Category : Maynard Institute archives

Move to Address Competition From Internet NABJ Challenges BBC on Coverage of U.K. Riots “Illest Men’s Magazine” Editors Wanted More than T-and-A Univision Taps Two...

Fox Said to Outmaneuver BET for Dems’ Debate The debate by the Democratic presidential candidates sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute aired last night...

Will Kobe Bryant Trial become a Media Circus? With NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s confession of adultery but denial of sexual assault, covered live Friday night,...

Essence Plans to Spin Off Fashion, Beauty Magazine “Knowledgeable sources said that Essence Communications, which is 49-percent owned by Time Inc., is hard at work...

The “Soft Bigotry” of Writer Jim Sleeper? Imagine this scenario: Black journalist writes a book review. The white editor mistakenly pastes in copies of a...

Blackout Ripples Reach AAJA in San Diego “While the editors of The New York Times were scrambling to get the paper out during a severe...

Hampton U. Task Force Finally Meets Tuesday The Hampton University task force on the future relationship of the student newspaper to the school administration finally...

Diversity Opponents Flood ASNE With Postcards Peter Bhatia, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, is receiving “hundreds” of postcards, obviously as part of...

Sexual Orientation Joins J-Schools’ Diversity Criteria Teaching journalism students about sexual orientation issues has been added to race and gender as part of the diversity...

Black Paper’s Piece Looks Exactly Like N.Y. Times’ Media critic Mark Jurkowitz of the Boston Globe wrote last week about the different perspectives black journalists...

Talk-Show Host, Internet Name Bryant’s Accuser The 19-year-old woman who accused Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant of sexual assault was named on Tuesday by...

Journalists Downplay “Topic A” in Philly Debate “Topic A — the City Hall bug and a developing federal corruption probe — did not even arise...