From the Grapevine

With this column, the Maynard Institute re-introduces Grapevine, our showcase for the accomplishments of our graduates, faculty, and friends. You can be a part too - apply for the Multimedia Editing Program.

Send your news to Evelyn Hsu at ehsu@mije.org

Maynard Grad Accepted to MBA Program

Thursday, December 8, 2011

George Howard, a participant in this year's Media Academy at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, has been accepted to the Executive MBA program at the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.

 
  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard grad's newspaper wins EPPY award
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, December 1, 2011        

        




2009 Multimedia Editing Program alum Dave Woods has announced The Joplin Globe's Eppy win for Best News or Event Feature on a Website in the Under 250,000 Unique Monthly Visitors class. "All that Maynard stuff really pays off," Woods said. 


Read more about the award and The Globe's winning feature here. 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard grad sells publication, champions community newspapers
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, December 1, 2011        

        




MIJE graduate (1995) Maria Elena Alvarez sold her free community niche newspaper after 8 years as its publisher. The sale of Prime Time Monthly News in Albuquerque, NM was a testament to the strength of free community niche newspapers. Her paper served Boomers and Seniors and sold for the standard industry rate – no discounts.  She credits what she learned during her 1995 seven-week MIJE fellowship with making it possible for her to understand all silos of the business and making it possible for her to more than double the revenues of the business and win numerous community awards.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad named Editor at local newspaper
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, November 17, 2011        

        




Maynard Multimedia Editing Program Class of 2011 Fellow Michael Thompson is now the editor of the Sauk Prairie Eagle in Wisconsin. Thompson will also continue as assistant editor at the Portage Daily Register. "It's an interesting coverage area," he said Wednesday. "Sauk City and Prairie du Sac sit right next to each other on the Wisconsin River and are wrapped up in each other's affairs. As a whole, they're called 'Sauk Prairie' and share a school district, airport and more. Bald-eagle watching is big down here, so 'Eagle' shows up in many local names."
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad Named IAPA President
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Wednesday, November 9, 2011        

        





Maynard reporting program graduate and Washington Post senior editor Milton Coleman has been appointed president of the Inter American Press Association, a nonprofit dedicated to defending free speech and free press in the Americas. Coleman is also the immediate past president of the American Society of News Editors. 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Oakland Tribune saved, Maynard President and Grad speak at press conference
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      The Maynard Institute ONA Reception
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Wednesday, October 19, 2011        

        




The Maynard Institute hosted a reception at the 2011 Online News Association convention in Boston to introduce our ongoing research in online coverage of people of color. This coverage plays a critical role in the public's perception of minorities, which is why we strive each day to ensure that all members of our community are fairly, accurately and credibly portrayed in the media.


 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Co-Founder Inducted into Hall of Fame 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, October 13, 2011        

        




Maynard Institute co-founder Frank Sotomayor will be inducted into the Stanford  Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame next Friday, Oct. 21.


An excerpt of Sotomayor's biography from the Stanford University website:
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Grad and Staff Speak at ONA Plenary Session
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, September 29, 2011        

        




Latoya Peterson, a graduate of this year's Media Academy, was a panelist at a plenary session at last week's Online News Association convention in Boston. The session topic was  “Race, Gender and Technology: the Third Rail?.” MIJE president Dori Maynard spoke during the session as well.


Also spotted at ONA: Sharon Prill, a Management Training Center graduate and now a year into her job as publisher of the Yakima Herald Republic.


 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Family Launches News Site on Los Angeles Black Community
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, September 15, 2011        

        




Member of the Maynard family Thandi Chimurenga has launched a news site dedicated to covering African Americans in Los Angeles County, The CyberGround Railroad. Get L.A. news from an alternative perspective.