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2012

Native American

Massachusetts Senate campaign is "extremely disturbing": NCAI

(Source: NAJA/ September 27, 2012) -The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) issued the following statement in the wake of recent developments in the Massachusetts Senate election contest between incumbent Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and his opponent, Elizabeth Warren, who has stated she descends from Cherokee and Delaware Indian ancestry.  Read more

9/11 film seeks to build bridges between U.S. and Islamic world

(Source: Voices of NY | The South Asian Times | September 11, 2012)The “Reluctant Fundamentalist,” a new movie directed by New Yorker Mira Nair addresses the prejudices that South Asians endured in the aftermath of 9/11. Read more


LGBT-friendly soccer team promotes tolerance in Latino community
Photo: El Diario NY

By Zaira Cortés | EDLP (Translated by Voices of NY)
(Aug. 23, 2012 | El Diario) - The LGBT organization Las Buenas Amigas uses soccer as a way to promote tolerance and coexistence in Latino neighborhoods in Queens. The group, which fosters respect for the LGBT community, has had both lesbian and heterosexual participants Read more

 

Immigration, Latinos and related issues
Source: Journalists's Resources

By Leighton W. Klein
(Aug. 23, 2012 | Journalist's Resources) - Though Latinos are certainly not the only sizable immigrant group in the United States — and many have been here for generations — they do make up nearly a third of the foreign-born population. Read More


NPR receives $1.5 million for race, ethnicity coverage

(Source: AP | Aug. 2) - National Public Radio, criticized in recent years over diversity of its staff and coverage, is using a $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to put together a six-person team to report stories on race, ethnicity and culture. Read more


Mainstream media coverage lacks the perspectives of Asian-American voters

By Nadra Kareem Nittle
(Source: Maynard Institute | Aug. 1) - Mainstream media rarely report on public policy issues that concern Asian-American voters, even though Asian-Americans are the country’s fastest growing immigrant group, have a high concentration in several battleground states and could be the deciding factor in who wins the November election. Read more


Fixing diversity problem through college courses

By Edward T. Rincon
(Source: AdAge Blog| July 31) - Is the advertising community prepared to address the needs of a multicultural America? I wonder, especially considering the stubborn reluctance of industry stakeholders to embrace the opportunities of multicultural campaigns. Read more


William Raspberry dies at 76
Vocal on race and poverty issues
By

William Raspberry
Photo: The Washington Post
(July 17, 2012 | Washington Post) -William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post whose fiercely independent views illuminated conflicts concerning education, poverty, crime and race, and who was one of the first black journalists to gain a wide following in the mainstream press, died July 17 at his home in Washington. He was 76. Read more


Martin family, legal team respond to recent firing of Sanford police chief
Trayvon-NABJ(June 20, 2012 | Source: Ebony) - The family of Trayvon Martin and their legal team held an exclusive news conference at the National Association of Black Journalists' convention in New Orleans to respond to the firing of Sanford, Florida Police Chief Bill Lee on Wednesday. Under Lee's direction, Sanford police decided not to arrest George Zimmerman, who fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin. Read more



Diversity
Why are authors of color underrepresented in literary journalism?
(June 11, Source: Poynter) - According to a Rumpus article titled “Where Things Stand” (June 6, 2012), about 90 percent of the books reviewed in the New York Times in 2011 are written by white authors. In her article posted on the Poynter's website, Amanda Hess attempted to answer why there is a racial inequality in literary journalism. Read more    


CSU Long Beach students work with Voicewaves to cover issues in diverse, disadvantaged communities
(May 12, 2012 | CSU Long Beach) - Journalism and Mass Communication students at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) partnered with New America Media’s youth-led Voicewaves in spring semester to cover issues in some of the city’s most diverse and economically disadvantaged communities. Read more


ABC, Univision to launch new Latino channel
(May 8, 2012 | Source: New America Media) - ABC News and Univision announced Monday that they are planning to launch an English-language cable channel aimed at Latinos. The channel, which does not have a name yet, is expected to launch in 2013. Read more


"UNITY: Journalists of Color" to be renamed as "UNITY Journalists"
The change is made to reflect the inclusiveness of the mission, "Diversity Matters"
(McLEAN, VA.| April 18, 2012) — UNITY: Journalists of Color is changing its name to UNITY Journalists to reflect the organization’s mission of inclusion and to accurately represent the alliance of the Asian American Journalists Association, Native American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists and National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Read more

Mainstream media struggle with reporting on
race crimes

By Joshunda Sanders
(Source: Maynard Institute | April 19, 2002) - Courts may ultimately decide whether the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the Tulsa shooting spree that left three black men dead on Good Friday were racially motivated crimes. What’s clear, however, is that the mainstream media struggled with how to handle the race element of each case. Read more

Trayvon Martin and the media depiction of African-American males  
(Source: Maynard Institute | March 29, 2012) - “He’s got his hand in his waistband, and he’s a black male” — George Zimmerman to a 911 operator shortly before he fatally shot Trayvon Martin. Read more.

Related Article:
The faces of black men
Black Men Aren't Superpredators, They're Accountants


Is ‘The Bachelor’ racist? ABC sued for discrimination

By Stacy Straczynski

(April 20, 2012) - It’s the question that has landed the “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” and its TV network, ABC, in the middle of a racial-discrimination lawsuit, which is reportedly the first lawsuit filed against a reality show. Read more


NABJ Awards LA Times' Gerrick Kennedy, Emerging Journalist of the Year
Washington, D.C. (March 19, 2012) --The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announces the selection of the Los Angeles Times' Gerrick Kennedy as this year's Emerging Journalist of the Year Award recipient, selected by the NABJ Board of Directors at its winter meeting. Read more


Girl Trouble - Trailer


Source: New Day Films -- The feature documentary, Girl Trouble, tells the stories of three girls' struggles in San Francisco's failing juvenile justice system.


"Racially-insensitive coverage" of Jeremy Lin
Asian-American Journalists Association (AAJA) releases guidelines on Jeremy Lin media coverage
By Dylan Stableford |
The Cutline
 (Via Yahoo! News)

(Feb. 23, 2012) - Given the media's "Linsanity" surrounding Jeremy Lin, perhaps this was inevitable. Following (justified) outrage over several examples of racially-insensitive coverage of Lin--including a headline published by ESPN.com which resulted in the firing of one staffer and suspension of another--the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) has issued a set of guidelines for media outlets salivating over the NBA's Asian-American sensation. Read more


Survey paints portrait of black women in America
By Krissah Thompson

Portrait-of-Black-Women

(Jan. 22, 2012 | The Washington Post) - Rich or poor, educated or not, black women sometimes feel as though myths are stalking them like shadows, their lives reduced to a string of labels.The angry black woman. The strong black woman. The unfeeling black woman. The manless black woman. Read more.






2011

NAM Project:
A day in the life of a classroom

a-day-in-a-classroom
Photo Credit: New America Media

Budget cut impacts on local schools, teachers do more with less but learning losses inevitable  

By Jane Xiao
, Sing Tao Daily and New America Media
(December 15, 2011 | San Francisco) - Jenny Trac runs the newcomer program at Visitacion Valley Middle School. Even though she is fluent in five languages and has 10 years of teaching experience, Trac worries that she could soon join the ranks of teachers targeted for a pink slip. Read more



A day in the life of a classroom
The incredible shrinking state dollars for K-12 schools
New America Media, Louis Freedberg and Sue Frey
(Dec 14, 2011) - The cascading effects of California’s deepening budget crisis and sickly economy are forcing public schools to cope with multiple stresses which could threaten how well students do in school. Read more


A day in the life of a classroom
California’s stressed out schools -- survey of 30 largest districts
New America Media, Vivian Po
(Dec 14, 2011) - State funding for California’s K-12 public schools has fallen by $7 billion since the onset of the recession. The state now spends $1,000 less per student than it did in 2007-2008. Read more


NABJ mourns the loss of public relations pioneer Ofield Dukes
College Park, MD (December 7, 2011)—The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) mourns the loss of public relations pioneer Ofield Dukes, founder of Ofield Dukes & Associates, a prominent African-American owned public relations firm in Washington, DC. Dukes died December 7 morning at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Dukes was 79 years old. Read more


Foundation helps Native American students overcome education challenges
By ICTMN Staff

(November 30, 2011 | Indian Country Today Media Network) - Among Native American students, only 46 percent graduate high school and a mere 17 percent go on to attend college. The American Indian Education Foundation has made it their mission to help Native American students realize that they can overcome these daunting statistics and the many academic challenges they face.


Weakness of media in confronting neo-racism in Germany
By Aidan White
(Nov. 22, 2011 | Media Diversity Institute) - Shocking revelations about a neo-Nazi group in Germany has provoked an angry debate about how right wing extremism as well as racism and xenophobia still infect German society. For about 10 years, the group was engaged in a murderous campaign of violence. Read more

Affordable Care Act and outreach to people of color: What should be the role of ethnic media?
(Nov. 3, 2011 | New America Media) - About 4.7 million uninsured or underinsured Californians are expected to become eligible for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to a recent report published by the Greenlining Institute, most of the newly eligible will be from communities of color.

However, without an effective outreach campaign catered to the needs of ethnic communities, the benefits of the ACA may not reach those most in need. Read more


A political comment about black electorates "not being open minded": What could be the mainstream media's role?

By Nadra Kareem Nittle  
(Maynard Institute | Oct. 27, 2011) - When Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain recently remarked that black voters "have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view," the mainstream media, including CNN, NPR, USA Today, and the New York Daily News, did not challenge his characterization that 42 million African Americans are monolithic in their political views. Read more


Spanish-language TV is booming
(Oct. 26, 2011 | Source: Anzalone Liszt Research) - The one broadcast sector that has seen a rapid growth recently is Spanish-language TV. During the week of October 10-16, Univision was in fifth place among 18-49 year old audience with 3.24 million viewers for an average show (compared with 4th place NBC at 6.24 million).

Univision was second in the 18-34 year old demographic, behind Fox but ahead of ABC, CBS, and NBC. Another Spanish-language television, Telemundo, also registered double-digit growth in the third quarter of 2011. 


2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners


Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2011

From left: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,Tawakkul Karman,
and Leymah Gbowee

Recognizing non-violent movement for women’s rights
(Nobel Prize | Oct. 7, 2011) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2011 jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work." For more information, visit this site.  


Journal of Negro EducationJournal of Negro Education publishes special issue on how to teach black students
(Washington, D.C. | Sept. 15, 2011) – The Journal of Negro Education has released the summer 2011 special issue sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Click here to know more about this journal.



UNITY selected 14 fellows for 2011 news entrepreneur program
(Sept. 29, 2011 | McLean, Va.) - UNITY: Journalists of Color. Inc. has selected 14 fellows for the 2011 news entrepreneur program in Las Vegas in October. The program focuses on the business start-up for minority journalists. 

Fellows are: Kathryn Buford, Athima Chansachai, Ashley Cisneros, Jason Frazer, Clarisel Gonzalez, Yvonne Leow, Noowah Caroline Li, Cynthia Liu, Mekahlo Medina, MeNow Roxxane Scott, Kelly Virella, Sherbeam Wright, Jeff Yang, and Patricia Nazario.   

These fellows will later compete for a contest to win three start-up grants of $10,000 each to fund their business ideas.


NABJ to host Hall of Fame induction ceremony in January   
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28, 2011 - The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will induct five legendary journalists into its Hall of Fame, the organization's highest honor. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at the Newseum in downtown Washington, D.C.   

The NABJ Hall of Fame inductees include Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor for “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for the "PBS NewsHour;" Pat Harvey, an award-winning broadcast journalist for CBS2s; Ruth Allen Ollison, who demonstrated strengths in news reporting, anchoring and management; Johnathan Rodgers, immediate past TV One president and CEO, and Wallace Terry (posthumously), former deputy bureau chief for Time magazine in Saigon and writer for USA Today and Parade Magazine. Read more

Spotlight: Native Issues
North Dakota considering legislation to improve Native American education
(Sept. 15, 2011 | Indian Country Today Media Network) - The North Dakota State Legislature is finally considering creating a state director of Indian education, a goal supported by the North Dakota Indian Education Association since at least 2008. Read more


Diversity Best Practices
How to make sense of diversity management 
By Barbara Frankel  
(Sept. 8, 2011 | DiversityInc.) - The old adage that “knowledge is power” is certainly true, but if that knowledge isn’t available in a comprehensible form, it doesn’t deliver its promise. Read more  


9/11 through New York’s ethnic media lens
By Anthony Advincula
(Sept. 5, 2011 | New America Media) -  A decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. ethnic media still need to carry out stories of hate crimes, racial backlash, immigration raids, and interrupted lives in the immigrant communities that they cover on a daily basis. Read more


Two films about transgender and gender nonconforming youth
Youth & Gender Media Project

- I’m Just Anneke

- The Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children


U.S. social media use: Minorities and women lead the way
Social Media(Sept. 1, 2011| The Nation) - According to a recent Pew Research poll, a larger percentage of women and minorities use social media sites than their white and male counterparts—for instance, 69 percent of African-Americans aged 18 to 29 use social media, whereas only 63 percent of white Americans do. Read more


Donate to Dr. Whitmore Memorial Scholarship   

(Aug. 27, 2011 | “Minorities and Communication” division listserv and Ohio.com) - The Kent State University Foundation created a memorial scholarship after late Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore, a journalism and mass communication faculty of the university and an active member of the AEJMC’s Minorities and Communication (MAC) Division. Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore died on August 25, 2011. 

In lieu of flowers, you are encouraged to make donations in honor of Dr. Whitmore. Please make checks payable to “Kent State University Foundation,” and mail it to:

KSU/JMC,
P.O. Box 5190, Kent,
OH 44242
(Reference: The Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore Memorial Scholarship).

According to the Ohio.com, a Wake will be held on Sunday, August, 28th, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home, 529 W. Thornton St. Akron, Ohio.  Dr. Whitmore's Homegoing celebration will be held on Monday, August 29th at 12 noon at Arlington Church of God, 539 S. Arlington St., Akron, Ohio. Friends may visit the church from 11 a.m. until time of service. Procession will form and condolences may be sent to 6150 Second Ave., Kent, OH 44240.

WBBM-TV in Chicago issues statement on 4-year-old boy clip
Maynards media critic Bob Butler responded
WBBM-TV(Aug. 25, 2011 | Source: Maynard Institute) - Bob Butler reported on August 18 about a shooting story aired on WBBM-TV, which included a video interview of a 4-year-old boy. Later, in a statement, WBBM-TV acknowledged that the interview segment was a mistake and that they “pulled” the clip from the air prior to “external criticism.” WBBM-TV authorities, however, denied the criticism that their newsroom is not diverse.


RTDNA-Hofstra survey finds mixed news for women and minorities in TV, radio news
(Aug. 26, 2011 | Source: RTDNA) – Though the percentage of minorities continued to increase in news director’s position, representation of minorities in news remained low. Read the report


BBC coverage of London riots
By Bob Butler
(Aug. 24, 2011 | Source: MIJE) - News coverage of black men and boys often paints them in a negative light no matter where they are in the world. Read more   

Related story:
NABJ sent a letter to BBC complaining the skewed coverage


Free history of Latino newspapers
The free Latino history, “Voices for Justice,” in CD format, are still available. If you want a copy of this CD or have questions about it, please send him Dr. Felix Gutierrez an email at ffgutier@usc.edu  



NPR's "Talk of the Nation"
Ethnic media's quest to fill coverage gap about diverse communities in mainstream media
(Aug 18, 2011 | NPR) - Ethnic media executives shared their viewpoints in "Talk of the Nation" discussion on August 18 and highlighted the fact that their purpose is to provide "in-depth coverage of America's diverse communities frequently missed by mainstream media organization." Click here to access the audio streaming.


1996-2010: Minority interns dropped by 11 percent in U.S. newsrooms

Fourm Report
(Baton Rouge, LA | July 7, 2011) - Representation of minority interns in U.S. newsrooms went down by about 11 percent since 1996.

A 1996 national survey (reported in 1997) by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) found that minorities represented 35 percent of U.S. newsroom interns. This representation went down to 24.4 percent in 2010 as reported in the most recent 2011 ASNE census report.

Related articles:
-Roadmaps for newsroom diversity
-Why newsroom diversity matters
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Unpaid internships: A challenge for newsroom diversity
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NABJ president decries the lack of diversity in network news


Ernest Sotomayor: NAHJ Hall of Famer made the core value of diversity his life’s work
By Joe Grimm
Ernest Sotomayor, Photo: Freedom Forum Diversity Institute(June 13, 2011| Source: Freedom Forum Diversity Institute) - When Ernest Sotomayor relaxes at home, he’s more likely to be holding a hammer than a book. Sotomayor grew up on a ranch in southern Arizona, where fixing things was just part of life. He says he does some of his best thinking when he’s working with his hands. Read more

UNITY global fellows covered UNAIDS meeting
(June 13, 2011) - Twelve young minority journalists covered a high-level United Nations meeting on AIDS in June because of a collaboration between the UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. and the UNAIDS. Fellows posted their reports on the un.unitynews. Read the press release issued by the UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc.

CUNY Journalism School acquires NYC’s ethnic and community press    
(May 27, 2011) – The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism will be hosting two NYCMA programs, Voices That Must Be Heard, an online aggregate site from New York City’s ethnic and community press, and the Ippies Journalism Awards, says a NYMCA news release.

UNITY selects young minority journalists to cover UN meeting on AIDS
(May 12, 2011) - UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc. (UNITY) has partnered with UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) to award eight journalists of color fellowships to cover the UN high level meeting on AIDS from June 6 to 11, 2011 in New York City, says a press release issued on May 10, 2011. Biographies of selected fellows


Some large corporations oppose anti-LGBT bill in Tennessee

By Barbara Frankel, DiversityInc.
(May 23, 2011) - A Tennessee bill prohibiting local governments from passing anti-discriminatory measures, which the Human Rights Campaign says is "clearly based in anti-LGBT sentiment," is being publicly opposed by several large corporations, including KPMG and AT&T. Read more

How online expressions are restricted in different countries
A CPJ special report by Danny O’Brien
(May 3, 2011 | Source: Committee to Protect Journalists) - The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school techniques. From China’s high-level malware attacks to Syria’s brute-force imprisonments, this may be only the dawn of online oppression. Read more

Related story:
A journalists' appeal to IRAN on World Press Freedom Day


Social media for promoting diversity: Potentials and challenges
Social Media collage(April 14, 2011) – Although some experts argue that social media encourage workplace diversity,
a recent report found lack of diversity in this growing media landscape. Against the backdrop of this contrast, social media leaders in Canada recently organized a dialogue to discuss the potential of this technology in making diverse cultural groups “stronger.”

Related article:
Media landscape in Twitter: A world in new conventions and political diversity


Two Bay Area trials involving African Americans:
How news media performing?
By Bob Butler
(April 7, 2011 | Maynard Institute) - Since March 21st reporters representing the cream of American journalism have been camped out in the Bay Area covering two high profile trials. Read more

Related article:
"Ring of fire, fault lines and the news media"
by Dori Maynard

 

Top 10 companies for Latinos
(March 30, 2011) - DiversityInc., a multicultural consulting organization, earlier sent out a list of 10 companies that hired blacks more than other private organizations. This week, they have shared information about another 10 companies that consistently recruited and retained more Latino employees than other business entities.

Click here to read Barbara Frankel's article on top employers for Latinos in the U.S.

Mixed-race growth in the deep South: Is it a shift
in attitudes?

By Susan Saulny, The New York Times
(March 19, 2011 | HATTIESBURG, Miss.) - For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been frowned upon for much of the time since. Read more

How will it affect ethnic media?
Speakers at the 2010 Breaux symposium, organized by the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs, discussed the impact of mixed-race generation on ethnic news media:

"It is a cultural Petri dish that can generate money and marketability for media that connect"
(2010 Breaux Report on Ethnic Media, p.14).


To get a detailed perspective on this issue, please read this report.


Top 10 companies for blacks
By Barbara Frankel
(March 18, 2011 | Source: The DiversityInc.) - What makes a company the place where all talent, but in this case especially Black talent, wants to work, stay and fulfill potential, including the ability to innovate? Read more


Ethnic media
Policy news coverage in ethnic media lacks "broader context"

By Angie Chuang
(March 8, 2011, Source: Poynter) - Ethnic media have done a good job honing in on the community impact of specific policy issues, like immigration, but still struggle to take a bigger-picture look at U.S. politics and the economy, ethnic-media journalists and other experts said recently. Read more


Safeguarding media diversity is the main convern in News Corp's bid for Sky news in UK
By Graham Ruddick
(April 14, 2011, Source: The Telegraph) - In a move aimed at mobilising opposition to the potential deal, the alliance said the suggested remedies "will not achieve their stated aim of protecting plurality in news media" and that Sky News "will be in a state of economic dependency vis-à-vis News Corporation". Read more


Media diversity
Hispanics missing in media leadership
(March 8, 2011, Source: MediaShift) - Spanish-language news media are growing in the U.S. Buying power and Ad spending among hispanics have increased. Unfortunately, the represenation of hispanics in media leadership position is very minimal. Read Rosanne Fiske's article, which was first posted on MediaShift

Related story:
Does minority ownership matter?


WXYZ-TV's donation for media diversity program at Wayne State
(Feb. 25, 2011 | PRNewswire/ WXYZ.com) -- WXYZ-TV Channel 7 announced a donation of $10,000 to benefit the Wayne State University: Journalism Institute for Media Diversity.   The donation was made on behalf of WXYZ-TV and The Scripps Howard Foundation, and was presented to Professor Ben Burns, Director of WSU Journalism Program and Professor Alicia Nails, Director of the Journalism Institute for Media Diversity. Read more


Women journalists receive entrepreneurship grants
By Carole Kimutai
(Feb 21, 2011 | bizcommunity.com) - The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) has announced the winners of the inaugural Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Digital News Frontier grants. Each grantee will receive US$20,000 to launch innovative new media enterprises.
Read more

PGA accepting submissions for "Power of Diversity"
By Alexa Harrison, Variety
(Feb 18, 2011) - The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is accepting submissions for its annual "Power of Diversity" program.

The aim of the program is to create a diversity of voices in a creative community by offering training and mentoring to producers from different backgrounds. Read more

Politics, not consequences, dominates news agendas on immigration legislations
AP Photo on the deportation of an undocumented immigrant (Feb. 17, 2011, Source: Maynard Institute) - About 1,400 bills on immigration legislation were introduced in 2010, which fuelled news coverage with more focus on politics. But those stories did not significantly cover the impact of these legislations on immigrants.

Teresa Puente writes in her article that "scant attention has been placed on how such laws will impact Latino and immigrant communities, particularly the likely increase in racial and ethnic profiling." Click here to read Teresa Puente's article

Related story:
Journalists pay less attention to the businesses that employ undocumented workers



Media can help promote diversity
By Brady Mallory, WDAZ
(Feb 16, 2011) - A man who knows something about diversity issues says if you think media creates stereotypes, you should look more closely. Speaking at University of North Dakota, Matt Glowacki said TV shows that use humor to portray diversity might be on to something. Read more



FCC concerned about decline of “real journalism”
By Sara Jerome
(Feb. 15, 2011 | Source: Hill’s Technology Blog) - Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps made a case for a government hand in media policy in a speech to the FCBA on Tuesday. Read more



Attacks on religious minorities in Mideast, Africa, and Asia: U.S. media criticized for "weak response"
(Feb. 15, 2011 | Source: FoxNews) - At least 65 Christians have been killed in attacks across the Muslim world in recent months, sparking sharp criticism from human rights groups that charge the U.S. government and media aren’t doing nearly enough to speak out against the violence. Read more

 

More blacks moving to South, Census estimates
By Hope Yen, Associated Press
(Feb. 15, 2011) – American blacks who a century ago began leaving the South to escape segregation and racism are returning, lured by better jobs and quality of life and perhaps by something more intangible — a sense of home. Read more



What the AOL-Huffington Post merger means for diversity in online news
Source: Market Playground(Feb 9, 2011 | NPR) - Earlier this month, Internet giant AOL announced that it would buy online news publication,The Huffington Post.

The National Public Radio (NPR) contacted Richard Prince, journalist and founder of the online magazine, "Journal-isms," and Tom Rosenstiel, founder and director of the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism about the merger. They discussed how this merger would affect diversity in online news landscape. Click here to listen
and click here to read the transcript

Related story:
Many Huffington Post writers are unhappy with merger

"AOL trumps mainstream media with Huffinton Post deal" (Feb.10)



Diversity is missing in leadership positions in Greater
Toronto Area

Same true for media leadership

By Siri Agrell

(Feb. 8, 2011) - The number of visible minorities in leadership positions across the Greater Toronto Area has grown by only 1 percentage point over the past year, according to a study of ethnic diversity. Read more


Cherry Creek Diversity Conference
Teens will gather to celebrate diversity
Over 1000 teenagers will converge at Cherry Creek High in Colorado on Feb. 5

Cherry Creek Diversity Conference DENVER, Jan. 27, 2011
(Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire) --

"In the wake of a series of gay teenage suicides, a tense political environment, reality television featuring teenage pregnancy, and religious intolerance, this year's conference fulfills a great need for discussion on respect, tolerance and unity," said Janet Sammons, Co-Director, Cherry Creek Diversity, the organizer of the conference. Read more

Oscars 2011 nomination lacks racial diversity

By Ken Lombardi

Oscars 2011 Nomination(Jan. 27, 2011, Source: CBSNews.com) - Perhaps it can be called the ultimate Oscar snub. Every single one of this year's Academy Award nominees in all of the major categories is white. Aside from Best Actor nominee Javier Bardem (a Spaniard), an obvious lack of diversity is drawing confusion and criticisms alike from mainstream media outlets. Read more

Related stories:
"Whitest In 10 Years" means American Media grew up
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle)

Much ado about Oscars diversity
(Source: Center for American Progress)


Comcast-NBCU Deal
Comcast promises to ensure "substantial minority participation"


By Robert Steele


Comcast NBC Universal Logo(January 24, 2011; Source: The Huffington Post) - Skeptics of the Comcast-NBC Universal Deal were initially concerned about how it would affect African Americans and other underserved communities. But Comcast has promised to ensure "substantial minority participation" at its eight of the ten new channels.
Read more


Picture source: cnet News


Media and Minorities
Minority journalism groups are not members-only


By Joe Grimm


(January 13, 2011; Source: Poynter) -In a recent Poynter's chat with Doris Truong, new president of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), a participant asked this, “Great info here but can non-minority journalists participate in all those associations?..." Read More

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2010


Two online international newspapers are reposting New America Media's news reports
(Dec. 10, 2010) - New America Media's news reports are now reposted on two online international newspapers, Behind The Green Scene (coverage of the environment) and The Safeworld Daily (focusing primarily on news related to women). Both journals aggregate stories they find on New America Media's Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds.

Source:
New America Media eNewsletter



UNITY and University of Kansas organized virtual summit on “Diversity and Social Media”

(Dec. 4, UNITY eNewsletter) - UNITY: Journalists of Colors, Inc., and the William Allen White School of Journalism hosted an online virtual summit entitled, “Telling Stories of Diversity in the Digital Age,” on December 4 at the University of Kansas. For more details about this event, check out these websites, William Allen White School of Journalism and UNITY: Journalists of Colors, Inc.

Journalists need to "go behind data" in reporting black male achievement gap
By T. Shawn Taylor
(November 23, 2010, Maynard Institute) - Poverty, poorly funded schools and long-standing segregation and racial inequality are familiar themes for the dwindling number of education reporters covering the achievement gap between black and white male students. Read More

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Is Internet access the next civil rights battle?
By Christi Morales
(Nov. 15, 2010,
New America Media/Public Press) - The ongoing, often arcane, battle over whether telecommunications companies may slow certain online services and charge fees to speed up others has morphed into a civil rights controversy. Read More


Ethnic media shaped narrative in 2010 elections

ethnic media reader(Sab Francisco, October 28, 2010) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman recently made the rounds in San Jose’s Little Saigon, showing up at a local restaurant and a photo op at the Grand Century Mall and earning the cheers of the Vietnamese-American crowd. Read More

Picture source: New America Media


Suu Kyi's release
Overseas Burmese happy, yet wary
New America Media Report
Aung San Suu Kyi(Nov. 16, 2010) - Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released over the weekend from years of living under house arrest in Yangon, and her freedom stirred joy mixed with apprehension among the Burmese community half way around the world. Read more

Picture source: New America Media

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Olbermann's support for South Dakota tribe points way to more inclusive Indian country coverage
By Rose Aguilar
(Nov. 11, 2010, Source: truthout) - All it took was a one-minute commentary. On February 9, 2010, Keith Olbermann told his viewers about a humanitarian crisis affecting 50,000 people. It was so bad, college basketball fans were being asked to share their soles. "Haiti?" he asked. "South Dakota. The shoe donations are being sought at the University of South Dakota and they are for the residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation." Read more


"Black history month" issue of Black EOE Journal
Due on January 14, 2011
(Source: Black EOE Journal, Nov. 10, 2010) - The editorial content of the Black history month issue of Black EOE Journal will highlight HBCUs, workforce diversity, disability initiatives, black engineers, and supplier diversity. The cover story of the issue will feature Steve Harvey, a popluar comedian and media personality. More information about this issue


Ethnicity and Market
Survey predicts good times for retailers targeting Asians

(Source: Asian Pacific Post, October 28, 2010) - With the holiday season around the corner, affluent Asians can be depended on to spend in boom and bust alike, according to a new market research. Read more

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Photo Credit: Asian Pacific Post

Multicultural Issues and GLBT
Digital and multicultural marketing
By Sophy Regelous, Prime Access, Inc.
2(Oct. 25, 2010) - During the years when broadband internet connections were growing rapidly, we began to see a true divergence in how specific target audiences were able to access the internet and consume content. Read more

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Women and Media
Call for papers: Women and the Media
Deadline for submission: January 30, 2011
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought invites contributions for its next issue, "Women and the Media." Read more about this call


Race and Media
Comment sections of popular websites and racist messages

By Jesse Washington
(September 25, 2010; Source: AP) - Although you rarely hear racial insults on Main Street these days, there's a place where unashamed bigotry is all too easy to find: tossed off in the comments sections of some of the Internet's most popular websites, today's virtual Main Street. Read more

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Minority and Media
Number of minority journalists down in 2009
But number of minority news directors up
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(September 22, 2010; Source: RTDNA) - The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey found a rise in "the percentage of minority news directors in both television and radio in 2009." But, overall, the number of minority journalists go down in both radio and television "for the third straight year." Read more Multicultural Marketing


Growth of prison industrial complex: racial implications? anti-immigration sentiment?
By Sam Ali, Luke Visconti and Barbara Frankel
(Source: DiversityInc, Oct. 11, 2010) - In this exposé of America's prison system, DiversityInc examines the rapid growth of privately-run prison operators, also often regarded as the "next dark chapter in the ever-expanding prison industrial complex: immigrant detention." What are the racial implications? And why has anti-immigration sentiment helped private prisons make a fortune?


AOL Patch did not focus on race and ethnicity in the hiring process
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(Sept. 1, 2010) - The America Online’s Patch network of hyperlocal news sites has recently finished hiring a top news management with “little racial diversity.”
About the recruitment, an AOL top official said that they do not focus on race and ethnicity in the hiring process and their goal is to hire best persons for each position in newsroom. Read More

imageReaction: "America has too many newsrooms that lack journalists of color, passionate journalists who are passed over because of systems of meritocracy that work against them."
- Ronnie Agnew, co-chair of the diversity committee, American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)


(Sources: Richard Prince's Journal-ism, The Root, Patch)

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Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to end giant gender-discrimination lawsuit

By Sam Ali
image(Source: DiversityInc, Aug. 26, 2010) - Wal-Mart has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a mammoth class-action lawsuit that could cost the giant retailer billions of dollars in damages and go down in history as the largest gender-discrimination case in U.S. history. Read more


Media Mistakes
Dr. Schlessinger and the use of the N word

By Jean Marie Brown
(Maynard Institute, Aug. 19, 2010) – Justification and motivation are two key ingredients of thorough reporting. The why of an incident can sometimes transcend what has occured. Journalists have to be careful that the justification doesn’t become a fact when it’s actually a rationalization. Justifications have to be challenged and, if necessary, refuted. Read more


Related stories:
Black jouranlists call for public forum on "Talk Show hate"
Four diversity organizations
issued joint statement
Dr. Schlessinger apologizes:horrible mistake


Coverage of African Americans

"Media, race and Obama's first year"
(Source: Pew Research Center, July 26, 2010) - African Americans received "relatively little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama's presidency."Read more about this study.
media diversity

2010 NABJ Diversity Census
TV newsroom management diversity is far from 33% diversity of nation’s population

NBC leads the way again, Hearst stations have doubled the number since 2009

(San Diego, July 30, 2010, Forum Report) - Only 12.6 percent journalists of color represent newsroom management position in 151 television stations owned by 10 big stations, ABC, CBS, Cox, Fox, Gannett, Hearst Argyle, Media General, Meredith, NBC, and Tribune.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) officials released this information while sharing the findings of the 2010 television newsroom diversity census report with journalists on Friday (July 30) during NABJ's annual convention in San Diego.

NBC news stations are leading the way in promoting and retaining diversity in newsroom management for the second consecutive year. NABJ has awarded its best practice award 2010 to NBC news and NBC-owned local television stations.

NABJ officials said that they would also soon release print newsroom diversity report.

A detailed report of this census will be posted soon.


Authentic experiences are more important than formulas in reporting on racial issues
NABJ criticizes “lack of due diligence” of media organizations in reporting Sherrod’s remark
(Sources: PoynterOnline and NABJ, July 23, 2010) – The debate continues in the backdrop of race controversy between the Tea Party and the NAACP, and hurried and incomplete media coverage of alleged “racist comments” by Shirley Sharrod, a former staff of U.S. Department of Agriculture. Questions have been raised about whether formula-driven news reporting is enough to properly represent racial issues in society.

Latoya Peterson, a contributor to Poynter’s Diversity at Work column, argued that “authentic experiences” of journalists is more important than established norms of news writing in reporting racial issues.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) also issued a statement criticizing the “lack of due diligence on the part of pundits on the FOX News Channel and others to verify the authenticity of a tape with Sherrod's remarks on race.”

Related article:
Shirley Sherrod story shows waves and undercurrents in a media tsunami (PoynterOnline, July 22, 2010)




Minority groups oppose FCC reclassification
FCC commissioners gave assurance to minority leaders
By Sara Jerome
(The Hill: Hillicon Valley, July 21, 2010)
- Three Federal Communications Commissioners (FCC) Monday gave assurance to a group of minority telecommunications stakeholders that "an overdue report on minority media ownership remains on the way."

Earlier a group of minority and diversity organizations warned the congressional commerce panels "against the reclassification of broadband’s legal status."



NAACP-Tea Party Debate

Tea party and race controversy
(July 19, 2010, Source: Huffington Post and CNN) - The Huffington Post reports today that Tea Party leaders are planning to organize a summit in summer to address the "racism" charges against them. Earlier CNN on Sunday reported that a key Tea Party activist Mark Williams accused one of his fellow movement leaders for "turning the debate into 'a World Wrestling style personality conflict.'"

Background:
- NAACP passes resolution criticizing Tea Party’s tolerance to “racism”

Immigration debate:
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9 states back Arizona immigration law
- Arizona ethnic media jointly condemn SB 1070

- NAHJ calls on Justice Dept. to Block Arizona law

Tea Party Protest


How social media can help journalists reach ethnically diverse groups
By Angie Chuang
(July 15, 2010, Source: PoynterOnline) - The Pew Research Center report released last week confirms that "Latinos and blacks lead all other racial and ethnic groups when it comes to texting and Twitter." Read more

Related story:
- Government’s use of social media has “particular appeal for minorities" (April 27, 2010)

Social Media Tools

Survey news: Asia Society’s “2010 Asian Pacific Americans Corporate Survey”
(Multicultural Marketing News, July 14, 2010) - This survey has identified following challenges and opportunities in career advancement for Asian Pacific Americans in U.S. corporate world:

1) best practices in the development and promotion of Asian American professionals,
2) Asian Pacific Americans' barriers to career advancement,
3) reasons of underrepresentation of Asian Pacific Americans in corporate leadership
.

To purchase the report, visit asiasociety.org/asianamericansurvey

An abridged version for preview is available at asiasociety.org/diversityreport


NAACP Convention in Kansas City, Missouri
NAACP passes resolution criticizing Tea Party’s tolerance to “racism”
(Source: CNN, July 14, 2010) - "The NAACP has passed a resolution that condemns what it feels is rampant racism in the Tea Party movement. Members passed the measure on Tuesday at the organization's 101st annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri." Read full story NAACP President


Comcast promised to add eight minority-run TV networks
(Source: Examiner.com, July 12, 2010) - Comcast has promised to the government to add eight minorities-run independent TV networks--four by African-American interests and another four by Hispanic interests--to its cable system. The cable company also will create a $20 million dollar fund to assist minority entrepreneurs. Read more



PictureNBC's "Today" wedding is changing its contest rule to allow same-sex couples
By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
(Source: Yahoo! TV, Associated Press, July 8, 2010) - "
After a meeting with gay and lesbian activists on Thursday, NBC's "Today" show said it is changing the rules for its annual wedding contest to allow same-sex couples to apply for a ceremony conducted on morning TV." Read more


NABJ questions cable news channels' commitment to diversity
(Source: NABJ/ UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc., June 29, 2010) - The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in a open letter to cabel news channels questioned their commitment to diversity. Click here to read the letter.



Arizona ethnic media jointly condemn SB 1070
(Source: New America Media, June 18, 2010) - Seventeen ethnic media media outlets in Arizona have published a joint editorial "condemning the new immigration law SB 1070 and calling on President Obama to take action." The editorial "calls the new law 'discriminator' and 'an affront to human dignity.'" Read the editorial

Related story:
NAHJ calls on Justice Dept. to Block Arizona law
SB 1070


Hispanic journalists to address "hate speech against Latinos with accurate news coverage"

(Source: NAHJ, June 16, 2010) - The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) has brought together "a dynamic group of community leaders and journalists to address the need for accurate and fair news coverage of Latinos in its 28th Annual Multimedia Convention & Career Expo in Denver [this week]." Read more


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Picture"Record number of Indian-Americans seeking office"
(Source: AP/Yahoo News, June 19, 2010) - At least e
ight Indian (South Asian) Americans are running for Congress or statewide office, adding a "new wave" of politicians by ethnicity in the United States.

The article reports that "Indians began immigrating to the United States in large numbers about 50 years ago, but just two have been elected to Congress: Dalip Singh Saund in 1956 and Jindal, who entered Congress in 2004 and became governor midway through his second term." Read more

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"Women scarce on Sunday shows"
(Source: Politico, by Erica Lovley, June 14, 2010) - "Even as women have vaulted to be House speaker and hold a host of other influential positions on Capitol Hill, female lawmakers continue to be under-represented as guests on the Sunday shows." Read more

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Picture"Minority births drive growth in U.S. diversity"
(USA Today, by Haya El Nasser, June 10, 2010) - "Record levels of births among minorities in the past decade are moving the USA a step closer to a demographic milestone in which no group commands a majority, new Census estimates show.

Minorities accounted for almost 49% of U.S. births in the year ending July 1, 2009, a record high, according to data released Thursday."

The USA TODAY Diversity Index shows increases in every state since 2000. The index was created to measure how racially and ethnically diverse the population is. It uses the percentage of each race counted by the Census Bureau — white, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian — and Hispanic ethnicity to calculate the chance that any two people are from different groups. Read more

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Maynard Multimedia Editing Program participants applied multimedia skills during Nevada primary
(Source: Maynard Institute, June 10, 2010) - Participants of the Maynard Institute's Multimedia Editing Program applied their newly learned multimedia skills during Nevada primary in Reno last week. You can visit this multimedia production site by clicking on this link. Journalists of different ethnic backgrounds participated in this program.

Related Link:
Maynard Multimedia Program 2010

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NAM's newsest hyperlocal news hub "Sea Beez"
(Source: New America Media enewsletter, June 10, 2010) - New America Media (NAM) has launched "Sea Beez," the newest hyperlocal news hub for ethnic media in Seattle. NAM also launched hyperlocal news hubs for ethnic media operating in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. You can visit these hyperlocal news sites by clicking on the following links:

Sea Beez
(Seattle, WA)
San Jose Beez (San Jose, CA)
LA Beez (Los Angeles, LA)
NOLA Beez (New Orleans, LA)

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Conference for NY ethnic media

“Online News: How to do it better”
(June 7, 2010) - The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism hosted a conference on "Online News: How to do it better” for community and ethnic news organizations on June 3rd. Innovative industry leaders and Journalism faculty conducted the sessions of the conference. Editors and publishers of community and ethnic media in New York City region, academics, and foundation representatives participated in the conference.

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PictureOil spill:
Native American land in Louisiana is at risk
(Source: CNN, Reported by Patrick Oppmann on June 1, 2010) - "
Most of the tribe's 700 members rely on fishing and fear the spill could end their way of life." Tribe members said that they did not get any advice from state or federal officials about how to deal with oil spill. Read more

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Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) hosts successful Asian Market Conference and announces 3AF 2010 creative award winners
(Source: 3AF.org and Multicultural Marketing News, May 26, 2010) — The Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) announced today the winners of its 2010 creative awards recognizing the “best and brightest” in the Asian American advertising and marketing industries.   The honorees were recognized at the 3AF’s national conference entitled, “Model Minority to Model Consumer—Capturing Your Share of the Asian Consumer Market,” held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The first place (gold) award for creative campaign of the year went to IW Group, Inc. and MetLife for their campaign entitled, “Tilak.”   The judges were impressed with the insurance company’s use of culturally relevant insights and story lines.  Second place (silver) in the creative campaign category went to interTrend and JC Penney for their innovative online digital campaign called, “International Secret Agents,” which targeted young Asian Americans.  Third place in the creative campaign category went to AAAZA and DirectTV for their work on the satellite television provider’s “Chinese Hip Grandpa” campaign.

McDonald’s and State Farm both received the marketer/client of the year award for their long-time commitment and dedication to the Asian American community.
Click HERE to read more.

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Ethnic media and immigration
Ethnic media discuss plan to cover new Arizona law

(May 15, 2010, Source: New America Media) - Ethnic media and immigrant rights groups in a meeting on May 6th in Phoenix, Arizona, discussed how they can work together to identify and communicate the effects of new immigration law in Arizona, SB 1070. Click HERE to read more and watch the video clip of the meeting.

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CSM Newsletter Information
(Source: Email sent out via listserve of the AEJMC’s Minorities and Communication Division, May 14, 2010) - The Commission on the Status of Minorities (CSM), a commission of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), wants the Commission’s members to share their academic accomplishments and service activities via CSM newsletter.

According to the email message, “CSM is interested in the academic, creative and service activities in which you have been engaged during this academic year 2009-2010. Also we would like to hear of other notable information about you, your section/dept/college.”

CSM is also encouraging the members to submit a brief bilingual column for the newsletter using a language in addition to English.

Information/submission can be sent to Diana Rios at drios2k2@yahoo.com (Please label your message VERY CLEARLY that it is in regard to the CSM NEWSLETTER). Diana Rios is the new editor of the CSM newsletter. Submission deadline for next newsletter is May 27, 2010.


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Ethnic Media Discuss Low Census Participation Rates in Los Angeles

(Source: New America Media, May 14, 2010) - New America Media (NAM) brought ethnic media together in Los Angeles on Tuesday to discuss their important role in efforts to raise census participation rates in the city's ethnic enclaves. While Los Angeles as a whole is participating at a rate approaching the national average of 72 percent, some neighborhoods with majority ethnic and immigrant residents are seeing rates of 50 percent or less.

A diverse cross section of media, representing the Spanish-speaking, Asian-Pacific Islander and Russian media, discussed tapping into their networks of hundreds of small business owners who advertise in their media outlets. Those business owners hire and cater to many of the hard-to-count populations that have not yet completed their census forms. The ethnic media plan to organize these small businesses to be census enumeration sites on specific dates and promote those dates in the ethnic media. The expect the effort will boost local census participation in Los Angeles considerably.

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NAM organizes meeting in Phoenix to discuss new Arizona law

(Source: New America Media, May 14, 2010) - New America Media (NAM) last week organized a meeting with 50 members of ethnic media outlets and minority advocacy organizations to discuss the new Arizona law (SB 1070) that makes it a crime to be undocumented.
Representatives of media serving diverse communities, including Muslims, Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans and Latinos, discussed working together to protect the rights of their communities and document any rights violations. NAM also created a listserv for the media and community organizations to continue to work together on the issue.
For more information, please contact Elena Shore at eshore@newamericamedia.org

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New America Media's new website

(May 14, 2010)-New website of the New America Media is http://newamericamedia.org/

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Arizona Law Curbs Ethnic Studies Classes

By Robert Mackey
(May 13, 2010) - Just weeks after adopting a controversial immigration law denounced as racist by its opponents, Arizona has adopted a new measure restricting what can be taught in ethnic studies classes in the state’s public schools. Read full article

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Media representation

NAHJ: Seattle TV station didn’t air video of police beating, failed to do its job
By Ivan Roman, NAHJ
(May 12, 2010) - The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) calls into question the decision by management of Seattle Fox affiliate KCPQ-TV Q13 to delay, for almost a month, airing a video of police officers beating a Latino man. Read full story

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“Philippine elections go forward, despite computer glitch”

Filipino Channel’s news bureau chief explains why Filipino Americans support this move
(May 8, 2010) - New America Media’s Odette Keeley had 1-on-1 video interview with ABS-CBN International-The Filipino Channel’s news bureau chief Regina Reyes, who supervises production of the station's nightly newscast "Balitang America [News From America]." Reyes explains why Filipino voters, including Filipino Americans who filed their ballots in consulates all over the U.S. don’t want the elections to be postponed despite a recent computer glitch with the automated polling system, says a
New America Media (NAM) Release. Read the full interview report with a video.

Follow-up stories (Source: Balitang America):

Official U.S. overseas absentee ballots (OAV) on way to the Philippines


Aquino leads in the Philippine elections

Filipino Americans use music and art to promote peaceful elections

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Native American
"Prescott High School students triumph in fight over Indian Mascots"

(May 6, 2010) - The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill last week to end the use of Native Americans as mascots. A group of Prescott High School students and their teacher Jeff Ryan initiated the bill and fought for it until it was signed into law on May 5. Read the full report by Tim Giago on Ironwoodinfo

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Social media and minority

"Hispanic audiences tend to be collectivist"
Insights from PRSA's Hispanic social media teleseminar
by Tiffany Gallicano, The PR Post
(May 5, 2010) - Read full story about PRSA's teleseminar about Hispanic social media, featuring Manny
Ruiz, co-publisher of the Hispanic PR blog.

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New media and minorities
"Hispanic audiences tend to be collectivist"
Insights from PRSA's Hispanic social media teleseminar
by Tiffany Gallicano, The PR Post
(May 5, 2010) - Read full story about PRSA's teleseminar about Hispanic social media, featuring Manny Ruiz, co-publisher of the Hispanic PR blog.

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Uncertainty over net neutrality

FCC to leave broadband services deregulated

By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post Staff Writer
(May 3, 2010) - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, according to sources, even as a federal court decision has exposed weaknesses in the agency's ability to be a strong watchdog over the companies that provide access to the Web.
Read more


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New media and minorities

Government’s use of social media has “particular appeal for minorities”
Source: O’Reilly Radar and Pew Internet
(April 27, 2010) - A recent Pew research found that government web sites using social media and participatory tools have “particular appeal for minorities.” This is one of the key findings of the research titled “Government Online.” Read Alex Howard’s article about this Pew research. This article also includes audio of the interview with Pew researcher Aaron Smith.


Related story:
“How government can engage young people online”
(Source: O’Reilly Radar, May 6, 2010)

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Newspaper cutbacks badly affected non-white journalists

By Rosalba Ruíz, Hispanic Link News Service
(April 25, 2010) — As U.S. daily newspapers continued to encounter additional economic challenges in 2009, the losses of journalists of color outpaced overall newsroom job reductions, according to figures released April 12 by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) at its annual conference here. Read more

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TCM focuses on race in hollywood movies

Begins with Native American images on film in May

(April 25, 2010) - As part of its focus on "race in hollywood movies," the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel will air movies with representation of Native Americans on Tuesdays and Thursdays in May. Click here to find the details

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UNITY receives Ford Foundation grant to advance media entrepreneurship among journalists of color

(April 19, 2010, UNITY immediate release
) - UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc., has received a $100,000 grant from The Ford Foundation to implement a New U: News Entrepreneurs Working through UNITY (New U) project. Read More

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UNITY urges FCC to reclaim its authority on net neutrality

(UNITY, April 13, 2010) -- UNITY: Journalists of Color urges the Federal Communications Commission urges the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to take necessary legal steps to reclaim its authority over regulating broadband networks in the context of recent Court ruling “that would block proposed rules to preserve a free and open Internet.” Read More

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Elon’s School of Communication receives
National Equity & Diversity Award from AEJMC

(AEJMC Release, April 7, 2010) - The Elon University’s School of Communications has been named the 2010 recipient of the national Equity and Diversity Award by AEJMC. The Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University was the inaugural recipient of the national award in 2009.
Read More


Related link:
- Elon University News Release
Elon School of Communication

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New survey: Media fails to advance goal of post racial society

(Source: BlackInfo.net, Feb 26, 2010) - A 2010 survey on “Race and the Media” reveals that overwhelming majority (95%) of journalists of color do not think that mainstream media has contributed to improved race relations in post racial America.

The Journalism in Color Survey tracks the views of professional journalists of color on issues of race and media. theLoop21.com, a leading African-American web site for economic and political news, commissioned the survey. Full report


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NABJ in search for Region VI Director
January 25, 2010 - The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has begun the search for a Region VI Director in the backdrop of Mark Luckie’s decision to step down from his post. In an e-mail letter to NABJ members on Friday, NABJ president Kathy Times mentioned that the incumbent Region VI Director Luckie is leaving the post to give more time to his flourishing blog and website on multimedia journalism.

Geographically, Region VI, as mentioned by NABJ president, "is a huge area spanning from Alaska down to Hawaii, and over to the mainland from Washington state down to the Mexican border and as far east as Idaho and Montana."

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Pew Research:

Newspapers serve the community better than other traditional and new media

January 20, 2010 (Source: journalism.org, fosters.com) - A study of the news ecosystem of one American city found that newspapers still serve the community better than other traditional and new media. Read the full report

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