Category : Maynard Institute archives

Debra Adams Simmons Named Editor in Akron Debra Adams Simmons, managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal since February, was promoted Friday to editor and...

Lawyers Say Times Saved Blair from Prosecution “Could the U.S. Attorney have invited Jayson Blair, the disgraced former reporter for the New York Times, to...

Jayson Blair Talking, or Is It the Drugs? Disgraced reporter Jayson Blair continues to talk — this time he’s in U.S. News & World Report...

Kudos to Those Who Recognize ’63 March Organizers As news stories are aired and written about tomorrow’s 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1963 March on...

Black Media Barons Keep Sharpton Bid Alive “Al Sharpton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has so far attracted little support from voters, but plenty...

Thurmond Obits Omit Mention of Black Daughter “In all the words spent on Strom Thurmond’s life and times since his death last week, I have...

Camille Edwards Named News Director in Chicago The tiny ranks of African American news directors have grown a little. Reports Robert Feder in the Chicago...

Mystery Writer: “White,” 80; Wrote “for Free” As reported by weeklies in Memphis and in the San Francisco Bay area, “for several years, the weekly...

RTNDA: “No Good News” on Broadcasters of Color While women continue to make strides into radio and television news management, overall numbers for people of...

Newspaper Industry Targets Young Adults of Color The Newspaper Association of America board of directors and the leadership of the American Society of Newspaper Editors...

NAJA Sticks to Call to Ban Indian Sports Names Despite a decision by the Star Tribune of Minneapolis to reverse its nine-year-old ban on using...

ABC’s “This Week” to Drop Diverse Roundtable ABC-TV’s Sunday “This Week” show is expected to relaunch Sept. 7 “with a new set, fancy graphics and...