MTV Networks in New York City is looking for a senior analyst to join its mobile app team in its finance and strategy department. Required experience includes: —Minimum of three years’ experience within digital media finance —Mobile apps experience —Financial modeling, creating strategy presentations, forecasting and project-management skills —Experience working with a product-development team —Account-management…

College acceptance letters are rolling in across the country. Upcoming college freshmen are breathing a sigh of relief, but of course, many are wondering: How on earth will we foot the bill? Whether you’re a student interested in health, performing arts or environmental studies, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation might have a scholarship for you.…

Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s Northeast regional office in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is looking for an art director. Some job responsibilities include: leading the design of regional marketing materials, collaborate with the creative director and executive marketing director, and establish regional graphic standards. See the rest of this job listing and other opportunities on The Root’s…

Military forces in the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and Italy have launched missiles against Libya in what the Pentagon is calling “Operation Odyssey Dawn.” The missiles targeted the areas of Tripoli and Misrata. While in Brasilia, Brazil, President Obama made a statement about the United States’ military involvement: “The use of force…

Eminem has been giving his hometown a lot of love lately. (And rightfully so.) Of course, there was the Chrysler “imported from Detroit” commercial. And now he has penned an open letter. It starts: “You took our country from its infancy into industry. And your name still carries with it, the idea of a nation.…

Nikko Burton, a 10-year-old student at Chapelfield Elementary in Ohio, says he was humiliated by his teacher when she tried to demonstrate what it was like to be a slave on an auction block. Burton, one of two black students in his class, was chosen to be a slave. Students who were the “masters” inspected…

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded Andrew Young with the Trustees Lifetime Achievement Emmy on Friday night for being one of the first to integrate television with his Peabody Award-winning series, Look Up and Live. Harry Belafonte, Hank Aaron and Dan Rather were among the many stars who attended the event. Maya…

For its 90th-birthday issue, French magazine L’Officiel will feature Beyoncé in an African-themed photo shoot. In the shoot, which is a tribute to musician-activist Fela Kuti, the pop songstress’s skin will be darkened. (She volunteered.) But only on the inside of the magazine will readers see Beyoncé with the new skin tone. Sista, from Brown…