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Aiming for the Top

Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]

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A Faltering Picture of Diversity

A Faltering Picture of DiversityMinority journalists don’t have to consult industry surveys to know that their representation in the newsroom falls far below parityBy Ben Hammer Catalina Camia remembers how stunned she was when at a banquet for an Asian American community group in the late 1980s, a lawyer she had been speaking with for […]

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Life Experiences Color Online Classmates’ Identities

Life Experiences Color Online Classmates’ IdentitiesBy Lydia Lum The words “race blind” literally took on a new meaning when I enrolled in an online class. Gone were the labels I had used so often, like reaching for a TV remote control. Black and White. Asian. Multiracial. So it wasn’t surprising that race crossed my mind […]

Faculty & Staff

Extending Their Reach

Extending Their ReachWith the 50th anniversaries approaching of the establishment of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at Howard and Fisk universities, the anniversary is a reminder that the honor society remains a remote influence on historically Black institutions and Black students at predominantly White college campuses.By Ronald RoachFew academic organizations can claim to have conferred as […]

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Connecting The Classroom and the Community

Connecting The Classroom and the CommunityService-learning programs allow students to apply real-world experience with classroom studyBy Phaedra Brotherton The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningful and give back to their communities. But for the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education […]

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Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the Web

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the WebOAKLAND, Calif.The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) is using video on the Web to tell a forgotten chapter of journalism history.The Maynard Institute late last month launched “The Black Journalists Movement,” a unique online oral history project that gives voice to Black journalists recalling […]

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Events

EventsMARCHMarch 21-22Third Annual Conference of the Center For the Study of Race and Race RelationsJ. Wayne Reitz Student Union and University AuditoriumGainesville, Fla.Contact: Barbara DeVoe, Phone: (352) 392-8070E-mail: devoe@law.ufl.eduWeb: www.law.ufl.eduMarch 21-25The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)27th National Conference on Blacks in Higher EducationHilton Washington HotelContact: NAFEOPhone: (301) 650-2440Fax: (301) 495-3306Web: www.nafeo.orgMarch […]

African-American

A Snapshot of Black History Month Celebrations

A Snapshot of Black History Month CelebrationsTake a look at how a few colleges and universities across the country celebrated Black History Month.1. Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla.Black History Trivia Tournament; Gospel Concert; African American Composers Concert2. Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Panel discussion: “Rasta, Reggae and Christianity: Lessons of Tolerance Between Cultures”; Performance: “An […]

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Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group WASHINGTONEnglish-speaking Asian Americans are more experienced and more active Internet users than Whites, African Americans or Hispanics, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the Internet’s impact on children, families, communities, health care, […]

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Dosing Out Lessons Of Diversity

Dosing Out Lessons Of DiversityBy Lydia Lum DEXHEIM, GermanyMy eyes were still adjusting to the auditorium lights flickering back on, as the crowd of young American soldiers swarmed me. I had just finished my slide-show talk about Angel Island — the Ellis Island of the West Coast and a major entry point for Chinese Americans. […]

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Investigating Newsroom Diversity

Investigating 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 […]

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The Fading Complexion of the Fourth Estate

The Fading Complexion of the Fourth EstateSimilar to employees of color in countless different industries, many journalists of color feel their talent and skills are not valued and that their employers are not committed to nurturing their professional growth. So, when they get fed up, they leave, and I mean leave the field altogether. Recent […]

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