Category : Maynard Institute archives

Networks’ Plans for Sept. 11 Anniversary Journalists of Color Line Up for News’ Buyout Offer Some of the top-ranking and most prominent journalists of color...

Election-night coverage plans of ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, NBC, NPR and PBS Midterms Could Also Affect Media Ownership Issue   As Election Day...

“Day of Absence,” Protests Become Topic A The “Day of Absence” and immigration-rights protests were topic A today, with the subject leading all three broadcast...

Originally published July 17, 2006 Curley Issues “Specific Directions” on Diversity Tom Curley, the President and CEO of the Associated Press who has been accused...

Moving on from NPR, Host Wants Own Talk Show Ed Gordon, dropped this month by National Public Radio as host of its “News & Notes”...

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...

Paper Atones for Siding With Segregationists The latest decision by a Southern newspaper to apologize for its actions during the civil rights era has been...

New Challenge Filed Against NFL’s Redskins “American Indians have filed a new challenge to the Washington Redskins’ trademark, saying the NFL team’s name is racially...

5 Journalists of Color Accept “Very Generous” Offer Five journalists of color are among 64 newsroom employees accepting a buyout offer at the Cleveland Plain...

(Video added 2023) Originally published Dec. 27, 2006 Nearly Every Front Page Includes Entertainer’s Death The announcement that entertainer James Brown had died at age...

Sports Editors Shine Light on Own Lack of Diversity The sports departments at daily newspapers in the United States and Canada, while covering a disproportionate...

ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, NBC and PBS Plans for Sept. 11 Anniversary Editor Replaced After 8 Years Leading Newsweek Mark Whitaker, editor of...