Fox Sports denies reports of multimillion-dollar contract; Harold Dow, CBS News correspondent, dies at 62; on assignment, CBS colleagues raise a glass for Dow; Obama black-press aide Corey Ealons leaving for private sector; poll says coverage of poor, Muslims is seen as negative; AP names Sonya Ross to new race editor's position; AP advises staff to avoid "ground zero mosque"; media cited in false belief that Obama is Muslim; NABJ invites "Dr. Laura" to join conversation; Jason Begay of Navajo Times named Reznet director (8/20/10, 8/21/10, 8/22/10)
"I'm locked in," says TV One's Johnathan Rodgers, across the street; Jason Whitlock seals deal with FoxSports.com; first significant decline in illegal immigrants in 20 years; FAIR says media didn't ask right questions after beating; Wilkerson praised for 15-year project on Great Migration; pediatricians urged to confront media on sexual messages (9/1/10)
Fox News host concerned about his press clippings; journalists remember Katrina: "Everybody lied to us"; Native journalist forced to confront rapes in her past; police chief had criticized slain journalist Ruben Salazar; life after layoff: Ruben Navarrette Jr. feels "blessed"; AP says migrants turn to ocean to enter U.S. illegally; N.Y. Times obits for August: 70 men, six women; Des Moines media backtrack on calling incident racial (8/30/10)
Diversity scarce among new senior news managers; USA Today to cut 9% of staff, shift emphasis to mobile; blacks more likely to favor N.Y. Islamic center; C-SPAN to air Glenn Beck, Al Sharpton rallies; Joe Davidson puts diversity on federal column's agenda; Cristina Saralegui, Univision talk queen, ending show; columnist says Obama struck wrong racial tone on "The View"; CBS News colleagues paying tribute to Harold Dow (8/27/10)
Standards vary on handling readers' assertions; Islamic center controversy rated week's biggest story; five years later, some still get New Orleans wrong; order authorized shooting looters, reporters find; Ed Gordon, Paul Mason team for Sunday show on BET; open mic catches insult to NBC's Natalie Morales; Howard U. joins ABC's college news bureaus; Wayne State tops list of black-white graduation gaps; televangelist's slander suit against ABC reinstated (8/25/10)
Events scheduled for D.C. on anniversary of King speech; Fla. couple chosen to "incubate," own donated TV station; Black Enterprise unveils application for iPad; Al Stiney dies, supervised tech staff at "CBS Evening News"; Franz Schurmann dies, co-founded Pacific News Service; U.S., business leaders caution S. Africa on media tribunal; columnist Milloy calls for spelling out the "N-word" (8/23/10)
Outspoken sports columnist leaves after 16 years; "Dr. Laura" ending radio show after N-word flap; accuracy varies in describing site of mosque; Fareed Zakaria jumps from Newsweek to Time; Blagojevich verdict attributed to lack of smoking gun; Hispanic immigrants found to hold idealized views of U.S.; Ishmael Reed takes on N.Y. Times, Asian-on-black crime (8/18/10)
"Sponsorship checks are still coming in," president says; James J. Kilpatrick's racist past not easily forgotten; S. Africa's president defends proposed media tribunal; Bloomberg seeking more than 100 journalists, analysts; New York Post mixes up Linda Johnson Rice, Bob Johnson; more nonwhites than whites positive toward news media; do color, beauty standards influence mainstream coverage? given Bonds' treatment of press, irony in NABJ donation (8/17/10)
Convention sponsors said to owe nearly $100,000 in pledges (8/16/10); surge in blacks using broadband; Pacifica ousts 2 at D.C. station — program director reinstated; English-dominant Latinos tune in Spanish-language media; new D.C. website says blog network gives it diversity. . . hyperlocal Patch sites seek local, regional editors; radio's "Dr. Laura" apologizes for repeated use of N-word; 9 white men, 4 white women among TV news' top earners; law praised as end of "open season" on Indian women; Sree Sreenivasan wins diversity award for educators (8/13/10 and 8/14/10)
African Americans showed year's highest growth rate; Pacifica ousts 2 at D.C. station — program director reinstated; English-dominant Latinos tune in Spanish-language media; new D.C. website says blog network gives it diversity. . . hyperlocal Patch sites seek local, regional editors; radio's "Dr. Laura" apologizes for repeated use of N-word; 9 white men, 4 white women among TV news' top earners; law praised as end of "open season" on Indian women; Sree Sreenivasan wins diversity award for educators (8/13/10 and 8/14/10)
