Still Afraid of Mississippi
Kentucky Columnist Ruffles Jackson Newsroom When Merlene Davis‘ son told her he wanted to go to Jackson State University, a historically black institution, she replied,...
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“I’ve Got So Much to Say”
Freed Inmate Wants to Continue in Journalism “I’ll be 63 in about three more weeks,” newly freed prison journalist Wilbert Rideau told Adam Liptak in...
Now These Papers Have Latinos
“We Add a Little Spice to the Newsroom,” One Says Fifty-five journalists have been hired under the Parity Project launched in 2003 by the National...
$48 Million Misunderstanding?
Latino Jockey’s Case Against Herald to Proceed The legal fees resulting from a 2003 blunder by the Miami Herald, caused partly by an Anglo reporter’s...
Newsweek’s Critics Going Too Far?
Some Bashers Said to Miss the Point As Newsweek magazine is pummeled by “liberal media” bashers, the Bush administration and journalism critics for its Periscope...
A “True . . . ‘Power Bigot'”
Racist Remarks by Manager of 13 Stations Disclosed “Meredith Corp. fired the head of its broadcast group last fall after documenting his repeated comments criticizing...
The Editor Strikes Back
Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Bruce Britt, BET.com) Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Trey Ellis, the Huffington Post) Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Jimi Izrael,...
Essence Helps Time Inc. on Diversity
Top Editor at Media Giant Expects Cross-Pollination Time Inc.’s purchase of Essence magazine will help the media giant in its diversity efforts, giving Essence staffers...
Columnist Norman Lockman Dies at 66
Lou Gehrig’s Disease Claims Pulitzer Winner Norman Lockman, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist who worked at the Boston Globe and the Wilmington News Journal in Delaware,...
Small-Paper Ethics
Black Weekly Called on Ties With Politician A writer at the three-reporter, 17,000-circulation Kansas City Call, an African American weekly once edited by Roy Wilkins...
Unity Forces Law’s Repeal
Governor’s Signature Takes Indian Ban Off Books Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed a bill this afternoon repealing a 330-year-old law banning Native Americans from entering...
Lawyer Says O’Brien “Is Not a Racist”
Documents Also Allege Insults to Jews, Indians Kevin O’Brien, the fired head of 13 stations of the Meredith Corp. broadcast group, denies that he made...