Richard Prince's Journal-isms™

No decision on returning to recruit at conventions (2/2/12); news of Don Cornelius' death goes viral; Dolores Barclay, entertainment editor at AP, laid off; clash between Sharpton, Gingrich backer makes riveting TV; Vanity Fair dismisses criticism of latest Hollywood cover; Lisa Garcia Quiroz named Time Warner diversity officer; Black newspaper publishers seek to fill new CEO position; why aren't there more Arab-American journalists?; freedman's 19th century letter creates buzz in the 21st; Washington Post editor plans cuts, won't say how many (2/1/12)

Jewish group sees chance to influence Hispanics; Cartoonist draws a Super Bowl to make a Democrat smile; Gingrich wants no reporters as moderators in the fall; polling data on State of the Union was a year old; Bob Reid retires from Africa Channel; moving to Ghana; 6 journalists arrested in Occupy Oakland actions; awards for playing the maid: Something to celebrate?; columnist challenges U.S., aid groups on jailed journalists; Wallace Terry's "close, professional" relationship With LBJ

Broadcasters, NABJ backed idea; cable industry opposed; Fatimah Ali, Philadelphia columnist, dies at 56; Somali pirates still holding U.S. journalist for ransom; Obama's message was well-received, but fewer watched; Romney, Gingrich keep appointments on Univision; Fla. Hispanics favor Romney over Gingrich, poll finds; "where are the women and non-white media critics?" (1/25/12)

MediaTakeOut slides, BET.com rises in latest rankings; Narisetti leaving Washington Post for Wall Street Journal; Gingrich: Work seems "distant concept" to Juan Williams; Univision names analysts for election-cycle coverage; what Billie Holiday told Etta James about hands; Oakland Tribune, Maynard Institute get grant for "Voices"; was pulled strip making valid point about eyewitnesses?; Ethiopian editor, publishing in U.S., convicted in absentia (1/20/12)