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    Essence Drops Its Editor-in-Chief

    Longtime Staffer Patrik Henry Bass Also Out Clyburn to Step Down from FCC after 8 Years Chow Leaving Asian American Journalists Group Short Take Editor-in-Chief Vanessa DeLuca and Editorial Projects Director Patrik Henry Bass of Essence magazine have been let go in a restructuring, sources told Journal-isms on Thursday. DeLuca, who became editor-in-chief in 2013,…

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    Angela Helm

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    How the Pulitzer Board Chose Kendrick Lamar

    First Hip-Hop Artist Picked Over Classical, Jazz Acts . . . ‘As a Black Woman,’ Figuring Out Dylann Roof” Lisa Wilson on Ladder to Lead Sports Editors Group Getty, Ava DuVernay Team to Aid Visual Journalists Nominate a J-Educator Who Promotes Diversity The most surprising Pulitzer Prize Monday came at the very end: The last…

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    Angela Helm

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    Los Angeles Times Union Finds Long-Standing Racial Pay Gap

    Newspaper Underpaid Women, People of Color NAACP Sees Blacks’ Future in State, Local Races Responding to Critics, Sinclair Lashes Out at CNN Local TV News Employs More Than Newspapers Shaun King, Activist Journalist, Detained at Customs Exposure to Gun Violence Can Lead to PTSD Jim Avila to Receive Transplant From His Brother How Ruby Bridges…

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    Anne Branigin

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    Will Trump-Friendly Sinclair Face Consequences for ‘Fake Stories’ Script?

    Journalism Groups Say Broadcaster Crossed Line ICE Seizes Memphis Reporter as Undocumented U.S. to Become ‘Minority White’ in 2045 Lest the Media Forget the Other Civil Rights Leaders Greg Moore ‘Angry’ Over Plight of Denver Post BuzzFeed Headline Led to Trump Tweet, Critic Says More Coverage Given Alleged Violence by Muslims Gaza Journalist Fatally Shot…

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    Angela Helm

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    Fewer Black Journalists Seem to Want to Cover Their Own

    Fear of Being ‘Pigeonholed,’ Psychic Toll at Issue In 1984, Jesse Jackson won applause when he told the National Association of Black Journalists, then approaching its ninth year, “You must become the authorities on African American and African experience. “Before you be a little of everything to everybody, be something special to where you live.”…

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    Angela Helm

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    Jesse Jackson to Black Journalists in 1984: ‘You Work in Pain’

    Jackson: ‘Before You Be a Little of Everything to Everybody, Be Something Special to Where You Live’ The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson spoke before about 860 people on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 1984, at the banquet of the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention. Among those in the audience was Coretta Scott King. Here are…

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    Angela Helm

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    April 4, 1968, as Told by Black Reporters

    Three Describe the Night of King’s Death 1. White: Editors Had ‘Domino Theory of Rioting’ 2. West: A Need ‘to Put Our Imprint on the Stories’ 3. Caldwell: ‘I Took It to Be a Bomb’ The Athletic Making Little Progress on Diversity NAHJ Reaches 7-Year Membership High Immigrants Found to Drive Crime Down, Not Up…

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    Angela Helm

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    Media Attention Turns to Laws That Excuse Fatal Police Shootings

    Columnists Raise Issue After Stephon Clark Death Poynter to Boost News Literacy for Students of Color 37% of New Hires at N.Y. Times Were of Color ProPublica to Formalize ‘Rooney Rule’ on Hiring ASNE Honors Stories on Harassment, Border Wall Newsroom Harassment Bigger ‘Than Anyone Thinks’ Indian Country Isn’t Into #DeleteFacebook Ethiopia Rearrests Freed Press-Freedom…

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    Angela Helm

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    In the Realm of Black Journalism, ‘We Are Losing Our Lions’

    Les Payne Praised for Linking ‘Fairness,’ Journalism In Givhan Flap, Post Won’t Reimburse BET Heather Vincent Holley, Network Exec, Dies at 58 Tanzina Vega to Host Public Radio’s ‘The Takeaway’ PBS Cites a Dozen Complaints About Smiley Podcast Examines Cold Cases From Civil Rights Era Haitians Plan March Over Missing Journalist Mourners and celebrants at…

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    Angela Helm

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    Black Journalists Group Backs Reporter Over Furious BET

    Givhan Was Part of Event With Michelle Obama Byron Allen Acquires the Weather Channel One Cop in Fatal Sacramento Shooting Is Black Some Led Readers Astray During Austin Bombings Where Are the Black Photographers? Detroit Anchor Out After Harassment Charges Don Imus Retiring After 50 Years in Radio Fourth Mexican Journalist Killed This Year In…

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    Anne Branigin

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