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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Volume 3, Issue 7
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Journalists Stamps Saved From Early Obsolescence
Journal-isms
An upcoming stamp series from the U.S. Postal Service honoring four American journalists, including Ruben Salazar, the first Mexican-American reporter to have a major voice in mainstream news media, has been rescued from near-instant obsolescence. More
 
TV's Black Reporters Left Out in the Cold
Tribune Review
It's a trend many of us noticed back when WPXI hired Yolanda Hawkins, a tiny, pixieish black woman who seemed less suited for sub-zero duty than an Orlando Beach Hooters waitress. Yolanda, however, was no shrinking violet, and we half-winced, half-cheered her on as she dutifully covered late-night car accidents, house fires and other events in weather that could chill even Dick Cheney's heart. She was not the first black TV journalist in Pittsburgh to take the concept of cold chillin' to its most literal interpretation. More
 
Strident Voice will be Heard
The Florida Times-Union.com
This week's mail brought sharp criticism for how we covered a marathon and mixed reactions to an announcement that a black woman has become a member of the Times-Union's editorial board. More
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Formerly Jailed Cuban Journalist to Keynote NAHJ Banquet
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Cuban journalist Manuel Vázquez Portal, one of 23 journalists jailed in Cuba during a crackdown on press freedom five years ago and a recipient of major international prizes for journalism and literature, will deliver the keynote speech at the 19th Annual NAHJ Scholarship Banquet in New York City.  More
 
Long Island University Announces Winners of 2007 George Polk Awards
Long Island University Press Release
Brooklyn, N.Y. - Long Island University has announced the winners of the George Polk Awards for 2007,  recognizing journalists in 14 categories for media coverage that exposed corporate and government misfeasance, revealed the industrial roots of environmental catastrophe and uncovered the abuse of vulnerable populations including children, the elderly and veterans. Among the Award recipients is a journalist slain last summer in Oakland, California, who was investigating a local business now linked to his murder. He is the first journalist since 1993 to become the apparent victim of a targeted killing in the United States. The Polk Awards have been administered by Long Island University since their founding in 1949. More
 
Final Stories, Pies and Tears in Albuquerque
Journal-isms
In the newsroom of the Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune on Friday, the staff put out the second of three commemorative newspapers; a former managing editor, remembering the paper's "Pie Fridays," brought in $400 worth of pies; and Photo Editor Mark Holm spent much of his day talking to a prospective new employer. More
 
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NSU's NABJ Hosts Diversity Forum
Kalb.com 5 News Channel
The Northwestern State University Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists will hold an Understanding Diversity Forum Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 1p.m. in the Ora G. Williams Television Studio (Room 142) of Kyser Hall.  The forum is part of the Understanding Diversity Initiative that NABJ student members have undertaken.  The forum will focus on minorities in the media. Admission is free and open to the public. More
 
CU Chancellor Apologizes for Campus Column
DenverPost.com
The chancellor of the University of Colorado's Boulder campus has apologized for a column that appeared in University of Colorado Campus Press that called for "war" on Asians and Asian-Americans. The column was written by Max Karson, who in 2007 was arrested and barred from classes after making statements in class that he could understand why the gunman at Virginia Tech would shoot fellow students. Last July, a Boulder County judge ruled that Karson could return to classes at CU and lifted a no-contact order that was a condition of his bail. More
 
HBCU Student Editors Describe Challenges
Black College Wire
The 10th annual HBCU National Newspaper Conference last Tuesday was an opportunity for student journalists from newspapers around the country to come together in Baltimore to compete for awards and discuss the problems they are experiencing at black college newspapers. More
 
Copy Editing Cut from This Year's Metpro Program
Journal-isms
The Tribune Co.'s Metpro program, which has trained more than 240 reporters and copy editors of color over the last two decades, has stopped training copy editors, at least for the time being. More
 
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