Category : Maynard Institute archives

Forget Janet — Natives Outraged About OutKast CBS has apologized to Native Americans angered by OutKast’s Grammy Awards performance, which featured feathers and war paint,...

Pulitzer Honorees of Color Together at Last The largest gathering of Pulitzer Prize winners of color in journalism — and the first joining African Americans,...

Naples Columnist Now Sees His Mistake A day after the editor of Florida’s Naples Daily News apologized to readers and to the National Association of...

“A Lot of Anger” in Newsroom; Fired Writer Contrite The top editors of Georgia’s Macon Telegraph held newsroom meetings today, a day after the paper...

Broadcast Media Pick Up on Ga. Teen’s Case Defenders of Marcus Dixon, an African American scholar-athlete in Floyd County, Ga., who has been sentenced to...

Michael Days Gets ME Job He Waited For “You know something unusual is happening when reporters start bringing in champagne for editors,” Scott Flander wrote...

Fox Gift to Howard U. Proves Controversial A $100,000 check to the Howard University School of Communications presented last week by Fox News Chairman and...

CNN’s Van Marsh First With Images from Tikrit A spokeswoman for CNN, credited with breaking the news of the capture of Saddam Hussein on Sunday,...

Medrano to ABC, Will Have Highest Latino Profile Manny Medrano, a prosecutor-turned-television reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles, is heading to Washington as ABC News’...

Numbers Rise at First 2 Papers in “Parity Project” “The number of full-time minority journalists increased sharply last year at the first two newspapers participating...

Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts Wins for Commentary Pitts celebrates in newsroom (photo) “Leonard Pitts, a mainstay in the Herald’s news and features columnist for 13...

L.A. Times’ Frank Del Olmo Dies, Collapsed in Office “Frank del Olmo, an associate editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a major...