Category : Maynard Institute archives

Women of Color Missing From Op-Ed Debate “Surely you’ve noticed, I certainly have, that in our cultural lexicon, all the ‘women’ are white, and women...

The Day “negro” Got Its Capital “N” Some black history calendars note that yesterday signified a milestone in the annals of journalism and race: They...

Members Achieve Long-Sought Recognition The National Association of Black Journalists approved the creation of a Lesbian and Gay Task Force over the weekend, a milestone...

Racial Angle Missing in Reports on Show’s Future Media writers were abuzz this week speculating about the future of ABC-TV’s “Nightline,” but they overlooked qualities...

Time Inc. to Buy Out Essence (Jan. 4) Shirley Chisholm’s Passing Recalls a Robust Era You won’t find mention of Shirley Chisholm’s presidential bid in...

“Gross Misconduct” Charged After Office Affair Two producers and a reporter at KNBC-TV, the NBC Universal owned-and-operated station in Los Angeles, were fired last week...

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,...

Bush Orders Cabinet Not to Pay Commentators It was just on Monday that Amy Alexander wrote on Africana.com, “like Jayson Blair before him, Armstrong Williams...

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,...

“Big, Long, Crazy Discussion” Never Materializes Barely a month after the National Association of Black Journalists established a Lesbian and Gay Task Force, the National...

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...

Sale Signals End of Black Ownership of Media Firm Time Inc., which owned 49 percent of Essence Communications, publisher of Essence magazine, has signed a...