Jennifer P. Brown, Kentucky New Era A man with glasses (Ted Poston) sits at an office desk holding a letter. A smiling woman (his assistant Harriette Easterlin) sits next to him and a man (his assistant William Clark) leans over them both. A poster behind them depicts a soldier and reads “We are fighting the […]
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“Race News”: Chronicling the Black press and fight for justice | People’s World
The rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and flows, fluctuations that often times mirror larger societal changes.
View MoreFounder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc. | The Root
“This acquisition of Essence represents the beginning of an exciting transformation of our iconic brand…”
View MoreBlack Icons Shun the Black Press | The Washington Informer
“Let me take the message to my people in the Black community and you take the message to the white community and, if it works out, we’ll meet.” – Bobby Rush
View MoreAfrican-American owned newspapers thriving amid industry slump – KXAN
Newspapers nationwide have drastically cut down on production, a result of a slump in advertising and a drop in readership.
View MoreDiscover The Unexpected (DTU) Coverage: Enhancing Black Owned Print and Digital Press In the Age of Social Media
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes the career development success of the Discover the Unexpected (DTU) NNPA Journalism Fellowship program that has just completed its first term of providing undergraduate students at the Howard University School of Communication the unique apprentice opportunity to work at NNPA member newspapers in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and Detroit.
View MorePillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival
For the black community in Chicago and elsewhere, Johnson Publishing Company represented a certain kind of hope.
View MoreNew York Times Failed to Capture Problems Facing Black Press
Sunday’s front-page story on the Black Press failed to accurately portray the accomplishments of and the depth of the problems facing Black-owned media, according to scholars, Black media owners and editors.
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