Rumor, fact follow Sherman Hemsley, Sally Ride deaths; 1,000 hear Raspberry eulogized for traditional values; "This is Digital First, fool"; 22% take advantage of early voting in AAJA race; Guild worries about diversity after Detroit buyouts; Toronto Star apologizes for cartoon of black child; Detroit's Diana Lewis retiring after 44 years; Victor Blackwell to be CNN Saturday morning co-host; Sarah Glover joins NBC in social media post (7/25/12 and 7/26/12).
Denver Post Editor Greg Moore says, "We will be covering this tragedy forever"; pundit admits opining on Paterno statue too soon; Ifill, Woodruff to be first all-female convention team; NAHJ veterans pose nine media questions to candidates; Proctor back in newspapers as editor of N.C. group; writers examine use of N-word, beauty standards; NABJ "meet-up" at Martin Luther King Memorial (7/23/12)
Racial ID presaged suspension of other media rules; Gumbel surprised at Curry's treatment as "martyr"; Roy S. Johnson lands at History Channel Magazine; firing shows "race is third rail of American politics"; "Lens" tackles "race, representation and diversity"; Latino activist worries about El Diario-La Prensa; ex-Univision boss gives to "anti-immigrant" candidates; Fox hypocritical to offer Latino website, some say; request for money cost Zimmerman talk with Walters; C-SPAN to televise Harlem Book Fair Saturday (7/20/12)
U.S. to review the record after ProPublica stories; William Raspberry service planned for National Cathedral; conference call with members stokes NAHJ campaign; journalists of color return to accrediting council; Ann Wead Kimbrough named FAMU journalism dean; AP promotes Moody to global entertainment, lifestyles editor; more than 70 Gordon Parks transparencies found; Twitter game targets those non-diverse media lists; Zimmerman gives first post-shooting interview (7/18/12 and 7/19/12)
"I don't want to be caught in the middle of negative campaigning"; race has no obvious role in Obama's foreign policy; South Asian journalists joke that they test parents' expectations; Ebony pulls Genarlow Wilson story — plans sex-abuse series; Greensboro paper defends blurring N-word in photo; media take Drudge seriously on Condi Rice rumor; Will Sutton to head P.R. at Grambling State; too many black men comfortable in prisons (7/16/12)
ESPN "addresses" lapse by columnist Lynn Hoppes; Sreenivasan named Columbia U.'s digital officer; were boos the right angle on Romney speech?; NAHJ leaders nix request to discuss election practices; magazines faulted on black women's health; Navarrette says anchor Ramos looked unprofessional; Robin Roberts, Oprah bid Monica Pearson farewell; Ethiopian hands 6 journalists heavy prison sentences (7/13/12)
Whereabouts prompt speculation, denials; Joe Williams says boos for Romney vindicate him; NAHJ panel asks ESPN if Balta still works there; Ebony responds to anger over sex-crime "insensitivity"; coverage overlooked Ann Curry's role-model status; "Black Snob" joins Clutch — BlackVoices gains clicks; employment in local TV newsrooms grew 4.3%; Juan Williams returns to nation he fled as 4-year-old (7/11/12)
Number far exceeds cases of alleged fraud; subprime implosion could scar blacks for decades; media cover jobless as political, not human, story; others focus on homicide rate, killings by police; a shooting in L.A., a photographer's flashbacks; NAHJ candidate says he was "warned" with bad info; . . . 39 "lifetime" members disqualified from NAHJ vote; Surprise! A media list drawn with eye on diversity; T.J. Holmes says he's done with using "N-word" (7/9/12)
NABJ president decries reporter's forced departure; "prosecutorial discretion" could spare deportation; Anzio Williams named VP of news at NBC in Philly; ESPN's Larry Graham to be sports editor in San Diego; Contreras launches attack ad in NAHJ race; fired writer defends using unattributed P.R. material; S. African cartoon depicts president as male body part; when women sued Newsweek for sex bias, and won (6/6/12)
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