minority journalists

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• Obama Speaks to Minority Journalists

If nothing else, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama could score with minority journalists for at least bothering to show up to their presidential forum. Unlike his Republican counterpart, Obama, just back from a weeklong overseas tour, was part of a discussion that closed out the 2008 UNITY: Journalists of Color convention held at McCormick Place July 23-27. Affirmative action, Obama said in response to a question on the subject, "speaks to the value of diversity" but is not "the long term solution" to race problems in this country. His trip drew criticism from [John McCain] who accused Obama of premature presidential posturing. But Obama countered that McCain had taken a similar trip shortly after the Republican primaries. The Harvard graduate said he support...

• Chicago Defender
• August 27, 2009

• Minority Journalists Must Become More Vocal

The founders of the nation's first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, were prophetic in their call to "plead our own cause," 'cause in 2004, we can't trust other news sources to be able to speak to the issues that truly affect us the most. Like it or not, when only white folks are speaking and commenting on the issues of the day, then the views of America will be seen through their eyes. Yet when you expand the base to include people who don't look like you, then you will begin to see a different take on issues. Listening to the (white) pundits, the only issues that trouble Americans are national security and the war in Iraq. Not so. The double digit unemployment in African-American communities, the inequity of school funding, the sky-rocketing HIV/AIDS rate, and the continuing redlini...

• New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
• July 31, 2009

• Minority Journalists Must Become More Vocal

An editorial calls on minority journalists to "leave the comforts of their organizations and demand accountability in their profession.

• Chicago Defender
• July 31, 2009

• Minority journalists push media to maintain diversity commitment: amid layoffs and buyouts, industry insiders wonder whether diversity will become the 'sacrificial lamb.'.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a media advisory released earlier this month, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) had an urgent message f...

• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• July 24, 2008

• Minority Journalists Gather in Chicago for Unity Convention

I think you're going to be hearing 'change' and 'transformation' a lot during the convention," said Karen Lincoln Michel, UNITY president and state bureau chief at the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Wisconsin. "UNITY will offer a lot of ideas on how to navigate that change... We need to work collaboratively to ensure (minority journalists') longevity in an industry going through incredible change "The demographics in America are changing and America's newsrooms need to reflect that change," Michel said. "We hope to put the focus back on diversity and drive home the point that diversity in coverage and in staffing of America's newsrooms is crucial in shaping the future of the industry." UNITY is an alliance of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Asian American Journalists As...

• Chicago Defender
• August 27, 2009

• Minority Journalists Hit Immigrant Descriptors

Three minority journalism groups are asking the American press to stop using "dehumanizing" words when covering immigration. The terms "alien," "illegal alien" and "illegal immigrant" should be avoided, according to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

• The Washington Times
• April 06, 2006

• Unity Calls On Asne for New Approach As Diversity Drops in Newsrooms

MCLEAN, Va., April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UNITY: Journalists of Color is calling on the American Society of News Editors for a new approach. ASNE released the results of its 2009 Diversity Census, showing that the loss of minority journalists has outpaced overall job losses as the industry cut back. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080723/UNITYLOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• April 13, 2010

• Kerry to Speak to Minority Journalists Convention

ARLINGTON, Va. - U.S. Senator John F. Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, has accepted an invitation to speak at UNITY 2004 Thursday morning of Thursday morning in the Washington Convention Center, joining President George W. Bush in addressing the world's largest gathering of journalists of color. With Sen. Kerry also agreeing to appear at UNITY we get a fuller picture of both parties' top candidates and their views about the issues of most concern in the communities of color, and on the issues within the media industry," said Ernest R. Sotomayor, UNITY President and Long Island Editor for Newsday.com in New York.

• Chicago Defender
• July 31, 2009

• The American Journalist in the 21st Century: U.S. News People at the Dawn of a New Millennium

[...] the authors have included chapters on women journalists, minority journalists, and online journalists, with a concluding chapter that attempts to summarize their overall findings. By trending the data on women in the newsroom, the authors show a pattern that could be valuable as they continue to chart the progress of minority journalists, who have made fewer inroads in a shorter amount of time but also are being hired at a faster rate than demonstrated in earlier versions of the study.

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
• Vol. 84 Nbr. 4, December 2007

• Commerce Secretary Locke to Discuss First 'Majority Minority' Census at Black Journalists' Convention.

2010 Census to Highlight the Growing Influence of Minorities in the U.S. WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) welcomes...

• Business Wire
• July 21, 2009