Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

BET Founder Expects Other Black Firms to Follow Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, said today that the owners of Essence magazine...

CNN Plans Extensive Coverage “Just a few weeks back, in one newspaper headline, Ossie Davis was remembered for his role in a Spike Lee movie,”...

Split Over Outcome Not as Severe as With O.J. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup instant-reaction poll Monday night showed “a major racial divide in attitudes” about the...

Consolidation Debate Heads for High Court “The Tribune Co. and three television networks plan to appeal to the Supreme Court a ruling that blocked media...

Free Press Completes Probe of Fabrication The Detroit Free Press has taken disciplinary action against sports columnist Mitch Albom and four other staffers, each of...

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...

Standards Raised for Use of Anonymous Sources Newsweek magazine’s chairman and editor-in-chief, Richard M. Smith, told readers today that the magazine is tightening up on...

Other Outlets Express Surprise, But Keep Him Conservative pundit Armstrong Williams lost his outlet for his syndicated columns late today as Tribune Media Services told...

Diversity, Attention to Critics Found Lacking The Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, a former editor at the New York Times Book Review, left the Catholic Church...

Indianapolis Star Lawsuit Pushes the Buttons A lawsuit filed by two former editorial writers this week against the Indianapolis Star makes some familiar charges —...

NAHJ Activist to Edit Tribune Co. Latino Papers Javier J. Aldape, publisher of Diario La Estrella, the Spanish-language offshoot of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and...