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JOURNAL-ISMS INC. ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

The new board “is a foundation we can build on for the next 20 years,” said Neil Foote, a member of the inaugural board who has helped guide Journal-isms Inc. since it became a stand-alone operation in 2016. (Illustration by Shevry Lassiter)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2020 — Thirteen advocates for diversity in the news business have accepted appointment to the inaugural board of directors of Journal-isms Inc., the nonprofit corporation that publishes the “Richard Prince’s Journal-isms column and organizes the monthly Journal-isms Roundtable.

Journal-isms is a news site dedicated to diversity issues in the news media. It began in print in 1991 and went online in 2002. It is among the leading sources of information on diversity in the U.S. news media. 

The Journal-isms Roundtable is a dinner group of more than 50 current and former journalists, authors and editors who meet every month to discuss issues of race, media and other current topics. Its discussions serve as background for journalists and are recorded and publicly posted.

The new board “is a foundation we can build on for the next 20 years,” said Neil Foote, a member of the inaugural board who has helped guide Journal-isms Inc. since it became a stand-alone operation in 2016. Foote is also a member of the Journal-isms Strategy Committee, which includes Earl Caldwell, Paul Delaney, Gladys Edmunds, Bill Elsen, Alison Bethel McKenzie, Ingrid Sturgis and Betty Anne Williams

The inaugural board, expected to convene at the end of this year, includes:  

ABOUT JOURNAL-ISMS INC.

Richard Prince’s Journal-isms™ began in 1991 as part of the NABJ Journal, the official news organ of the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2002, Journal-isms went online on the website of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. The column has increased its frequency from monthly to whenever the news warranted, and its focus expanded from Black journalists to diversity issues in general, containing information about groups including Latinos, Asian Americans and Native Americans.

ABOUT JOURNAL-ISMS ROUNDTABLE

Journal-isms Roundtable sessions, which began in 1999, now attract an audience on Facebook Live and at times make news. More at <https://www.journal-isms.com/journal-isms-roundtable/>.

Journal-isms and the Journal-isms Roundtable have been aided by a committed list of supporters < https://www.journal-isms.com/supporters/  >.

Contact:

Richard Prince, princeeditor (at) yahoo.com

Neil Foote, neil (at) neilfoote.com

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