Richard Prince's Journal-isms™

MSNBC Posts 60% Rise in Black Viewers

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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)

 

ESPN Cuts Rob Parker

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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)

 

"Django" Action Figures Stoke Controversy

Monday, January 7, 2013

Django action figuresSome 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)

 

Film Critic Wesley Morris Departs Boston Globe

Friday, January 4, 2013

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);

 

"Django" Both Flash Point, Free-for-All

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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)

 

Books to Ring In the New Year

Monday, December 31, 2012

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)

 

Diversity's Greatest Hits, 2012

Friday, December 28, 2012

A year in the quest for news media that look like America (12/28/12)

 

NRA Was Influenced by Black Panthers

Monday, December 24, 2012

Author Adam Winkler says the National Rifle Association was inspired by the philOakland group of 1960s brandished guns in public; editors grade Newtown coverage in light of inaccuracies; Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57; N.Y. Times urges pardon for Wilmington 10; Navarrette knocked for comparing Dreamers to 'spoiled brats'; rights coverage recalled as Newsweek ends print edition; ESPN announcer sorry for "Puerto Rican temper" comment (12/24/12 and 12/27/12)

 

Rob Parker Suspended for 30 Days

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Others disciplined, "oversight" of "First Take" pledged; Greg Moore named editor of year for Aurora coverage; "Frontline" on gang interveners wins duPont-Columbia; majority of blacks say owning guns puts safety at risk; Charlie Rose settles lawsuit filed by unpaid intern; Will Sutton leads Dow Jones business intern program; Rhonda Lee lacks job offers but has 7,000 new fans; rights group slams Israel on media-building attacks (12/20/12)

 

Radio Host Pulls Smiley's Chain

Monday, December 17, 2012

Story on "cease-and-desist" demand circulates; Unity groups choose "diversity," not "of color"; thorny issues collide in Newtown shooting tragedy; Cathy Hughes, Tarantino say they like movie killings; blacks' weaker job networks a factor in joblessness; writers call ESPN's "First Take" part of the problem; Rhonda Gillespie named M.E. of Chicago Defender; lawyer says meteorologist has weak case on firing; black critics pick "Zero Dark Thirty" as top picture (12/17/12)

 
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