Author says southerners wanted to keep slave patrols; violent media just footnote in Obama announcement; N.Y. law aims to curb disclosure of permit holders; Star-Ledger eliminates nearly 10% of newsroom; network confirms pulling "All My Babies' Mamas"; Rochester paper launches community race project; ad sales go fast for Oprah's Armstrong interview; African media quiet on French intervention in Mali (1/16/13)
"We're covering all . . . we would normally be covering"; protests quash "all my babies' mamas," sources say; Helene Cooper won't be in pool for Obama's new term; Ebony, Hispanic magazines gain amid overall losses; Eugene Patterson recalled for courageous integration stand; BET's Debra Lee, hair natural, says, "We have choices now"; majority of blacks, Hispanics side with Israel (1/14/13)
Cops gave rivals questions asked by Post-Gazette; ESPN president wants "thoughtful" discussion; website tracking killings expands to Chicago; Terri Cope-Walton named news director in Indy; writers knock white male look of Obama nominees; hometown paper says Bonds doesn't belong in hall; columnists assess blame in case of RGIII knee injury; for critics, the "Django" gift keeps on giving; Hugh Grannum dies at 72, photog captured Detroit. (1/11/13)
To succeed, "We had to reflect the country"; Heart & Soul settling dispute over back pay; dean orders delay in FAMU newspaper's publication; N.Y. Times blew chance to publish famous King letter; reporter faults paternalism after Haiti quake; Notah Begay, rare Indian on PGA tour, joins NBC; "Tita" Dioso Gillespie, editor at Newsweek, dies at 70 (1/9/13)
Commentator's 30-day suspension made permanent (1/8/13); "Django" action figures stoke controversy; . . . movie's critics say, "Oh, no, they didn't!"; freed slaves died by thousands from diseases; RTDNA's foundation to honor Twitter as news source; Fox Nation, Fox News Latino play to different bases; N.Y. Times public editor takes up "objectivity" (1/7/13)
Some editors failed to see no-brainer story; . . . movie's critics say, "Oh, no, they didn't!"; freed slaves died by thousands from diseases; RTDNA's foundation to honor Twitter as news source; Fox Nation, Fox News Latino play to different bases; N.Y. Times public editor takes up "objectivity" (1/7/13)
Pulitzer winner to devote more time to Grantland website; CNN exec's job is "building diverse slate of anchors"; new Unity president voted for "Journalists of Color"; Milton Coleman retiring from Washington Post; Helen T. Gray, longtime K.C. Star editor, retires; Houston police arrest anchor's accused stalker; "ghastlier horrors" supersede journalists' agony (1/4/13);
For every virtue, an opponent finds a vice; Al Jazeera expands with purchase of Current TV; is "white knuckle" like "flesh"-colored bandages?; Unity officially picks "Journalists for Diversity"; Cornish to remain NPR co-host — Norris returns; Rhonda Lee hair critic said he had dementia; ex-journalist in thick of it as emancipation is hailed; N.Y. Rifle Association urges boycott of Gannett; reporter was activist in Wilmington 10 case. (1/2/13 and 1/3/13)
N.C. governor pardons Wilmington 10. Reads for 2013 (Part 2): Meta G. Carstarphen and John P. Sanchez; Eric Deggans; Karl Evanzz; Mark A. Huddle; Chester Higgins Jr.; Natalie Hopkinson; Charlayne Hunter-Gault; Valerie Coleman Morris; Thomas Peele; Lynn Povich; Drew Sharp; Rene M. Astudillo; Sue Ellen Christian; Jackie Jones; Erin Aubry Kaplan; Leonard Pitts Jr.; Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall; Ingrid Sturgis; Leroy Williams Jr. (12/31/12)
A year in the quest for news media that look like America (12/28/12)
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