Category : Maynard Institute archives

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...

Black Caucus Issues Threat Over Cable Ownership “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are turning up the heat on the cable TV industry, demanding more...

Journalism Educators Back NABJ, NAHJ on McGowan Journalism educators meeting in Miami Beach last week passed a resolution denouncing the National Press Club’s award to...

Chastened FCC Approves Equal Opportunity Rules The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved new equal opportunity employment regulations that don’t specifically target women and minorities,...