Category : Maynard Institute archives

Black Columnists Urge Attention to Lost Lives A spate of killings from Oakland to Newark is galvanizing African American columnists, who are asking for action...

Larry Starks to Be Network’s News Editor for NBA Larry Starks, one of only seven African American sports editors at mainstream daily newspapers, has resigned...

Newark Revisits Upheaval That Left 26 Dead In March, Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley wrote that when a radio executive at an panel discussion...

Will Las Vegas Arrest Take Us Back a Decade?     “It’s already a media circus,” retired LAPD detective Tom Lange told ABCNews.com on Monday....

Question Posed to 5 of “Most Respected” Latinos     “Is journalism still a smart career choice for bright Hispanic college graduates who want to...

Journalists of Color Weigh In on Deal with Murdoch The deal to sell the Dow Jones Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal, to Rupert...

Black Photog Gives Up Term in Light of Suspension A Chicago news cameraman who faces five days’ suspension without pay for using the “N” word...

Originally published December 2007 All Writers Covering NBA Plan Exit as 43 Take Buyout Four veteran black sports journalists are taking a voluntary buyout offered...

Artist Uses “Ho” in Blasting “Thug Rappers” Culture A white cartoonist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville spent Monday morning responding to about 70 e-mails...

Short-Term Suspensions, Warning in Aguilar Case Dallas station KDFW-TV, criticized for indefinitely suspending reporter Rebecca Aguilar but not taking action against anyone else who handled...

Nick Charles Is Third Leader to Go Since March Less than four months after the general manager and publisher of the Web site AOL Black...

Reassigned as Reporter, Columnist to Host on ESPN Stephen A. Smith, the outspoken Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist who is challenging his reassignment as a general...