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Ben Affleck Asked H.L. Gates to Edit Out Slaveowning Ancestor in Series on Roots
April 18, 2015Slaver is omitted, his story "just wasn't as interesting" (4/18/15); fatal shooting on live television airing; Mother Jones puts gun-violence cost at $229 billion a year; St. Louis paper...
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Post-Dispatch Wins Pulitzer for Ferguson Photos
April 20, 2015New York Times honored for coverage of Ebola outbreak; Tampa Bay Times finds "bicycling while black" targeting; can Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger proposal be saved?; Iran charges...
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Gates, Affleck Issue Regrets in Slaveowner Flap
April 22, 2015Station: Gates' cut "unacceptable" if based on actor's urging (4/22/15); Post-Dispatch wins Pulitzer for Ferguson photos; Tampa Bay Times finds "bicycling while black" targeting; can...
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Intern, Documentary Research and Production, American RadioWorks Posted on: April 23, 2015Deadline: May 1, 2015Do you follow national news and consume documentaries and in-depth journalism? You should...
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"Ghettoization" of Latin American News?
April 27, 2015Also undercovered, diplomat says: Afro-Latinos, Indians; riots, looting follow efforts to show a peaceful face; 8 blacks, Latinas named Stanford, Michigan fellows; N.Y. Times declares 1.5...
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All Eyes on Baltimore
April 29, 2015 Some outlets strive to counterbalance sensationalism; . . . Sun editorials assail use of "thug," lack of leadership; . . mom who struck her son, 16, becomes day's hero; good news for...
View ArticleDori Maynard's DC Memorial Webcast
May 1, 2015*** Webcast of Dori Maynard's Memorial Service at the Newseum May 4, 2015 *** For iPhone/iPad user, please use the link below to view the...
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That *@#$ Media! Oh, Wait . . .
May 1, 2015Baltimore shows need for care in discussing "the media"; blacks are quarter of the poor but half of poverty images; historians group opposes "Redskins" and gives 10 reasons; Bryan Monroe...
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Dori Maynard Kept the Faith
May 4, 2015Knight Foundation funds award honoring diversity leader; AP reporter interviews freed Boko Haram prisoners; in killings by cops, consider whiteness of legal profession; Glover, Lowe...
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To Show Muhammad Cartoons or Not?
May 6, 2015Dallas readers had to opt in to see provocative images; Mei-Mei Chan, Rodney Brooks taking Gannett retirements; suddenly, photographer is "the next Gordon Parks"; Ric Harris named general...
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Race a Factor in Chicago DUI Checkpoints
May 8, 2015Post-Trayvon, media outlets look harder at police; Americans have own visual taboos, cartoonist says; U.S. labeled reporter a suspected terrorist; Google says it's spending $150 million on...
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"Price of Nice Nails" Is Abuse, Wage Theft
May 11, 2015Governor acts after N.Y. Times series on abused immigrants; first lady had to tune out negative "noise" about her; Latinos blast Bloomberg's Halperin over questions to Cruz; N.Y. Times...
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Journalists Shaken but Safe After Derailment
May 13, 2015Cheung of AAJA, NBC producer Janelle Richards aboard train; Baltimore Sun says mayor hasn't been uip to the job; Native Americans have a stake in "Black Lives Matter"; some in media missed...
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Blacks Weren't Writing the B.B. King Story
May 15, 2015Cultural, generational reasons offered as theories; Obama, Coates defend stances on scolding black men; . . . Obama says poverty is down 40% since 1967; 4 U.S. journalists of color chosen...
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Waco Bikers or #WacoThugs? Double Standard Seen
May 18, 2015Social media quick to comment on media coverage; the reporter who exposed police torture in Chicago; with B.B. King death, blacks urged to reclaim blues legacy; N.Y. Times editorial draws...
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Whites OK With Upcoming Minority Status
May 20, 2015Resistance to immigration tame compared with past years; Waco bikers include Hispanics, blacks — CNN Called Out; ASNE opposes reauthorizing Patriot Act; man tries to seal news van with...
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News Editor Posted on: May 21, 2015Racked is looking for a full-time news editor to oversee our national news desk. The ideal candidate is an excellent and quick writer/editor with a proven track...
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Data Visualization Reporter Posted on: May 21, 2015Eater is seeking a food world reporter dedicated to visualizing the news in interesting, informative, and creative ways. This reporter will work for...
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Univision Buys TheRoot.com
May 21, 2015Broadcaster, black-themed site each see chance for growth (5/21/15); Whites OK with upcoming minority status; Waco bikers include Hispanics, blacks — CNN called out; ASNE opposes...
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News Outlets Want Eric Garner Documents
May 22, 2015"You still have to beg for facts in this country"; reader comments demonize black bikers, praise whites; Claudia Puig, USA Today film critic, takes buyout; photographer's passion makes...
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