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Rare Intellectual Gems and Timely Topics from the University Press

Before the dawn of 2010, many book writers, reviewers and bloggers offered assessments of the literary offerings of the past 12 months. A few even ventured to sum up the decade.

January 11, 2010

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UMass-Amherst Journalism Professor Teaches Students To Be Culturally Sensitive

Journalism professors say it’s imperative to sensitize future journalists to racial issues so that they can adequately report on hot-button topics such as this summer’s arrest of Harvard University professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a White police officer.

October 7, 2009

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Report: J-Schools Not Making the Grade

In a time of two wars, global terrorism and precarious diplomatic relations with several rogue leaders, many of the United States’ top journalism programs are still not teaching students how to responsibly cover violence and conflict, according to a recently released report by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland, College Park.

August 5, 2009

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Morgan Staffer Alleges Wrongful Firing

After six years as Morgan State University’s media advisor Denise Brown was suddenly fired last month. According to ABC 2 News, Brown claimed her contract termination stems from a series of articles and opinion pieces published in the school newspaper, The Spokesman, in February alleging misuse of funds from the student government association’s budget. “ […]

July 29, 2009

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Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication

An African-American newspaper that covered Boston’s busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of Black political leaders, and the rise of the state’s first Black governor, Deval Patrick, has suspended publication after 44 years and laid off its 12 employees.

July 8, 2009

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Getting to Know Sandeep Junnarkar

With the Internet becoming a major source of news and advertising over the past decade, news organizations are increasingly catering to consumers who favor online media over print publications.

August 20, 2008

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UA Students Form Second Chapter of Journalists’ Association

Students in the University of Arizona department of journalism have formed the second student chapter of the Native American Journalists Association.

July 30, 2008

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World’s First J-School Celebrates 100 Years

The world’s first J-school, the University of Missouri-Columbia’s School of Journalism, will celebrate its centennial anniversary Sept. 10-12 by officially opening the doors of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, a think tank where scholars will study journalism of the 21st century. Founding Dean Walter Williams welcomed the school’s first class of students on Sept. 14, 1908, […]

July 23, 2008

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Minority Journalists Push Media to Maintain Diversity Commitment

Amid layoffs and buyouts, industry insiders wonder whether diversity will become the “sacrificial lamb.”

July 23, 2008

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Study: Shrinking Newsrooms Hurting Papers’ Quality

The many and deepening cuts at newspapers across the country are starting to take a toll on their content, according to a study being released Monday.

July 20, 2008

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Youth on Fire

Distinctive books show how the struggle for rights and recognition rests on new generations.

May 28, 2008

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Howard’s Student Newspaper Halts Publication

Howard University administrators have halted publication of the university’s student newspaper, the editor in chief and the university spokesman told Black College Wire last week.

March 24, 2008