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Hear Trayvon's Mom: 'Our Son Is Your Son'
The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin addressed hundreds of protesters gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Wednesday evening. We made an audio recording of their brief remarks to those gathered for what organizers called a “Million Hoodie March.” “George Zimmerman took Trayvon’s life profiling him. My son did not deserve to…
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NABJ Protests Layoffs of 19 in Philly
The parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com is laying off 19 unionized workers, the company announced on Thursday. The National Association of Black Journalists promptly protested the departures of Sarah J. Glover, president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, and sportswriter John Mitchell. “I am not entirely sure of the…
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GLAAD Serves Up Details on 'Experts'
Project Says Website Will Give Journalists Rest of the Story The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, known as GLAAD, launched a project on Wednesday designed “to educate the media about the extreme rhetoric of over three dozen activists who are often given a platform to speak in opposition to LGBT people and the issues…
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CNN Lifts Roland Martin's Suspension
Monthlong Absence From Network About to End CNN has lifted its monthlong suspension of contributing political analyst Roland Martin, a CNN spokeswoman confirmed Monday night. Betsy Rothstein, editor of the media news website FishbowlDC, had posted late Monday afternoon that “CNN staff was alerted today on the 10 am conference call that Roland Martin’s suspension…
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Sue Simmons Story a Battle of Sources
Tipsheet Says WNBC Colleagues Upset by N.Y. Post Piece A TV insider tipsheet Friday posted a rebuttal to a New York Post story that began, “There were 5 million reasons to oust Sue Simmons — and they were all in her paycheck.” The Post “exclusive” by Don Kaplan, published Thursday, asserted, “WNBC/Channel 4 refused to…
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NABJ and Unity End Year Solidly in Black
Other Journalism Groups Report Modest Surpluses, Red Ink Two years after the journalism associations hit a financial rough patch caused by the recession and cutbacks in the news industry, the National Association of Black Journalists and Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. emerged from 2011 solidly in the black, leaders of those groups said on Wednesday.…
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First Stations Pull Limbaugh Show
Ad Boycott Called “Uncomfortable but Not Crippling” “The nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio show has been pulled from Hilo radio station KPUA-AM 670 in the aftermath of his offensive remarks about a woman who spoke in favor of health plan coverage for contraception,” Erika Engle wrote Monday in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, using material from the…
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Vickie Burns Leaving NBC in LA
Vickie Burns, who came to NBC’s Los Angeles station as vice president/news after holding vice president positions at NBC stations in New York and Los Angeles, is stepping down at KNBC and leaving NBC, she said Friday. “Vickie is pursuing other opportunities — in and out of the company; her last day at the station,…