Network News Chiefs Urge “Trust” on Diversity
Network News Chiefs Urge “Trust” on Diversity The presidents of the major television network news divisions today told the National Association of Hispanic Journalists that...
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In Shakeup, Princell Hair Named CNN’s GM
In Shakeup, Princell Hair Named CNN’s GM Princell Hair, a former television news director in Los Angeles and Baltimore who has overseen the news operations...
This Time, Paper Runs Word-for-Word Story from AP
This Time, Paper Runs Word-for-Word Story from AP The lead story on the Web site of the New York Beacon, a black paper formerly known...
House Vote Called a Blow to Michael Powell
House Vote Called a Blow to Michael Powell The media verdict is in on the House vote Wednesday to overturn the Federal Communications Commission rules...
A 1945 Plea from the New York. Times’ First Black Reporter
A 1945 Plea from the N.Y. Times’ First Black Reporter “It’s not my intention to make you feel more uneasy than you already do, under...
Black Journalists Focus on Gerald Boyd’s Fate
Black Journalists Focus on Gerald Boyd’s Fate A day after Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd resigned from the New York Times,...
San Diego Union-Tribune Wants to Double Number of Blacks
San Diego Paper Wants to Double Number of Blacks The San Diego Union-Tribune wants to double the percentage of African Americans on its news staff...
Vegas Staffers Didn’t Get the Memo on Blackface
Vegas Staffers Didn’t Get the Memo on Blackface “Life continues to be difficult for management at KVVU Channel 5, the Las Vegas Fox affiliate,” reports...
Dorothy Gilliam Honored After 35 Years at Post
(Originally published 2003) Dorothy Gilliam Honored After 35 Years at Post Dorothy Gilliam ended 35 years at the Washington Post yesterday surrounded...
Reporters Skeptical, Friends Upbeat on Princell Hair
Reporters Skeptical, Friends Upbeat on Princell Hair Television beat reporters greeted the appointment of Princell Hair as CNN’s U.S. general manager with skepticism, linking him...
Mystery Writer: “White,” 80; Wrote “for Free”
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...
Debra Adams Simmons Named Editor in Akron
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...