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CNN Pumps Up Don Lemon
November 20, 2013Some debate whether commentaries are appropriate; stark differences in cable coverage of typhoon, health care; Sheila Solomon, longtime recruiter, wins Ida B. Wells Award; J-students...
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Staff Editors Posted on: November 21, 2013The News Presentation Department has multiple openings for staff editors on the copy desks and in digital production, based in New York.Ideal candidates for...
View Article6 Tips and Story Ideas for Journalists from the Native American Journalists...
By NAJA November 21, 20131. With so many Thanksgiving pageants and other activities taking place at schools this time of year, run a story on how educators should take caution when passing out fake...
View ArticleWhat Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the...
By Gale Courey Toensing November 21, 2013We know what we’re taught in mainstream media and in schools is made up. What’s the Wampanoag version of what happened?Yeah, it was made up. It was Abraham...
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MIJE Mourns the Passing of Raul Ramirez
MIJE Staff November 21, 2013Raul Ramirez was a friend and supporter of this Institute from its earliest days. In the late 1970s, Raul served as an editor and teacher in the then Institute for...
View Article2013 Oakland Voices Grad to host Youth Radio Chat
MIJE Staff November 21, 20132013 Oakland Voices Alum Sheila Blandón will be hosting an online chat on Youth Radio today to discuss unemployment among youth and young...
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White Writers Join N-Word Debate
November 22, 2013"'You don't get it; you're white.' . . . doesn't work for me"; news organizations challenge White House on photo access; Al Jazeera testing S.F.-based Internet news network; Kennedy...
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SPJ Tribute to Raul Ramirez
MIJE Staff November 25, 2013SPJ Tribute to Raul Ramirez, Distinguished Service to Journalism from Paige Bierma on Vimeo.SPJ Tribute to Raul Ramirez, Distinguished Service to Journalism from Paige...
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"Worst of the Worst" Are All Black Men
November 25, 2013Tenn. paper catches heat for front page array of mug shots; Pryor, Rock regretted their use of the N-word; paid internships can increase diversity, writer contends; Sarah Palin doesn't...
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Remembering Robert C. Maynard
MIJE Staff November 1, 2013It's been 20 years since Robert C. Maynard's death. For our ongoing feature, we will be posting photos and quotes by Bob Maynard.Follow this link to see photos and read...
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"Love, Peace and Soul!" And More
November 27, 2013Looking for the right holiday gift? Books by A. Peter Bailey, Jinx Coleman Broussard, Alfredo Corchado, Ericka Blount Danois, Lolis Eric Elie, Hattie Kauffman, Gil L. Robertson IV,...
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Caution Urged on "Knockout" Story
December 2, 2013Vacuum of information on "trend" of attacks by black teens; councilman elected in media fail held on DUI, pot charges; Daily Kos rejects Obama cartoon as ape-like, racist; would greater...
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Multi-Media Journalist Posted on: December 3, 2013WKBW-HD Buffalo is looking for a Multi-Media Journalist. We're looking for an experienced MMJ who will enterprise ideas and break stories. This person...
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Garry D. Howard Out as Sporting News Editor
December 3, 2013Helped publication reinvent itself as web property (12/3/13); caution urged on teen "knockout" story; councilman elected in media fail held on DUI, pot charges; Daily Kos calls Obama...
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N.Y. Post Beats Back Racism Lawsuits
December 4, 2013Judge rejects charges of hostile work environment (12/4/13); Garry D. Howard out as Sporting News editor (12/3/13); caution urged on teen "knockout" story; councilman elected in media...
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Jim Bettinger Talks Diversity Strategies
MIJE Staff December 5, 2013In 2011 Jim Bettinger looked at the incoming class of JSK fellows and realized it had only one Asian and two Latino fellows. Long a proponent of diversity, Bettinger vowed...
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Mandela's Way With Journalists
December 6, 2013Reverential but professional coverage for hero without peer; . . . journalists'"curiosity very difficult to satisfy"; . . . media not always eager to cover the movement; . . . Mandela...
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2,500 Journalists Descending on S. Africa
December 9, 2013 Commentators warn against turning Mandela into mush; 300 celebrate Elaine Rivera as a "kick-ass journalist"; glossing over the racism, sexism of the 1970s newsroom; did Obama take a...
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Praise, Disgust for S. Africa Coverage
December 11, 2013Reporters who've covered Mandela critique their peers; coverage of "selfie," Castro handshake called excessive; after faffe, KTVU to air documentary on Korean Americans; study details...
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