Survey Voices Women’s Claims of Newsroom Sexism
Survey Voices Women’s Claims of Newsroom Sexism Almost half of top women editors questioned in a new survey said they expected to leave their current...
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Hispanics Driving Growth of TV Audience
Hispanics Driving Growth of TV Audience Hispanics are driving the overall growth of the country’s television audience, and account for 18 percent of viewers who...
NABJ Facing “Identity Crisis”
NABJ Facing “Identity Crisis” The National Association of Black Journalists, founded 27 years ago to promote the careers of black newsmen and newswomen, and to...
Sportscaster Darrian Chapman Collapses, Dies at 37
Sportscaster Darrian Chapman Collapses, Dies at 37 Darrian Chapman , the lead sports anchor of Chicago’s WMAQ-TV, died today after collapsing while playing hockey, the...
Sonia Nazario, Colbert King Win Pulitzer Prizes
Sonia Nazario, Colbert King Win Pulitzer Prizes The Los Angeles Times series “A Boy Left Behind” by reporter Sonia Nazario and photographer Don Barletti, and...
Media Layoffs Rising Again
Media Layoffs Rising Again Don’t get too heartened by positive signs in the economy, because media companies are swinging the ax harder, says Broadcasting and...
Newspaper Association of America Diversity Chief Takes Buyout Offer
NAA’s Diversity Chief Takes Buyout Offer Toni F. Laws, senior vice president for diversity at the Newspaper Association of America, the organization of newspaper publishers,...
Ebony, Jet Reverse Circulation Declines
Hispanic-Interest Magazines Among Fastest Growing Talk of ’82 Chin Killing Sparks References to Unity Dispute Ex-Anchor Carter’s Conviction Overturned on Appeal Rep. Bobby Rush to...
Paper Offers “How Connecticut Chained Itself to Slavery”
Paper Offers “How Connecticut Chained Itself to Slavery” The Hartford Courant published a special issue Sunday of its Northeast Magazine called “How Connectict Chained Itself...
Greg Freeman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist, Dies at 46
Greg Freeman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist, Dies at 46 Gregory B. Freeman, columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who was active in promoting diversity in...
J-Grads of Color Hit Harder by Weak Job Market
J-Grads of Color Hit Harder by Weak Job Market The bottom fell out of the job market for journalism and mass communication graduates in 2001...
Nearly One in Four College Journalism Programs Flunks on Diversity
Nearly One in Four College J-Programs Flunks on Diversity Nearly one in four college journalism programs seeking accreditation fails the diversity criterion, according to the...