The Vegas Effect
January 28, 2013By Sabirah Mustafa - What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. It’s an ad slogan with some truth to it. People take the phrase seriously, shunning those who come back from Sin City with...
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Whitaker Resigns From CNN
January 29, 2013Managing editor says new boss deserves own team (1/29/13); Obama sees media role in ending gridlock; Chicago mother loses all four kids to gun violence; ethnic media jointly urge...
View ArticleHealth of the Hood – What Makes the Mills College Neighborhood Healthy?
January 28, 2013By Katherine Brown - When trying to identify what makes my neighborhood healthy, I was hard pressed to find glaring examples of what is traditionally associated with “healthy living.”...
View ArticleGoing to Prison, Part I
January 28, 2013By Debora Gordon - I drove down to visit Lam in the Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) the weekend of December 7ththrough December 10th. I checked in by phone and email with the Public...
View Article‘Teacher Don’ Takes the Helm of OUSD’s New Adult Ed Learning Bus
January 30, 2013By Debora Gordon - One of the coolest things happening in the Oakland Unified School District right now is the high tech mobile adult education classroom, an RV outfitted with Wi-Fi and...
View ArticleWhite-On-White Crime Makes Lots of Noise, Even if You’ve Never Heard of It
January 30, 2013By Ronald Owens - Mass murders get some people all stirred up. TV news shows become obsessed and devote all their attention to the homicides and to peoples’ reactions to them. You go to...
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Speculation on Soledad's Fate
January 30, 2013New CNN president plans to replace morning show; Famuan reappears with J-director's blast at critics; Univision viewers' immigration concern: Deportation; black-press chief says Obama...
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Sequester will rip apart higher education in Indian Country
Mark Trahant January 30, 2013I had better not bury the lede: The sequester is going to rip apart higher education in Indian Country. It’s going to be ugly, folks, and worse, self-defeating. Haskell...
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Axing Rapper’s TV Special Puts Focus on Black Parent Coverage
Author: Joshunda SandersJanuary 31, 2013Development and subsequent cancellation by Oxygen Media of rapper Shawty Lo’s “All My Babies’ Mamas” points to a dearth of realistic portrayals of black mothers...
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Columbia Journalisms School _Continuing Ed
Links to http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/.
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Diversity-Friendly Capus Leaving NBC News
February 1, 2013Antoine Sanfuentes gains increased responsibilities (2/1/13); speculation on Soledad's fate; Famuan reappears with J-director's blast at critics; Univision viewers' immigration concern:...
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Kevin Merida Named Washington Post M.E.
February 4, 2013Maynard grad is first black journalist to assume the title; Post's first black reporter says it "damn near killed" him; Super Bowl drew huge audience, but not a record; as candidate,...
View Article2013 NYSSCPA Financial Journalism Awards CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Event Date(s): 02/15/2013 (All day) Category: Contests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:read more
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Media Outreach MIJE Webinar V2 300x250
Links to http://mije.org/features/webinars/media-outreach-101-nonprofits.
View ArticleGoing to Prison, Part II: Getting In, the Visiting Room, and Lockdown
February 4, 2013By Debora Gordon - After my visit with Lt. Smith, I had some time to kill that Friday evening in Delano, California. While there may be more than meets the tourist eye, what the casual...
View ArticleHealth of the Hood: East Oakland’s Community Gardens
February 4, 2013By Howard Dyckoff - Food surrounds us in our daily lives. We share food at family and community events. But where do we get our food and how fresh is that...
View ArticleThe Asian American Writers' Workshop
The Open City editor Posted on: February 5, 2013The Asian American Writers' Workshop is looking to hire an editor for Open City (http://opencitymag.com), our magazine of Asian American New York that’s...
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Media Outreach 101 for Nonprofits
February 20, 2013It’s frustrating. You do good work. You know your nonprofit is making a difference and yet you haven't been able to effectively reach the media. We can help! Media Outreach 101: Honing...
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Media Outreach 101 for Nonprofits
MIJE Staff February 6, 2013Media Outreach 101: Honing Your Message, the first in our series of webinars aimed at nonprofits, will provide you with the fundamentals you need to begin building a...
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Rob Parker Gets Columnist's Gig
February 6, 2013Keith Clinkscales praises "strong voice at ESPN"; poll: Blacks trust Fox far less than other groups; Shirley Carswell leaving Washington Post after 25 years; U.S. black journalists join...
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