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)
Oakland Tribune Editor Martin Reynolds Finds New Ways to Engage Readers in Digital Age
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. 
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.
Barack Obama’s racial identity continues to be covered as a news
story by mainstream press organizations.
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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- 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
- 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"
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