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Judge Orders Temporary Reinstatement of Kansas State Newspaper Adviser

Judge Orders Temporary Reinstatement of Kansas State Newspaper AdviserTOPEKA, Kan. Afederal judge temporarily reinstated the former adviser of Kansas State University’s student newspaper this week, nearly two months after he was reassigned amid controversy over coverage of a Black student government conference. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson also ordered the school to allow Ron Johnson […]

July 28, 2004

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Eyewitness To the Changing News Media

Eyewitness To the Changing News MediaVeteran journalist and professor Lee Thornton shares her views on the erosion of public trust in the news media and the role of journalism education in repairing that imageBy Ronald RoachMore than ever, the American news media are under public scrutiny for the way individual reporters conduct themselves, for how […]

July 14, 2004

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Desperate Times Call For Desperate MeasuresIn our annual journalism edition, we always take a look at how the industry is faring on the recruitment and retention of minority journalists. This year’s American Society of Newspaper Editors’ annual newsroom census reports a nearly half of one percentage point increase in diversity in U.S. newsrooms, making it […]

July 14, 2004

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Ball State Launches Journalism Web Site

Ball State Launches Journalism Web SiteMUNCIE, Ind.Ball State University has created a Web portal to assist high-school journalism students and educators, providing information on standards, diversity, integrity and knowledge of First Amendment issues. The portal was developed by Ball State’s Journalism Institute for Digital Education, Activities and Scholarship (J-Ideas) and may be found online at […]

June 16, 2004

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Hampton’s Acting President Accepts Task Force Recommendations

Hampton’s Acting President Accepts Task Force RecommendationsHAMPTON, Va. Praising a faculty/student task force for “effectively and efficiently carrying out (its) charge,” the acting president of Hampton University, Dr. JoAnn Haysbert, has accepted a series of recommendations regarding the roles of the school, the staff and faculty advisers in the operation of the student newspaper, the […]

January 14, 2004

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Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

December 3, 2003

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From Political Speak to Free Speech

Editor’s NoteFrom Political Speak to Free SpeechWith the presidential primaries around the corner, we’re taking a look at what the nine Democratic candidates as well as the Republican Party are doing to connect with Black voters. Similar to visits to Black churches on Sunday mornings, some of the Democratic candidates have taken to visiting a […]

December 3, 2003

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Staking a Claim in the Converged Media World

Staking a Claim in the Converged Media World By Dr. Sybril Bennett The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to change the media ownership rules on June 2. In short, part of the ruling would allow newspaper owners in certain media markets to purchase television stations in the same city. For example, the Gannett Corp., which […]

July 30, 2003

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A Prize Writer

Prize WriterWashington Post columnist Colbert I. King’s straight-talking ways earns him a Pulitzer and national fameBy Kendra HamiltonWASHINGTONColbert I. King has been to the mountaintop. It’s something editorial writers and op-ed columnists do — the way musicians go to the woodshed — to see the visions and bring back the news the world desperately needs […]

July 30, 2003

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When Journalists Become the News

When Journalists Become the NewsIt’s not often that journalists make the headlines, but this year has been an exception. From the reports of embedded reporters being killed while covering the war in Iraq to the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times, journalists have become the news. Unless you have been living under a rock, […]

July 30, 2003

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Missouri Journalism School to Admit Freshmen for the First Time

Missouri Journalism School to Admit Freshmen for the First Time COLUMBIA, Mo.For the first time in its 93-year history, the Missouri School of Journalism will admit some students directly from high school this spring. In the fall, the journalism school also will begin admitting pre-journalism students already enrolled in the University of Missouri-Columbia’s honors college […]

April 9, 2003

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High-Tech Media Lab Established at Howard

High-Tech Media Lab Established at Howard By Ronald Roach WASHINGTONThe Microsoft Corp., donating software and $70,000 in cash for the purchase of computer hardware and furniture, has joined with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Howard University Department of Journalism to launch the Converged Media Lab for journalism students at the university. The […]

November 6, 2002