MEDIA DIVERSITY AND NEWSROOM LAYOFFS

Digital Diversity: Let's Take This Conversation Online
Poynter Online
Wouldn't you love to have an audience that is "passionate," "committed" and "engaged"? That's the way Kay Madati and Lynette Clemetson describe the people who visit their Web sites, who discuss, comment and meet up over the news every day. More

Breaking Barriers: One Newsman's Impact On Journalism
KTVU.com
While Dennis Richmond's extraordinary 40-year career at KTVU has been the focus of several reports during the past week, one story that hasn't been told looks at the many obstacles he had to overcome and how his success has inspired others. More

Editorial: Diversifying the News
Budding Native American journalists offer perspective, youth
ArgusLeader
Many of the South Dakota stories that need to be told most urgently arise from our Indian reservations. Journalists who have experienced the successes and failures and hopes and problems of reservation communities firsthand are uniquely qualified to tell those stories. A newsroom, whether for print, online or television journalism, is most effective and most credible when it truly reflects the community it serves. The shared experiences of a diverse group of men and women working together produce a depth and understanding that is difficult - maybe impossible - to achieve otherwise. More

Geraldo Presents Positive Latino Images
New America Media

Many examples of anti-immigrant climate has affected legal and illegal immigrants throughout the country -- a problem that has been exacerbated by the English-language media, according to journalist Geraldo Rivera's book 'HIS-PANIC.' More

Media Reform Convention Coming to Town

The Twin Cities Community Newswire

The National Conference on Media Reform is coming to Minneapolis June 6-8, with more than two thousand participants expected. The conference, sponsored by Free Press, focuses on diversity and democracy in media. Key issues include net neutrality, media consolidation, the future of the internet and the quality of journalism. More

8 More of Color Taking Washington Post Buyout
Journal-isms
Eight additional African Americans in the Washington Post newsroom, including 33-year veteran Athelia Knight, director of the newspaper's program for high school and college students, have confirmed they are among the more than 100 newsroom employees taking a buyout offer. More

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MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Managing Editor Was 2nd Latino in Newsroom
Journal-isms
George de Lama, who as managing editor for news at the Chicago Tribune is one of the highest-ranking Latinos in mainstream daily newspapers, announced Wednesday he is leaving the paper. "I don't know what my next incarnation will be. But I am excited at the prospect of exploring the possibilities," he wrote. More

TV One CEO Supports NABJ Scholarships to UNITY '08
Journal-isms
TV One CEO Johnathan Rodgers is offering to cover the cost of 10 more scholarships for laid-off members of the National Association of Black Journalists to attend the UNITY Journalists of Color convention in August. NABJ is offering others. More

Nieman Program Names Its Fellows for 2008-09
Nieman Foundation
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has named 28 journalists from the United States and abroad to the 71st class of Nieman Fellows. They include print reporters and editors, online journalists, columnists and editorial writers, broadcasters, a photojournalist and a filmmaker. More
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MEDIA EDUCATION

Scholarship Opportunity: UNT Mayborn Conference Offers Student Scholarship
Ten students will receive scholarships to attend the 4th Annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, presented by the University of North Texas Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism. The conference is offering The Dallas Morning News scholarships to five high school or college minority students. Five general scholarships open to all high school or college students will also be awarded. The application deadline is June 13.

Application Deadline - June 13

Click here for more information and to apply.

Read the latest information about the UNITY '08 Converged Student Project by clicking here.

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