Category : Maynard Institute archives

Raleigh Reporter Accused of Harassment “A News & Observer reporter was arrested Sunday morning after a woman he was trying to interview for a story...

Session to Follow Flap Over Diversity Comment The controversy over a statement to an in-flight magazine by new “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has...

Bush Declines Offer to Be Interviewed on BET President Bush has turned down an offer to be interviewed on Black Entertainment Television, and BET founder...

1) Cleveland Anchor Shown Nude During Sweeps The last time anchor Sharon Reed made national news she was in Philadelphia, having an “Internet smackdown of...

Execs Meet with NABJ Leaders in New York NBC News committed “to future participation in our NABJ Media Institute” and to “continued dialogue about hiring...

2,000 Attend Event Sponsored by Black Journalists It all started back in May, when Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane criticized the comments that Bill...

Staffers Press Washington Post Editor on Diversity A staff meeting at the Washington Post was called Thursday for “important discussions about Washington Post readership” and...

The Few Commentators of Color Give It to Kerry The handful of commentators of color who appeared in the news media after Thursday night’s presidential...

Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Book-Buying Season A number of black journalists have been toiling away at nonfiction books throughout the year, in hopes that they’ll...

Paul Mason Named Sr. VP of News   “Paul Mason, an Emmy-winning 23-year veteran of ABC News, has been named senior VP of ABC News,...

3rd Person of Color in Moderator’s Role Gwen Ifill, managing editor of PBS’ “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for PBS’ “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,”...

Are Journalists Given Enough Ethics Training? As a second reporter at Georgia’s Macon Telegraph leaves the paper amid allegations of plagiarism — a charge the...