Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Essence Editor Weathers Denies Any Drama The announcement this week that Diane Weathers is stepping down as Essence editor in chief left many journalists skeptical,...

Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Bruce Britt, BET.com) Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Trey Ellis, the Huffington Post) Michael Jackson verdict: Instant analysis (Jimi Izrael,...

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...