Cynthia Tucker Wins Pulitzer
Columnist Praised for “Courageous” Commentary Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and syndicated columnist, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, the...
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Mayor’s Girlfriend Placed on Leave
Telemundo to Conduct “Internal Review” of Events Telemundo anchor Mirthala Salinas, partner in an affair with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is being placed on...
Obama Story Line Heads South
Journalists Follow Racial Angle to South Carolina Journalists took with them the recently minted Barack Obama story line — “is he black enough?” “Will black...
Imus Stink Led Briefly to Cable Diversity
Survey Shows Business as Usual After Controversy “During the recent controversy over former radio and television host Don Imus‘ remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball...
“Wolves With Sheep’s Badges”
Columnist Takes Aim at Cops Accused of Murder The changeovers in Congress and in state capitals are commanding the big-picture headlines, along with the prospects...
Spike Lee Wants “Levees” Sequel
Katrina Victims Take Case to Editors Convention Spike Lee wants to do a sequel to his acclaimed HBO documentary on Hurricane Katrina, “When the Levees...
Grist for a “Tabloid Wars” Sequel
Asian American Editors in N.Y. Daily News Drama Dean Chang, bounced suddenly from his job as Metro editor at the New York Daily News, wants...
Students Can Publish—With a Catch
Grambling Imposes “Prior Review” by Adviser Grambling State University lifted the ban on its student newspaper on Thursday, but imposed a requirement that all of...
Is It OK to Call Suspect an “Asian Man?”
AAJA Issues Second Advisory on Va. Tech Killings The Asian American Journalists Association, commenting on coverage of Monday’s deadly shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,...
Atlanta Paper Accused
Author Details Efforts to “Bowdlerize” Race Series The reporter who uncovered a 60-year pattern of expelling African Americans from communities around the country and wrote...
NBC Universal Raises Diversity Profile
Paula Madison Elevated to Job With Single Focus Paula Madison, a veteran journalist who juggled her station-running duties at NBC in Los Angeles with her...
Ebony, Jet Swear Off That Epithet
Black Publications Take Stand Against “N-Word” In an editorial accompanying a discussion of the infamous racial epithet, Bryan Monroe, editorial director of Ebony and Jet...