Category : Maynard Institute archives

BET Cancels “BET Tonight,” “Lead Story” in Revamping Black Entertainment Television is canceling two of its three regular news shows – “Lead Story” and “BET...

Renee Poussaint, Camille Cosby in Oral History Project The New York Times and Washington Post featured stories over the weekend on the efforts of Camille...

Writers Have Fun With CNN’s Bid to Talk “Hip-Hop” It started when Rolando Santos, who as general manager of CNN Headline News is one of...

Latina Columnists Say Lighten Up on “Dame Edna” Two Latina columnists say Hispanics who have protested a column by the “Dame Edna” character in Vanity...

Asian Journalists Get $100,000, Largest-Ever Gift A longtime Dallas civil-rights activist gave $100,000 to the Asian American Journalists Association, the largest-ever gift from an individual...

Charlotte Grimes Leaves Hampton University Charlotte Grimes, an example of a professional from the mainstream media who could take charge of a journalism program at...

Media Managers of Color Tell What It Takes “There’s always a gnawing shadow,” says one of the successful media managers of color who responded to...

Where’s Outrage Over Latest TV Changes? Columnist Asks When NBC announced that the tanned, well-tailored Brian Williams would take over TV’s highest-rated network newscast in...

From Another Century, a Liberating 9/11 Story At a time when every magazine from Vanity Fair to Bird Talk contains an anniversary article on the...

“Teen Summit” Added to BET Hit List “Teen Summit,” the 13-year-old brainchild of Black Entertainment Television co-founder Sheila Johnson, will be ending its run as...

Press Club Board Discussing “Coloring the News” Again The board of governors of the National Press Club is taking up a request from a National...

An NABJ Wedding — Is TV Movie Next? Is this a TV movie? Adaora Udoji and Ron Allen, television news correspondents, were married Saturday by...