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A Continuing Trend

Many of the issues that we covered in last year’s journalism edition leading up to the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention — the frenzy over the need for journalists to have multimedia skills, the steps media companies were taking to remain profitable and competitive, and whether newsrooms’ commitment to diversity would be abandoned in the process — have intensified one year later.

July 23, 2008

African-American

Acknowledging the Gains Minorities Have Made in Classical Music

I am one who has a long awareness and who has long-been supportive of Sphinx and the efforts of Aaron Dworkin (see “Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music, June 26).

July 23, 2008

Getting to Know Keith Woods

Keith Woods became so mired in heated issues of race relations while he was city editor of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans that he may have understandably opted to turn to other topics after leaving the paper.

July 23, 2008

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

Asian American Pacific Islander

Maynard Institute Celebrates Three Decades of Training Minority Journalists

Dori Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, will receive the Asian American Journalists Association’s Leadership in Diversity Award, which will be presented to her at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention July 23-27 in Chicago. The institute, which has trained and placed more minority journalists than any other […]

July 23, 2008

Meet the Bloggers

In Diverse’s new blog, The Academy Speaks, academicians sound off on issues in the academy and issues affecting people of color in general. Excerpts from the blog: “I was shocked to see the headline ‘White Valedictorian Makes Morehouse History’ on the front page of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. I have to admit that my initial […]

July 23, 2008

Disability Bill Divides Higher Ed Groups

Some groups fear ADA bill will require institutions to expand services.

July 23, 2008

Journeying to Faraway Places Before Freshman Year

Award-winning books prepare incoming students for college-level work and a diverse learning environment.

July 23, 2008

Coming Into View

Race as a campaign issue is bringing exposure to minority pundits

July 23, 2008

Capturing a Different Picture

The New York Times Student Journalism Institute helps to train a new generation of minority newsroom professionals.

July 23, 2008

What’s Not Funny About the Funny Pages?

Artists say it’s still an uphill battle getting editors to believe that a comic strip with minority characters can gain a mainstream following.

July 23, 2008

Professional Appointments

Dr. Harry Lee Williams has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs of Delaware State University. Previously, he served as interim associate vice president of academic affairs at the University of North Carolina General Administration. Williams earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Appalachian State University and a doctorate from East Tennessee State University. […]

July 23, 2008

Grants & Gifts

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY’S CHILDREN’S CENTER has received a $5 MILLION grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to establish a basic and transnational research center that will consolidate research, treatment and care of adult and pediatric patients. OHIO UNIVERSITY’S RUSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY has eceived a $92 MILLION gift in securities […]

July 23, 2008

Diverse Calendar

Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado […]

July 23, 2008

Diversity Takes a Back Seat to Economy

‘Last hired, first fired’ maxim often adversely affects journalists of color and women.

July 23, 2008

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

Spanish-language Media Market In a Growth Phase

While the circulation of traditional English-language daily newspapers decreases, Spanish-language media are reaping the benefits of a growing Hispanic community.

July 23, 2008

Native Americans

ASU Looks Back on 3 Decades of American Indian Projects Work

The bulky, 1970s-era phones stacked in a corner of Edwin Gonzalez-Santin’s office at Arizona State University remind him how far he’s come. Back when the phones were new, he taught courses via conference calls to students in Navajo communities from Tempe to New Mexico who would have lost their vital jobs if they had left their reservations to attend classes on campus.

July 22, 2008