Network news president blunders but elevates Diaz-Balart; Syrian journalist says internal rifts led ISIS to bomb; Ta-Nehisi Coates wins National Book Award; Smith students want reporters to declare their support; Henry Furhmann taking buyout from L.A. Times after 25 years; Irby's exit leaves Poynter without black faculty; more Mexican immigrants leaving U.S. than migrating; ex-officer convicted; station aired dashcam video (11/20/15)Network News President Blunders but Elevates Diaz-Balart
Syrian Journalist Says Internal Rifts Led ISIS to Bomb
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award
Smith Students Want Reporters to Declare Their Support
Furhmann Taking Buyout from L.A. Times After 25 Years
Merida Denies Trying to Poach Post Staffers for Undefeated
Irby's Exit Leaves Poynter Without Black Faculty
More Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. Than Migrating
"More Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated here since the end of the Great Recession, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from both countries,"Ana Gonzalez-Barrera reported Thursday for the Pew Research Center.
"The same data sources also show the overall flow of Mexican immigrants between the two countries is at its smallest since the 1990s, mostly due to a drop in the number of Mexican immigrants coming to the U.S. . . ."
- Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star: Loss of Mexican migrants takes away scapegoats from some GOP presidential candidates
Ex-Officer Convicted; Station Aired Dashcam Video
"A jury has convicted an Inkster officer whose bloody beating of a driver was captured on video of assault and misconduct in office," WDIV-TV in Detroit reported Thursday.
"The jury rendered their decision Thursday, also finding Melendez not guilty of a strangulation charge.
"Melendez is being held without bond until his sentencing on Dec. 3. His wife stormed out of the courtroom after Judge Vonda Evans announced Melendez's bond was denied.
"The jury this week rode in vans to see the street in Inkster where Floyd Dent was stopped by police and punched in the head 16 times by former Inkster police officer Melendez last January.
"The dashcam video wasn't publicly known until the Local 4 Defenders aired it in March. Melendez was fired, and Inkster agreed to pay $1.4 million to the 58-year-old Dent. . . ."
- Editorial, Star Tribune, Minneapolis: A search for answers in police-involved shooting in Minneapolis
- Jerome Hudson, breitbart.com: Spike Lee Calls Out Black Lives Matter: 'You Can’t Ignore That We Are Killing Ourselves, Too' (Nov. 13)
- Steven Nelson, U.S. News: Reporter Arrested Covering Minnesota Highway Protest
- Ruben Rosario, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.: New day coming in fatal police shooting investigations
- Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post: How Black Lives Matter, born on the streets, is rising to power on campus
- Fran Spielman and Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago cops brace for trouble with release of shooting video
- Rebecca Stewart, Star Tribune, Minneapolis: North Minneapolis: Caught in the middle