Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

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...

Originally published April 18, 2005 NABJ, University Leaders Face Off on J-Program Armed with reports from journalism students that they felt intimidated by administrators at...

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...

Editor Mark Whitaker Spends Day in Hot Seat In an embarrassing episode for editor Mark Whitaker, “Newsweek magazine, under fire for publishing a story that...

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...