Forgot Press Pass at Protest, Editor Arrested
May 24, 201571 held in demonstrations after Cleveland cop's acquittal (5/24/15); news outlets want Eric Garner documents; reader comments demonize black bikers, praise whites; Claudia Puig, USA Today...
View ArticleNAHJ Parts With Executive Director, Board Member
May 27, 2015President taking leave of absence to fill staffing void; on L.A. TV news, not enough Latino victims, officers (5/27/15)President Taking Leave of Absence to Fill Staffing VoidOn L.A. TV...
View ArticleReporter Killed in Community She Loved
May 29, 2015Charnice Milton slain in D.C. while used as human shield; Bettinger to step down as director of Knight fellowships; N.C., Texas schools confront Confederate iconography; . . . Monuments...
View ArticleJournalists Bear Down on Killings by Police
June 1, 2015Washington Post counts 385 fatally shot this year; new photo contradicts Fla. police account of shooting; "Wear Orange" honors teen who wanted to be a journalist; new Williams role could...
View ArticleDonald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism
Washington and Lee University Posted on: June 2, 2015Washington and Lee University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications seeks an experienced journalist to hold the Donald W. Reynolds...
View ArticleHalf Billion Raised for Haiti; 6 Homes Result
June 3, 2015Red Cross slammed in NPR-ProPublica investigation; inmate to be freed after stories on "dirty cop"; journalists have proved fickle in reporting on Obama; Huffington Post future uncertain...
View ArticleMedia "Negative" on Black, Arab, Latino Boys
June 5, 2015ASNE offers "community-based engagement" as remedy; journalists meet to discuss lack of access to Clinton; Baltimore's Mosby wants autopsy report kept under wraps; grand juror in Ferguson...
View ArticleWarning on McKinney: "This Time We Got Lucky"
June 8, 2015Dallas paper thankful pool incident didn't end tragically; videotaped ex-cop indicted in N. Charleston shooting; Baltimore Sun uses "riot"— only for April 27 events; use of "illegal...
View ArticleBarkley to Give $1 Million to Morehouse
June 10, 2015NBA Hall of Famer aids Journalism and Sports Program; . . . sports journalists get a "D" on diversity hiring; judge upholds firing of cop in infamous photo; student video gives voice to...
View ArticleHow a "Black" White Woman Became a Story
June 12, 2015Pacific Northwest outlets made public record requests; Whitlock ousted as editor before his site debuts; at issue: News diversity issues in age of Obama; 61% of mixed-race people don't say...
View ArticleA Journalists Service Corps?
June 15, 2015Media can affect a community's confidence in itself; Kierna Mayo, Kyra Kyles named to top Ebony jobs; Rachel Dolezal says she's identified as black since 5 (6/15/15)Media Can Affect a...
View ArticleCops Stop Black Journalist 50+ Times
June 17, 2015First-person story has Toronto poised to change policy; media scramble to cover fatal shooting of 9 in Charleston; states in U.S. said to violate standards on deadly force; N.Y. Times adds...
View ArticleIn Charleston, Massacre Is a Local Story
June 19, 2015Post and Courier has less diversity than 15 years ago; N.Y. Times is fine with calling shootings "terrorism"; does focusing on suspect detract from the victims?; Confederate flag under...
View ArticleS.C. Newspapers Play Role in Flag Debate
June 22, 2015The State out front — black paper most hardline; Obama's mention of N-word gets bleeps, headlines; "Meet the Press" blunders with all-black inmate video; Derrick Jackson taking buyout from...
View ArticleThe 2015 POLITICO Journalism Institute
MIJE Staff June 23, 2015The second POLITICO Journalism Institute wrapped up in Washington DC on June 12. The program is a Maynard Institute partnership with POLITICO and American University.The...
View ArticleLester Holt: "It's a Big Deal" to Be Able to Represent
June 24, 2015New NBC anchor sensitive to race, tech, Western issues (6/24/15)New NBC Anchor Sensitive to Race, Tech, Western Issuesread more
View ArticlePraise for Obama, and Then a Dead Mic
June 26, 2015President's eulogy in Charleston made for riveting TV; mindset behind Confederate monuments mirrors that for flags; can't fault media for not reporting Charleston story; were they...
View ArticleLatinos Applaud NBCU's Trump Dump
June 29, 2015Company drops Miss Universe, Miss USA after protests; a Nashville editor tells readers of his same-sex wedding; Johnny and Jamal? This Jamaal defies the code; why some Southern blacks...
View ArticleMore Dump Trump
July 1, 2015Columnist sees irony in Univision's defense of Mexicans; another reporter quits — can't afford to live on her salary; Nigerian journalist says he was beaten into a coma; journalists advised...
View ArticleAP Wins Release of Incriminating Cosby File
July 6, 2015"America's dad" admits giving women sedatives for sex; S.C. Senate votes to take down Confederate flag; ESPN moves celebrity tournament from Trump golf club; Whitlock alienated too many...
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