Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Report Says Many Papers Peaked in ’90s “Newsroom diversity is below its peak levels at most daily newspapers in the US, including three-fourths of the...

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...

Diversity Figures Prompt Call for New Approach “Editors are increasing their hiring and retention of minority journalists at a time when diversity in the U.S....

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...

1675 Statute Bars Indians from Boston “Boston is a finalist for hosting a big convention for minority journalists, but a 1675 law requiring the arrest...

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...

Top 2 Editors Leave Merged Project Less than six months after Africana.com shut down its Web site and merged into AOL BlackVoices, the editor of...

Inauguration Coverage Called “Submissive” “President Bush was sworn in for his second term in an event covered by some broadcasters like an American version of...

“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...

Some Columnists Irked by Idea of Designated Time The annual Black History Month debate is under way over whether African Americans, instead of reveling in...

Diana Griego Erwin Accused of Fabrication “A member of a Pulitzer Prize winning team resigned from The Sacramento Bee amid an investigation into whether she...