Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

N.Y. Times Reporter, 27, in Plagiarism Flap “The Jayson Blair story opens by describing the nostalgia that would overcome Juanita [Angulano] as she looked around...

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...

ASNE Pulls Out of Hampton U. Over Confiscation The American Society of Newspaper Editors today told Hampton University it was pulling from that campus its...

Glenn Rice Received “Strong Disciplinary Actions” Kansas City star reporter Glenn E. Rice, who resigned as treasurer of the National Association of Black Journalists after...

Robert Ruggles Retiring as FAMU J-Dean Robert Ruggles is resigning as founding dean of Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication, one of...

N.Y. Reporter Helps Nab Murder Suspect WABC-TV New York reporter Sandra Bookman was instrumental in the capture of a suspected wife-killer, Newsday reports. Former WorldCom...

McGowan, in Debate, Urges Repeal of Diversity Incentives Author William McGowan and Juan Gonzalez, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, faced off before...