A skillful account chronicles five decades of blacks’ push for rights and...
R.E. Graswich February 15, 2016ReviewLike thousands of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Shanghai, Robert Abbott started modestly, alone in a tiny room with a card table and kitchen chair. But...
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Fellowship, American RadioWorks Posted on: February 14, 2016Deadline: February 23, 2016Are you an audio nerd? Like to listen to podcasts in your sleep? Digest the news with your breakfast? You should...
View ArticleThe Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
Professional exchange program in Germany Posted on: February 14, 2016Deadline: March 1, 2016The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program Details: American journalists have until March 1, 2016, to apply for...
View ArticleFinding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China - Film Screening
Event Date(s): 03/06/2016 - 15:00 - 18:00 Category: Film Screening “Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China” will screen at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 6, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. The film...
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Internships Posted on: February 28, 2016Deadline: March 16, 2016Position Summary:Our internships are opportunities for broadcasting/journalism students or recent graduates to learn the real-world...
View ArticlePOLITICO Journalism Institute (PJI) Now Accepting Applications
MIJE Staff March 2, 2016For the third year, the Maynard Institute will partner with POLITICO and American University to run the POLITICO Journalism Institute (PJI), an educational initiative focused...
View ArticleBob Maynard’s vision of news via computer recalled as East Bay newspapers...
Brenda Payton March 11, 2016By Brenda PaytonI was in a meeting with Bob Maynard. It must have been in the early ’80s. When he took over as editor of the Oakland Tribune, he was the first African...
View ArticleDiversity's Greatest Hits, 2015
December 28, 2015A year in the quest for news media that look like America: Police violence; gun violence; Donald Trump, seriously; fear of Muslims; the numbers; Dori J. Maynard dies at 56; a big year...
View ArticleThree Lost Souls: Stories about race, class and loneliness
MIJE Staff April 1, 2016Woody Lewis, essayist and former web architect for the Maynard Institute, has just published "Three Lost Souls: Stories about race, class and loneliness," as a Kindle...
View ArticleDorothy Butler Gilliam Honored With The Anne O'Hare McCormick Trailblazer Award
MIJE Staff April 17, 2016Maynard board member Dorothy Gilliam will be honored by the Anne O'Hare McCormick Memorial Fund as the recipient of the organization's first Anne O'Hare McCormick Trailblazer...
View ArticleOakland Voices Community Forum on Affordable Housing
MIJE Staff April 24, 2016At the Oakland Voices community forum on affordable housing earlier this month, expert panelists offered an unusually optimistic view of ways to secure affordable housing in...
View ArticleCIR and MIJE announce the Dori J. Maynard Senior Research Fellows program
MIJE Staff May 4, 2016The Center for Investigative Reporting and The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education are pleased to announce the launch of theDori J. Maynard Senior Research...
View ArticleBest Voices of 2015 - 2016
MIJE Staff May 24, 2016From the very beginning, at the orientation weekend in July, the Oakland Voices 2015 correspondents shared a connection that no one could really explain. It started during a...
View ArticleBest of Oakland Voices 2015-2016
MIJE Staff May 24, 2016From the very beginning, at the orientation weekend in July, the Oakland Voices 2015 correspondents shared a connection that no one could really explain. It started during a...
View ArticleBest of Sacramento Voices 2015-2016
MIJE Staff May 24, 2016They became advocates for healthy lifestyles. They reminisced about childhood inspirations. They celebrated the vibrancy of their evolving city, but with caution. They...
View ArticleOakland Voices Graduation 2016
MIJE Staff May 23, 2016Oakland Voices correspondents reflect on what they learned during the 10-month program. Video by Randy FilioOakland Voices correspondents reflect on what they learned during the...
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Producer (part-time) Posted on: July 5, 2016C-SPAN is seeking a part-time Producer for its radio station WCSP-FM. This person will be responsible for supporting the production of an air shift,...
View ArticleNorthJersey.com
Web Producer Posted on: July 5, 2016NorthJersey.com is seeking a Web Producer to help publish breaking news and other content from The Record and other sources in various formats, including articles,...
View ArticleCan Media-Shaped Perceptions Be Deadly?
By Martin G. Reynolds, Senior Fellow, The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education July 8, 2016By Martin G. ReynoldsSenior FellowThe Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism...
View ArticleMinority reporters increase in TV, drop in radio
MIJE Staff July 12, 2016Minority workforce numbers have increased in several areas of broadcast media, but minority news personnel hiring has not kept pace with the overall population growth of...
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