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    Black Top-Ranking Editor at New York Daily News Investigated for Sexual Harassment

    NPR Prompts Questions About Robert Moore Dorothy Bland Stepping Down as Mayborn Dean  Robert (Rob) Moore, who as head of news is the highest-ranking African American at the Daily News in New York, “has been accused of sexual harassment and is now under investigation by the paper’s parent company after inquiries by NPR,” David Folkenflik…

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    Angela Helm

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    Walt Swanston-NuevaEspana, Diversity Champion, Dies

    For Decades, a Go-to Person on Inclusion Efforts Visiting Press Groups Alarmed by Climate in U.S. Washington Post Sets Out to Find ‘What Unites Us’ Post-Gazette Won’t Run Dissents From Newsroom ‘Is This Norway?’ Asks Member of the Twitterverse About Axios In U.S., Supremacists Are the Extremists to Watch Short Takes Walterene Swanston-NuevaEspana, a decades-long…

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    Angela Helm

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    Furor Over Pittsburgh Paper’s ‘Cover’ for Trump on Race

    ‘Everyone in Pittsburgh Is Equally Revolted’ HuffPost Ends Its Write-for-Free Contributor Pages Get ‘Out,’ Trump Tells CNN’s Acosta ‘Un-Presidential,’ ‘Un-American,’ Reporters Say Trump Falsely Claims Gains Among Blacks Figures Manipulated Against Muslims, Report Says El Salvador’s Mass Graves: S—holes Made-in-U.S.A. No Discipline for Suburban Chicago Cops Who Shoot Story of Serena’s Delivery Becomes Wake-Up Call…

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    Angela Helm

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    Black, Brown Nations Long Dissed by Media

    Trump’s Targets Strike Back, at Home and Abroad West’s Wealth Came From Places Trump Slandered. . . ‘Not Just Racist, but Inaccurate’ Haitian-American Anchor: It Was ‘Mean,’ ‘Racist’ Who’s Reporting the Thinking Behind the Racism? Press-Freedom Monitors Visiting U.S. Writer Sees ‘Five Decades of White Backlash’ Tale of Bad Date With Aziz Ansari Stirs Debate…

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    Angela Helm

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    White Male Privilege a Problem? #MeToo, Say Women of Color

    Women of Color Want Links Between Movements Smiley, Suspended by PBS, Announces New Projects Imprisoned Sexual Abuse Victims Have No Voice Bezos Gives $33 Million for ‘Dreamer’ Scholarships Press Played Role in Rape Case Oprah Publicized Daily News Owns Up to Late Columnist’s Smear Harvard Crimson Latinos on ‘Micro-Aggressions’ Short Takes People of color and…

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    Angela Helm

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    The Day It Became Easier to Say He’s Racist

    The three television network evening news programs led Thursday with President Trump’s reported statement calling Haiti, El Salvador and African nations “shithole” countries and saying the United States should instead bring more people from countries such as Norway. From there the outrage grew in online commentary, in print and on cable talk shows, as well…

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    Yesha Callahan

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    What Was Oprah Really Saying?

    Writer Hears Speech as Call to the Rest of Us. . . Black Women Want Return on Their Investment Gilbert Cruz Named N.Y. Times Culture Editor ‘Latinas in Journalism’ Draws 1,400 Members MSNBC Wins Black Viewers in Primetime Cable Omarosa Gets Passing Reference in ‘Fire and Fury’ Anti-Trump Land Ignored by Mainstream Media Pot Crackdown…

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    Angela Helm

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    ‘Black Journalists Only, Please’

    Request After Erica Garner’s Death Prompts Debate Essence Sold to Black-Owned Firm U.S. Muslims Projected to Outnumber Jews by 2040 Simeon Booker Services Set for National Cathedral Kotb Won’t Make Near Lauer’s Salary on ‘Today’ Henderson to Return to Detroit Public TV Marshall Project Makes Diversity a ‘Central Pillar’ K.C. Star Forces Release of Chilling…

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    Angela Helm

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    Diversity’s Greatest Hits, 2017: Where Will They Take Us in the Year Ahead?

    1. Donald Trump’s Tumultuous First Year in Office2. Sexual Harassment Charges Bring Down Powerful3. ‘Suspension’ of Roland Martin’s ‘NewsOne Now’4. FCC Aligns Itself With Big Media5. The Numbers6. Jemele Hill Saga Prompts Warnings About Twitter7. Ebony’s New Ownership Disappoints8. Investigative Reporting Gets a Boost9. A Transition in Indian Country10. Remembering Our Legacy . . .…

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    Angela Helm

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    N.Y. Times Brass Missing at Pioneer Black Photographer’s Funeral

    About 60 or 70 people paid tribute Saturday at services for Don Hogan Charles, who played a historic role at the New York Times as its first black photographer, but “there were no senior management representatives present from either the Photo Desk or corporate,” former Times photographer Chester Higgins Jr. told Journal-isms on Sunday. “I’m…

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    Angela Helm

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