Category : Maynard Institute archives

Black Journalist Rises to Top in Hometown Michael Days, who was named managing editor of the Philadelphia Daily News less than a year ago, today...

Detroit Public Station Fires Host Darrell Dawsey Detroit’s public television station WTVS-TV has fired longtime journalist Darrell Dawsey as host of “America’s Black Journal” after...

Essence Spinoff Pulled Back for Rethinking Suede magazine, the Essence spinoff that aims toward a hip, multicultural audience, is going on “hiatus” after four issues...

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...

Conservatives Slam Cartoonist on Portrayal of Rice The Wall Street Journal, following the lead of some other conservative critics, has gone into high dudgeon over...

More Meetings Set at Washington Post The Washington Post plans a follow-up session on diversity after African American and other journalists questioned the paper’s commitment...

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...