Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Original posting: Nov. 8, 2004 What’s Up With the White South? Last week, we noted that Mara Liasson of National Public Radio observed that the...

Newsday Black Journalists Recount Frustration About 20 black journalists at Newsday met with the new editor of the Long Island newspaper Thursday night and told...

Ed Foster-Simeon Takes on USA Today Recruiting Ed Foster-Simeon, who as deputy managing editor for news was the USA Today News Department’s highest ranking black...

After Tsunami, Freelance Service Swings Into Action Dozens of news organizations seeking to cover this week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean have turned...

Media Said to Misinterpret Voters on “Moral Values” The news media have been misinterpreting exit polling data in saying that voters who checked “moral values”...

E.J. Mitchell Gets Top News Job at Tennessean Everett J. Mitchell II was named vice president/news and editor of The Tennessean in Nashville today, the...