Articles Feature Journal-isms RoundtableFeatured Can the Black Press Help Save White Newspapers?richardSeptember 21, 2020September 24, 2020 by richardSeptember 21, 2020September 24, 202005590 The newspaper industry is looking at a partnership between the Dallas Morning News and a Dallas Black newspaper as a model to be replicated....
Feature ArticlesFeatured Journalist Quits Over Kenosha HeadlinerichardSeptember 1, 2020September 5, 2020 by richardSeptember 1, 2020September 5, 202006013 A journalist resigned from The Kenosha News after objecting to the headline of an article about a rally supporting Jacob Blake, shot seven times by...
Articles FeatureFeatured Gannett Gets Bolder on DiversityrichardAugust 25, 2020August 30, 2020 by richardAugust 25, 2020August 30, 202008690 Gannett wants its workforce as diverse as the country by 2025....
Articles FeatureFeatured ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Jobs: Throwbacks or Progress?richardJuly 31, 2020August 4, 2020 by richardJuly 31, 2020August 4, 202006626 The recent spate of high-ranking "diversity and inclusion" appointments has struck some as ghettoizing, while others are overjoyed....
Feature ArticlesFeatured Racial Clamors Force Changes in Philly, N.Y.richardJune 7, 2020June 12, 2020 by richardJune 7, 2020June 12, 2020012445 Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor resigns;; one editor out, 2nd moved at N.Y. Times...
Articles FeatureWhy It Took So Long for the Ahmaud Arbery Story to ExploderichardMay 14, 2020May 23, 2020 by richardMay 14, 2020May 23, 202014920 How the story went from being largely ignored to one of the biggest in the country...
Articles FeatureWith Cash, Facebook ‘Likes’ the NewsrichardMay 9, 2020May 8, 2022 by richardMay 9, 2020May 8, 202203368 More than 200 news outlets to receive nearly $16 million in grants, half published by or for communities of color....
Articles FeatureLayoffs, Walkout Leave Plain Dealer With Just Four ReportersrichardApril 12, 2020April 24, 2020 by richardApril 12, 2020April 24, 202005205 Fourteen Plain Dealer journalists were left after massive layoffs that saw 22 staffers depart....
Articles FeatureRead Your Way Through the PandemicrichardMarch 25, 2020May 23, 2020 by richardMarch 25, 2020May 23, 202004504 First installment of our annual list of nonfiction books by journalists of color....