Imus’ New Boss Keeps NABJ on Hold
Sharpton Says Citadel Should Meet With Journalists Don Imus‘ apparent new employer, Citadel Broadcasting, has been keeping the National Association of Black Journalists waiting since...
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“Call to Battle” Over FCC Decision
Further Slide Feared for Minority Ownership “Congressional opponents of media consolidation are greeting the FCC’s vote to ease its media-ownership rules as a call to...
Marking Katrina’s Second Anniversary
From Anchor Visits to Bloggers Roundtable Broadcast coverage of the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina includes on-the-scene reports by anchors from CBS, NBC and CNN....
ABC Radio Says Imus Lures Advertisers
On Cable, Rural Channel Reported Closing Deal Don Imus’ new employer says the New York talk-show hosts he is replacing were dumped because it was...
Taking Tip on Death Threat Seriously
Reporter Writing About Mexican Cartels Recalled A potential threat of violence by Mexican drug cartels against American reporters operating along the border caused the San...
Bush Interviewed on Race Relations
“We Don’t Want to Be Segregated as a Society” President Bush was interviewed on Monday by Juan Williams of Fox News. Here is a transcript:...
Making Sense of Taylor’s Death — or Not
He Wasn’t a “Kid Who Couldn’t Shake the Hood” Describing himself as the “media member who probably knew Sean Taylor and his family...
Police Hint at Conspiracy to Kill Bailey
Teen Gunman Believed to Have Had Accomplices A 19-year-old handyman who has confessed to killing Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey with a shotgun is not believed...
Station Suspends “Journalist of Year”
NAHJ Backs Reporter Accused of Callous Interview A Dallas reporter who two weeks ago was awarded Broadcast Journalist of the Year honors from the National...
Susan L. Taylor Leaving Essence
Icon for Black Women to Focus on Mentoring Effort Susan L. Taylor, the driving force behind Essence magazine since she became its editor in chief...
New Day for Latinos at PBS?
5 Hispanic Projects to Air Before Burns’ “The War” “Call it a guilt trip or a cultural awakening, but some Latino filmmakers feel that the...
Guild Questions Ouster of Indy Writer
RiShawn Biddle Regrets Language, Defends Point The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild is stepping into the case of RiShawn Biddle, the African American editorial writer at the...