Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

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...

“Overwhelming” Vote Picks City Over Boston, D.C. The Unity: Journalists of Color board of directors picked Chicago over Washington and Boston Saturday as the site...

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,...

Brother: He’s “Proudly the First Black Editor” Dean P. Baquet, managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, will become editor of the paper Aug. 15...

Dramatist’s Death Front-Page News in Big Cities “August Wilson, who chronicled the African-American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays that will...

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...

Black Daily Going from 5 to 4 Issues Weekly “The Chicago Defender, one of just two black-oriented dailies in the nation, told its readers Monday...

Gannett Installs Christine Chin as Publisher Fort Collins Coloradoan publisher Dorothy Bland and executive editor Michael Limon abruptly resigned Wednesday, the newspaper reported today. Christine...

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...

More Rebuilding Stories Focus on Racial Issues The publisher of the New Orleans Times-Picayune announced that the paper expected to resume publication at its New...

Originally published Feb. 25, 2005 Setback for Historic Newspaper’s Rebirth Veteran journalist Pearl Stewart, managing editor of the Chicago Defender, has resigned after just two...