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Richard Prince's Journal-isms

Farai Chideya to Leave "News & Notes" Early

NPR wouldn't pay for show to cover Inauguration (1/5/09); NABJ backs Bob Johnson's plans for new network; Lyne Pitts steps down as NBC News V.P.; USA Today to publish Inauguration issue next week; journalists might not get Inaugural spots. (01/02/09)
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Features

Connecting With Community

Oakland Tribune Editor Martin Reynolds Finds New Ways to Engage Readers in Digital Age
Reggie Royston
June 2, 2008
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Dori J. Maynard's Dori on Diversity

Glimpsing the Worlds of Neighbors Online

Over at TheRoot.com, Kim McLarin points out the ridiculousness behind the rumor that floating "out there" exists a tape of Michelle Obama using the term "whitey." (07/01/08)
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Lisa Fernandez's Covering Culture

Hit a universal theme, sprinkle in cultural details

Several years ago, I wrote a story about the first team of deaf cheerleaders being selected to participate in the biggest cheerleading competition on the West Coast, at Disneyland. (07/31/08)
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Bobbi Bowman's What's in a Number?
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Democrats' Victory Highlights the Emerging 'Next South'

The Democrats crossed the Mason-Dixon Line just in time for the 2010 Census. The traditional divide between North and South has come to have a new meaning: the demarcation between stagnant America and surging America.
(12/09/2008)

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Maynard Guest Columnists

Tribute: Nancy Hicks Maynard, thanks for diversifying America's newsrooms

When I asked a group of college journalism students to name African-American journalism pioneers, names such as Ed Bradley, Bryant Gumbel and Oprah Winfrey came quickly.
By Dorothy Bland (10/01/08)
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Journal-isms Features Dori on Diversity Covering Culture In a Number Guests
No diversity on Sunday mornings

In selecting David Gregory as the next moderator of "Meet the Press," as has been reported, NBC missed an opportunity to keep up with a changing America and respond to calls for greater diversity.

By Margot Friedman (12/4/2008

 

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Obama's True Colors

Barack Obama’s racial identity continues to be covered as a news story by mainstream press organizations.

By bbn editors (12/14/08)

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Digital Leadership
Develop new business models and strategies to succeed in today's media environment.[more]
Media Academy
A training and development experience that targets first-time supervisors or potential supervisors to give them the tools necessary to advance their careers.[more]
Chauncey Bailey Project
An investigative project to honor and continue the work of journalist Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr. [more]
Fault Lines
An innovative framework that allows journalists to analyze and discuss their coverage in the context of the communities they serve. [more]

Upcoming Event: "From Soundbites to Solutions: Bias, Punditry and the Press in the 2008 Election"

The White House Project, The Women's Media Center and The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Present:

"From Soundbites to Solutions: Bias, Punditry and the Press in the 2008 Election"
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Identifying with Maynard and Diversity

As I try to define diversity myself, I wonder what diversity means to others. (08/25/08) By Diana Cruz
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Video from the Maynard Institute's "30 Years and Counting" Breakfast

View video of conversation between Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Publisher of the New York Times, and Dorothy Gilliam, co-Founder of the Maynard Institute, at the Maynard Institute's "30 Years and Counting" Breakfast at the Unity Convention 2008, July 25th, 2008, Chicago, Il.
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One-Year Anniversary of the Murder of Chauncey Bailey

The Maynard Institute and the Chauncey Bailey Project recognize August 2, 2008 as the one-year anniversary of the murder of Chauncey Bailey. View video for more information about the current state of the investigation.

Wil Pomart (08/01/08) 

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Video: Unity Convention 2008

Video from the Unity Convention 2008 by Robert Lopez. View interviews of conference attendees, conference panels, and conference social events. (07/30/08)
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Nancy Maynard, co-founder of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education died September 21, 2008.
For 30 years, the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education has been committed to helping the news media reflect America's diversity in staffing, content, and business operations. Incorporated in 1977, the Institute offers editing and management training programs as well as direct services to news organizations. [more]
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Diversity Headlines Most Popular Most Emailed
  • Obama?s Miraculous Win Leads 2008 Black Press Stories; Stories of Injustices Close Behind
  • Police Crackdown on Pirated Goods
  • Holiday Thrift Shop Sales Soar as Economy Slumps
  • Deepening Economic Crisis Closes Out 2008
  • 5 Things You Can Do Right Now About the Oscar Grant Shooting
  • Korean Americans Making Ends Meet
  • ACLU Loves The Accidental American
  • Immigration Demands Heat Up Before Obama Takes Over
  • The Fading American Dream
  • Richardson Withdraws Name for Scty of Commerce
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Headlines from the blogosphere and beyond.
  • Robert Lopez: Shooting and editing video - on deadline
  • When Far Left Tries to Keep Up With Far Right
  • Journalist Funds a Rewrite of Gender Rules
  • John Bodette, Charles Pittman win diversity leadership awards
  • The Changing Newsroom
  • Don’t Question My Credibility Because I’m Black
  • Jarquin Headlines Violence Against Mexican Women
  • AAJA Announces Special Award Winners
  • Gender, Race, Class, Age...and the Media
  • NABJ Responds to Pat Buchanan Column, "Whitey Need Not Apply"
  • Journalists of Color Hit in Tribune Layoffs
  • Bob Johnson Planning New TV Network
  • "Just Fired. Dumped"
  • Uproar Over New Yorker Cover
  • Mark Griffith Died From Heart Disease
  • Whiteness at the Top, Part II
  • Black Press Not in Synch with Expanding Web
  • "News & Notes," "Day to Day" Canceled
  • Newsday Drops Les Payne
  • Racism a Bigger Foe for Obama Than Believed

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