Black IssuesHBCUsLooking for Black JournalistsLooking for Black Journalists In the Wrong Places If an individual isn’t careful, he or she might be lured into believing that Blacks have finally arrived in significant numbers in the media. There’s that gorgeous, velvet-voiced sister anchoring the local 6 o’clock news. A brother, usually without a mustache, provides the sports scores. At the […]August 15, 2001HBCUsAdvice to HBCUs: Use the Media To Your AdvantageAdvice to HBCUs: Use the Media To Your AdvantageAs a product of a historically Black university, I am very tired of continuously defending the legal viability, constitutional justification and the significance of HBCUs.We all understand that racism is a prevalent dynamic in our society. However, even more frightening, we must realize that the mass media […]August 15, 2001StudentsGetting African American Journalists on the ‘Write’ TrackGetting African American Journalists on the ‘Write’ TrackWilliam W. Sutton Jr., 45, is outgoing president of the National Association of Black Journalists and a deputy managing editor at The News & Observer in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. He is a 1977 graduate of Hampton Institute (now University); he briefly attended law school at Rutgers University-Camden and received […]August 15, 2001Asian American Pacific IslanderInvestigating Newsroom DiversityInvestigating Newsroom DiversityCan daily newspapers deliver on minority recruitment and retention?By Ronald RoachAs with many minority journalists, Lynne Varner, an editorial writer for The Seattle Times, has long demonstrated a commitment to attracting and recruiting Black, Latino, Asian American and American Indian students to the journalism profession. That interest has prompted Varner to help coordinate […]August 15, 2001HomeBlack Churches Play Key Role in Reducing Crime, Study SaysBlack Churches Play Key Role in Reducing Crime, Study SaysPHILADELPHIAAfrican American youth who regularly attend church services get into less trouble than those who don’t, according to a recent study by Byron Johnson, director of the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania. Johnson’s findings are compiled in […]August 15, 2001HBCUsFreddie Mac, HBCUs Team Up to Launch CreditSmart InitiativeFreddie Mac, HBCUs Team Up to Launch CreditSmart InitiativeWASHINGTONFreddie Mac, one of the nation’s biggest mortgage investors, launched a community-based consumer education outreach program last month designed to help consumers get and keep good credit.The CreditSmart program is the newest addition to “Don’t Borrow Trouble,” the national award-winning campaign to help people strengthen their credit, […]August 15, 2001Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Maryland Honors Civil Rights ActivistUniversity of Maryland Honors Civil Rights Activist For Seven-Decade StruggleBALTIMOREDorothy Height’s fight for civil rights and gender equity began with anti-lynching protests in New York in the 1930s. The Richmond, Va., native worked on voter registration drives in the South during the 1950s and was at the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s side when he […]August 15, 2001StudentsRestaurant Firm, Black Press Award Annual ScholarshipsRestaurant Firm, Black Press Award Annual ScholarshipsATLANTAAtlanta-based AFC Enterprises Foundation, in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), awarded the annual Xernona Clayton Black Press Scholarship Fund during the 61st annual NNPA convention in Atlanta. The annual scholarship fund, named in honor of Clayton, creator and executive producer of the Turner Broadcasting Trumpet Awards, […]August 15, 2001HomeGaps in Texas’ Ethnic Enrollment Concern DemographerGaps in Texas’ Ethnic Enrollment Concern DemographerSAN ANTONIOTexas’ top demographer says enrollment gaps between Whites and minorities in the state’s higher education system will likely be larger than originally believed. Steve Murdock, chief demographer for the Texas State Data Center at Texas A&M University, says that judging by current growth figures, minority graduation rates at […]August 15, 2001HBCUsFormer Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement SchemeFormer Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement SchemeBATON ROUGE, La.A former Southern University official has pleaded guilty to charges regarding a scheme in which money was skimmed from a work-study program. Moses K. Dupre, 41, entered the guilty plea last month to charges of aiding and abetting embezzlement, misapplication and obtaining federal funds by […]August 15, 2001Previous PagePage 287 of 431Next Page
