Newsday Loses, Gains a Black Reporter
Herbert Lowe Leaves; Keith Herbert Arrives Herbert Lowe, a seven-year reporter at Newsday and president of the National Association of Black Journalists from 2003 to...
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Julianne Malveaux to Lead College
Columnist to Head School for Black Women Julianne Malveaux, the politically progressive economist and commentator, on Monday was named president of Bennett College for Women,...
Parren Mitchell Died With Lawsuit Intact
Ex-Congressman’s Family Claimed Privacy Invaded Parren J. Mitchell, founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and Maryland’s first African American member of Congress,...
Gannett’s Dorothy Bland Lands at FAMU
Former Publisher to Lead Journalism Division Dorothy Bland, who was one of only a handful of black women daily newspaper publishers when she resigned abruptly...
MSNBC Drops Imus
News Chief Says Network’s Reputation Was at Stake “Effective immediately, MSNBC will no longer simulcast the ‘Imus in the Morning’ radio program,” the network announced...
Debate Spins in Journalists’ Favor
Candidates Praise “Fairness” of Howard U. Session Cornel West was looking somewhat austere, dressed all in black, wearing his Afro, his glasses and his goatee,...
Sportswriters Hail Dungy’s Moment
History Aside, Some Find the Big Game Lacking Sports columnists of color hailed Tony Dungy’s milestone as the first African American coach to win a...
Mark Whitaker to Be No. 2 at NBC News
Former Newsweek Editor to Oversee Newsgathering Mark Whitaker, former editor of Newsweek and a veteran journalist of nearly three decades, will join NBC News as...
Newspaper Diversity Numbers Decline
Figures Are Brighter at Papers’ Online Operations “The percentage of minority journalists working in America’s daily newsrooms declined slightly to 13.62 percent this year, according...
Firing Followed E-Mailed Love Notes
Nigeria Charged Koinange Paid Rebels for News CNN Africa correspondent Jeff Koinange’s dismissal followed a reprimand for using his company e-mail account to continue an...
Time Inc. to Cut 172 Journalists
Some Bureaus Closing; “People en Español” Spared Time Inc. — whose magazine properties include Essence and People en Español in addition to Time, Sports Illustrated,...
It’s Over: CBS Radio Fires Imus
Network Chief Cites Effect of Language on Youth “CBS today announced its decision to cease broadcasting the Imus in the Morning radio program, effective immediately,...