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Washington Post journalists showcase the richness of their Latino culture through personal essays

Several Washington Post staffers determined to highlight the richness of their Latino culture decided to share their personal experiences through short essays.

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Investigative Project on Race and Equity carves its niche in Chicago’s innovative digital media ecosystem

For the Chicago-based Investigative Project on Race and Equity, training the next generation matters as much as the reporting | Nieman Journalism Lab (niemanlab.org)

equity-focused investigative reporting

Gannett hasn’t released demographics data as promised, raising questions among some of its journalists

Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the country, kept that promise. But this year, the company has yet to release demographic breakdowns of its largest newsrooms, raising questions among some staf

Gannett hasn’t released demographic breakdowns of its largest newsrooms as promised, raising questions among staff

Michigan State students use simple technology to track representation efforts

Journalism students at Michigan State University aren’t just asking questions and reporting on the diverse communities around them — they are looking inward, gauging their efforts to make their reporting more inclusive.

A class offered at the university in East Lansing pushes its journalism students to document the demographics of the sources they interview for stories so they can track how closely they match the demographics of the communities they cover.

The goal of the initiative, called Fair Chance Reporting

Editor calls out Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, who dismissed reporter’s story because of her Chinese heritage

Palestinian advocates say Western media coverage of Israel-Hamas conflict espouses racist tropes

Protesters at Dallas Morning News building decry Western media coverage of Israel-Hamas conflict

Palestinian advocates and supporters are accusing Western media outlets of spreading misinformation and mischaracterizing the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group.

At a rally in downtown Dallas Thursday, hundreds gathered at Main Street Garden Park across the street from The Dallas Morning News’ offices on Commerce Street. Speakers at the protest said coverage of the conflict has contributed to discrimination of Palestinians around the

Study: Most Black Americans see racially insensitive news coverage about Black people often or sometimes

4 in 5 Black adults see racist depictions in the news either often or sometimes, says new study

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort to cover broad segments of their community.

Four in five Black adults say they see racist or racially insensitive depictions of their race in the

Detroit News story celebrating history of its sports department omits contributions by any Black staffers

Darren Nichols: Detroit News’ Anniversary Story On Sports Department Failed To Mention Contributions Of Black Writers

That’s what made his lack of inclusion sting in a recent Detroit News article titled, “These News sports reporters, columnists made an impact over 150 years.” It was a birthday party, but apparently some Black guests weren’t there to blow out the candles.

Back in the 70’s, the coaches knew Black folks weren’t invited to those spaces so Keith was let in. Nearly

Atlanta magazine management scales back ‘progressive’ coverage in one of the ‘Blackest, queerest’ cities

The publisher pushed back on their effort to present a modern picture of life in one of the Blackest, queerest cities in the South, calling it ‘divisive.’ Now, half the staff has quit.

Staffers saw the interference as an egregious crackdown on coverage that management deems as too “progressive”— at a time when they are resolved to reflect the evolving reality of Atlanta, one of the Blackest, queerest cities in

CBS News and stations co-head Wendy McMahon named sole leader, with syndication oversight added

Wendy McMahon Named Sole Leader Of CBS News And Stations, Will Also Oversee Domestic Syndication

Wendy McMahon will take on sole duties leading CBS News and stations while adding oversight of the network’s domestic syndication business.

Her title will be president and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures. The appointment follows the announcement on Sunday that Neeraj Khemlani would step down from CBS News leadership and take a production deal with the network. He and McMahon

Former employees allege Gannett’s efforts to diversity newsrooms discriminated against white workers

Gannett sued by ex-employees alleging diversity goals discriminated against white workers

Gannett, the largest US newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination against white workers.

The proposed class action was filed in Virginia federal court on Friday by five current and former Gannett employees who say they were fired or passed over for promotions to make room for less-qualified women and minorities.

The plaintiffs say those decisions were driven by a

Texas A&M reaches $1M settlement with journalism Professor Kathleen McElroy over botched recruiting

Top Texas A&M officials were involved in botched recruiting of journalism professor, who will receive $1 million settlement

Texas A&M reaches $1M settlement over botched hire of Kathleen McElroy

To responsibly cover trans athletes, center their perspectives rather than experiences of their cis counterparts

How Journalists Can Responsibly Report on Transgender Athletes

A “mistake I see often is in the framing — rather than centering the perspective of the

Texas A&M president resigns amid fallout over botched hiring of Black journalist with long DEI track record

Texas A&M president Katherine Banks resigns | The Texas Tribune

Former CNN reporter who was injured while on assignment sues for unfair dismissal, racial discrimination

Women in charge: Every major US news organization is led by a woman, including CNN, where 3 lead the network

Chris Licht leaving CNN means women now lead all major U.S. news organizations | Fortune

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Wesley Lowery named executive editor of Investigative Reporting Workshop

New York City news station fires anchor after hot mic caught him insulting his African American co-host

ReNews Project revives defunct HBCU publications, community coverage

Wesley Wright wanted to bolster news media coverage of historically Black colleges and universities and nearby communities. His idea was to bypass local, traditional media and instead equip HBCU students with the tools and training they needed to take on the lofty task.

The project launched in 2021, and Coppin State University in Baltimore was the first to get the ReNews treatment. In this case, it meant helping students revive the campus’ defunct newspaper, the Coppin Courier.

Wright, who also

Students from 47 HBCUs attend exclusive news briefing with VP Harris as White House correspondents for a day

Students representing 47 historically Black colleges and universities were invited to an exclusive news briefing last week with Vice President Kamala Harris.

NABJ: Report on Memphis police brutality case with ‘accuracy, responsibility, sensitivity, fairness, and support’

What will matter most during this news cycle is accuracy, responsibility, sensitivity, fairness, and support. News executives and managers must ensure that the reporting produced under their leadership follows the pillars of journalism and unapologetically tells Tyre’s story through a careful lens of the Black community. They must make it a priority to be intuitive about what is seen, heard and read by their audiences. And they must immediately activate and sustain resources to help ensure that the mental health

AAJA offers guidance for ‘responsibly and fairly’ covering California communities affected by mass shootings

‘Sensational storyteller’ Cecilia Vega leaves ABC’s White House beat for CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ as correspondent

EMMY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST CECILIA VEGA JOINS “60 MINUTES”

Emmy Award-winning journalist Cecilia Vega is joining CBS News as a correspondent for 60 MINUTES, America’s #1 news program, it was announced today by Bill Owens, executive producer of the broadcast. Vega will begin reporting for 60 MINUTES in the spring and be based in Washington, D.C.

“Cecilia Vega is a sensational reporter and storyteller. I have admired her work for a long, long time and couldn’t be more excited to welcome

Fellowship gives students a platform for stories about their HBCUs, access to pipeline of emerging journalists

A new fellowship enlists students to fill reporting gaps on HBCUs

Newspaper runs heavily edited version of King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech; allegations of whitewashing follow

Maine newspaper apologizes for running a redacted version of ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

A Maine newspaper has apologized for publishing a heavily redacted version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Sunday, after a deluge of backlash from readers, on social media, and even a cable news show host criticized the paper for whitewashing the Black civil rights leader’s legacy on what would have been his 94th birthday.

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Visual data journalism is not always accessible to blind news audiences, but there are ways to make it so

Blind news audiences are being left behind in the data visualisation revolution: here’s how we fix that

News site whose reporting on missing Black women turned out to be right shows relevance of Black media

Kansas City Police Dismissed a Black News Site’s Reports of Missing Women. Then One Showed Up.

A 40-year-old white man was charged with kidnapping, rape, and assault when a 22-year-old Black woman said he held her captive for over a month.

For more than a month, a 22-year-old Black woman was allegedly held hostage inside a makeshift room in the basement of an Excelsior Springs, Missouri, home. Bound with handcuffs, gagged by duct tape and a metal collar with a

Rebecca Blumenstein leaves NY Times for top role at NBC News, where she will lead wide-ranging coverage

The appointment of Ms. Blumenstein, a deputy managing editor at The Times, is a part of a broad overhaul of the news division at NBCUniversal.

Senior Times Editor Rebecca Blumenstein takes on a senior role at NBC News

NBCUniversal has appointed Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor of The New York Times, as editorial director of NBC News as part of a far-reaching restructuring of the department.

Racialized misinformation: Media incorrectly frames communities of color as more susceptible to false content

Mis- and disinformation has disproportionate effects on communities of color. I will also, before I kind of go into racialized disinformation, I’d like to note that the media often frames communities of color [as] more likely to either be targeted or even more susceptible to misinformation. This is an extreme falsehood. And in addition to that, those in Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities have legitimate reasons to be skeptical of information given the legacy of historical traumas we faced in

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts bids readers ‘so long,’ ponders a future writing books: ‘If not now, when?’

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Time flew, didn’t it? Now, it’s time for me to fly off, too | Opinion

Well, as Carol Burnett used to say, I’m so glad we had this time together.

I’ve written about 1.6 million words as a columnist. This 600 or so will be the last. I’m retiring for a few reasons. One is that, while I’ve managed to squeeze out four novels between column deadlines, my dream was always to write books full time.

ProPublica seeks to cultivate diverse investigative editors through yearlong training program led by its staff

The application

Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett to share PBS NewsHour anchoring duties, replacing longtime anchor Judy Woodruff

Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz Named PBS NewsHour Co-Anchors

PBS announced Wednesday that Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz will be the new co-anchors of PBS NewsHour.

Bennett and Nawaz will begin their new assignment on Monday, January 2, 2023, taking over from longtime anchor Judy Woodruff, who announced last week that she would be stepping down from that role at the end of the year.

Bennett joined PBS from NBC in January of this year as the NewsHour’s chief

New York Times, Critical Minded program to develop, publish freelance cultural critics from diverse backgrounds

The New York Times today announced that Critical Minded will fund its new program to seek out, develop and publish cultural critics from underrepresented backgrounds who have little or no experience contributing to The Times Culture section.

Sacramento Bee opinion editor says reasons affirmative action targeted: competition for jobs, university slots

As a former ‘minority hire,’ I know why so many people want to kill affirmative action

There are many strongly held positions about affirmative action, but they often skirt the real reason why people want to kill it: competition for coveted jobs and placement in universities.

Howard’s Center for Journalism & Democracy to promote investigative journalism, strengthen democratic ideals

Howard University Launches Center for Journalism & Democracy | INSIGHT Into Diversity

On Tuesday, Howard University (HU) launched the Center for Journalism & Democracy, a unique academic center founded by award-winning journalist and Project 1619 author Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The center will serve as a hub for journalism in higher education for students, faculty, and professionals in the fields. Programming and activities will be focused on promoting investigative journalism, with an emphasis on strengthening democratic ideals. This will be done

Veteran news executive Nancy Barnes becomes first woman to lead The Boston Globe as its top editor

‘True diversity isn’t just a conversation; it’s action,’ Delano Massey of Axios Local writes for Editor & Publisher

Fetterman’s stroke gave news media an opportunity to explore stroke recovery; they saw it as a political issue

Journalists had a chance to explore stroke recovery with John Fetterman – most blew it

With Democrat John Fetterman headed to the U.S. Senate to represent Pennsylvania, newsrooms should pause and consider how coverage represents people with disabilities.

Coverage of Fetterman’s recovery from a stroke in May played into the standard political theater that shapes how we evaluate candidates.

Many outlets focused on Fetterman’s use of a closed captioning system during interviews and debates, without explaining that it is a

MSNBC unexpectedly fires Tiffany Cross, opinionated weekend host who attracted Black viewers to the network 

MSNBC Cuts Ties Unexpectedly With Weekend Host Tiffany Cross

Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running the freewheeling Saturday commentary program “Cross Connection,” is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet.

Her production staff was informed of the decision Friday morning, according to three people familiar with the matter. MSNBC declined to make executives available for comment, and Cross could not be reached for immediate comment.

MSNBC decided not to renew Cross’ contract after two years, according

Veteran journalist and Newsday Managing Editor Don Hudson becomes the newspaper’s first Black top editor

Newsday announced Friday that managing editor Don Hudson has been named chief content officer and editor, succeeding Deborah Henley, who is retiring at the end of the year.

He and Henley will work together as editors during a monthlong transition starting Dec. 1.

“I’m thrilled that Don will lead Newsday into the future,” Newsday’s publisher, Debby Krenek, said in a statement. “He has been a key leader in our Watchdog coverage of vital topics such as health, education, and transportation

Lori Lizarraga, passionate about telling stories from under-reported communities, joins NPR’s Code Switch

Poynter selects 29 journalists of color for leadership academy intended to expand their impact as leaders

Bernard Shaw’s advice to young journalists: ‘Strive to be the very best, use models that exemplify the very best’

Strive to be the very best and use models that exemplify the very best. Work very, very hard and remain confident in yourself. You will stumble many, many times. And I think stumbling is programed into the whole process.

Bernard Shaw, ‘one of the most respected journalists in the country’ and CNN’s first chief anchor, dies at 82

After George Floyd’s death, fashion editor pivots to covering race, culture

After nearly 20 years of interviewing designers, coordinating photo shoots and identifying fashion trends, Houston Chronicle fashion editor and writer Joy Sewing yearned for a change.

“I was really trying to leave,” said Sewing, a native Houstonian. “I felt like I’d done all I could do in the fashion realm that I had. I felt I needed another challenge.”

Then police killed George Floyd.

“When George Floyd happened, I think a lot of journalists, particularly Black journalists who may not