Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Editor Asks, How Many Reporters Can Claim That? The guest book on the Dayton Daily News Web site went from 14 pages to 24 —...

“Agitate . . . Agitate . . . Agitiate” Today’s 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education reminds us...

An Electrifying Speech, but It Wasn’t on Networks “Jazz Night at Slade’s” was the title of the “Convention Diary” posted on washington post.com today by...

Outrage at NBC Impersonation of Terror Suspects John Zito, an Italian from New York, and Tyrone Edwards, who police described as an Asian-Indian from Atlanta,...

The 4th of July weekend reminds us once again of the great abolitionist and editor Frederick Douglass, whose 1852 speech, “What to a Slave is...

Changes Mind, Baltimore Businessman New Owner After winning the bidding for Heart & Soul, the black women’s health and fitness magazine auctioned off as part...