Category : Maynard Institute archives

Raines: “Important, Explanatory Point” Was Missed Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines writes that it was learning that disgraced reporter Jayson Blair had...

Austin Series Looks Under “Veneer of Liberalism” “We’ve raised the temperature around town with this series,” on unequal use of force by police, writes editor...

Forbes Writer Describes a “Walking Contradiction” Brett Pulley, a senior editor at Forbes magazine, says that “black businesses are not used to being scrutinized like...

Did Clinkscales’ Hubris Undo Vanguarde? Vanguarde Media CEO Keith Clinkscales, who announced last week that his company had decided to file for bankruptcy protection, liquidate...

3 Figures Among Bidders for Vanguarde At least three figures are bidding for the assets of Vanguarde Media, Inc., the publishers of Savoy, Savoy Professional,...

Survey Compares Staffs With Communities Here are the least-white communities with all-white newsrooms: The Independent, Gallup, N. M., circulation area is 93 percent nonwhite. The...

NAHJ Says Some Broadcast Execs Didn’t Get It While last week’s “Diversity Summit” between broadcast executives and journalist-of-color representatives produced some encouraging signs, “some broadcast...

Writer Finds Room for Satire With Kelley, Blair “My Caucasians, oh my Caucasians, what doth the future hold?” begins a satire on the Poynter Institute...

Long Island U. Shuts Down Campus Paper “Long Island University has shaken up the top brass of its Brooklyn campus student newspaper, Seawanhaka, after the...

ASNE Figures Show Barest Increase in Diversity “Newsrooms at U.S. daily newspapers collectively improved their diversity by nearly a half of one percentage point in...

Sharpton Appearance Boosts “SNL” Ratings Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton gave NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” its highest “overnight” ratings in nine months despite the refusal...

(1) Weatherman Pleads Guilty, Loses Job African American men in television news seem to be catching more than their share this week. In Cleveland, David...