Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Dele Olojede, Fronting Black-Journalist Team, Wins Dele Olojede, the former Newsday foreign editor who took a reporter’s look at the effects of the Rwanda genocide...

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...

Idea of Starting Independent Outlet Rejected A group of Hampton University journalism students, discussing their plight amid charges of intimidation by administrators and minimal support...

Columnists Cite Exclusion From Polls, Debate Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, and Friday’s town hall-style presidential match, will give the candidates a chance to focus...

Newspapers Abandoned the Ex-Star Reporter Gary Webb, the onetime San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter whose series linking the CIA to the crack cocaine trade...

Journalists of Color Among 60 to 70 Laid Off The Dallas Morning News laid off 60 to 70 people today in what some were calling...

African American News Exec Lasted 14 Months Only 14 months after he was named to the job, Princell Hair, one of the top African American...

Former USA Today Writer Chosen as Adviser “The Hampton Script starts publishing Oct. 13 for the academic year, after a delay imposed by the administration...

His Interviewer Asks Who Network Is Targeting Talk-show host Tavis Smiley left his National Public Radio show Thursday without an extended goodbye to listeners, but...

CNN Shutting Down Its Financial Channel “CNN will shut down its struggling CNNfn financial news network in mid-December, giving up its attempt to compete with...

Prosecutor Urges More Protection for Journalists District Attorney Jim Hardin Jr. of Durham, N.C., announced Tuesday that he would not prosecute Raleigh reporter Demorris Lee,...