Category : Maynard Institute archives

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,...

Debate Moderator Gets Share of Praise, Pans Many journalists of color understandably took pride in Gwen Ifill’s performance moderating Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate —...

Wickham, Dawkins Turn Over Reins at Joyner Site Radio personality Tom Joyner‘s Web site, BlackAmericaWeb.com, is changing the leadership of its news pages as veteran...

40+ Columnists of Color on National, Local Issues Amy Alexander, africana.com: Reading Between the Lines: Having Our Say   Betty Baye, Louisville Courier-Journal: Black political...

Maynard Co-Founder Started Gay Journalists Group Leroy Aarons, a co-founder and board member of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, founding president of the National...

Question on AIDS in Black Women Resonates Gwen Ifill apparently struck a chord when she asked the only question of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate that...

Decision Ends Idea of Filling Smiley’s Host Job Ed Gordon‘s new show for National Public Radio has been picked up by nearly all the stations...

What Happened to the 18% of Blacks Backing Bush? If news stories separated out the black and Hispanic votes today, most likely they noted, as...

Renewed Effort Pledged at Washington Post Presented by staffers with a sharply worded indictment of what was termed the Washington Post’s lack of progress on...

Charlayne Hunter-Gault Makes Plea at NABJ Awards Veteran journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault broke the rule that forbade acceptance speeches and pleaded with black journalists Saturday night...

A year in the quest for a news media that looks like America: 1. Layoffs and cutbacks It’s been three years since Jay T. Harris...