’s Editor: “I Can’t Put Salt on His Tail” Boston Herald editorial columnist Howard Manly abruptly quit the paper Friday by sending a one-sentence e-mail...