Category : Maynard Institute archives

Will Wright Quits BET, Says He Wants a Life Veteran broadcaster Will J. Wright has left “BET Nightly News,” where he was executive producer, four...

FCC OKs Creation of Spanish Media Powerhouse “Federal regulators on Monday approved the merger of the leading Hispanic TV power Univision Communications with the top...

Blair’s Role Said to Taint Times’ Sniper Coverage Jayson Blair charmed his way past his mistakes at the New York Times, but his questionable reporting...

Unity Urges Broadcast Summit on Diversity Unity: Journalists of Color, the umbrella group for the associations of black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American journalists,...

Slain Photog’s Husband Found Guilty “After four days of deliberation, an Alameda County jury today found a 41-year-old Oakland man guilty of second-degree murder in...

Richard Prince’s Book Notes: 10 to Start Summer As the summer reading season begins, a collection of first-hand reports on the civil rights movement, along...

“Latino” vs. “Hispanic”: NAHJ President’s View A “somewhat hidden but contentious debate” is going on over how a certain linguistic group should identify itself —...

Publisher Expecting “Candor” in Gerald Boyd Book Now that he has sealed a deal for his memoirs, Gerald M. Boyd will be working with an...

Raines Says He, Boyd Were Asked to Quit “Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines, in his first public comments since resigning, said Friday...

For Diversity, a Rat in Baghdad Press Corps The presence in Baghdad of the Washington Post’s Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Keith B. Richburg notwithstanding, the lack...

Journalists of Color Strike Back on Blair   Journalists of color who have the platforms are responding to an attempt by a number of pundits...

Originally published in 2003 Gerald Boyd to Speak at NABJ Convention Gerald Boyd, former managing editor of The New York Times, is scheduled to speak...