Category : Maynard Institute archives

Networks Recruit, Pay Stipends to Attract Interns NBC News, embarrassed by the disclosure that the summer internship class at “NBC Nightly News” had no students...

Consolidations Planned in News Operations “Struggling under weak ad sales and profits, NBC Universal set a structuring plan to slash annual expenses by $750 million...

Turning the Pages, 2006 Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Into the New Year As noted Tuesday, many journalists have been hard at work over the past...

Kenyan’s Fight Touches Kansas City Newsroom The Kansas City Star wanted Peter Makori of Kenya to work in its newsroom to help “sensitize us and...

ABC, BET, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, NBC, NPR, PBS and Public Radio International Plans for Sept. 11 Anniversary Essence Story Is Writer’s Most...

Originally published in May 2006   Paper Regrets Role of Predecessor in 1916 Atrocity Today at 11 a.m. Texas time, a small interracial organization met...

Panel Urges One-Year Accreditation for J-School Asserting that “critics, some of whom are black, are jealous of our program,” Dean Tony Brown and the top...

Series Returns, Thanks to Relative’s Persistence The six-hour documentary “Eyes on the Prize — America’s Civil Rights Movement” makes a triumphant return to the airwaves...

Immediate Past President Gets Ax at Mercury News The journalists laid off in the newsroom of the San Jose Mercury News Monday night and Tuesday...

D.C.’s Post Finds Topic Ripe for Discussion A year-long Washington Post series on “Being a Black Man” debuted over the weekend to enthusiastic responses from...

“I Want People to Be Honest About What’s Going On” Ed Gordon, host of National Public Radio’s “News and Notes” show, the network’s 18-month-old attempt...

Mother of Ex-Anchor Seeks Treatment for Him After Donald Cross, the first African American television anchor in Meridian, Miss., was arrested Oct. 13 and charged...