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Welcome to The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education -  We promote diversity in the news media through improved coverage, hiring, business practices & training programs that equip journalists with leadership, multimedia skills and subject expertise for news organizations across platforms. Our primary mission is to ensure that all segments of our diverse society are fairly, accurately and credibly portrayed.

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Job-Hunting Journalists Duped by Fake Newspaper

Friday, June 14, 2013

Accused con artist said to pay staffers with forged checks; white deaths exceed births for first time in a century; no black dads pictured in Time Father's Day feature; protection order against Detroit reporter Fleming lifted; Senate Democrats in rare Q-and-A with black journalists; TV One to use hands-on TV production to teach STEM; NAACP fund's Ifill calls race vs. class a false choice; NFL boss defends Redskins name as "unifying force"; Africans uneasy over media focus on Mandela. (6/14/13)

 

from Dori Maynard

It's Time to Recognize All Dads on Father's Day

Dear Sheryl Sandberg,

You advise women to lean in and speak up. I’m taking your advice.

I can’t tell you how disappointed I was in the Father’s Day feature on which your Lean In Foundation collaborated with Time magazine. 

 

 
  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
LGBTQIA Pride 2013

  
  

    

        

      
For the month of June 2013, The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education celebrates 30 trailblazers from the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Allied) community.For the month of June 2013, The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education celebrates 30 trailblazers from the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Allied) community.

The curated list of Americans chosen for our feature is worthy of celebration and further study, which our short profiles hope to encourage. Included are writers, editors, journalists, publishers, trailblazers and change makers. They remind us of the rich contributions LGBTQIA people make and have made in journalism and the broader media industry.

This is by no means a definitive or exhaustive listing. It’s a starting point for learning, comment and discussion during the various Pride Celebrations happening in late June, when our nation pays a little more attention to issues of diversity. Be heard. Tell us what you think and what we can learn by sending a message to features@mije.org!

You can also visit previous year's features here: LGBTQIA Pride Archive 
    

  
  
  
      

        

    


  
  	    

      Janet Mock
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

		

    

    

            

                            

        





    

            

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Janet Mock is a writer and activist who creates, critiques, and contributes to media in an effort to expand society’s limited portrait of womanhood. In February 2014, her memoir Fish Food will be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster.

      
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from Grapevine

  
  

    

    
  
  
      

        

    


  
  	    

      Mark Trahant to Serve as UAA 2013-14 Atwood Chair of Journalism
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      
Journalist Mark Trahant, MIJE Board Chair, will serve as the 20th Atwood  Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The position  brings nationally known journalists to teach courses and speak to  students, journalists and the public in Alaska.
     


    
 


 

  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
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      ‘Bias Busters’ Class Publishes Cultural Competence Guide
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      
100 Questions & Answers About Indian Americans - GuideWhere do we begin to learn about one another?


Here’s a little story and a little answer.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      How to Use Twitter to Go Beyond Your Fault Lines 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      
We often talk to journalists about ways to use Twitter and social  media to broaden their understanding and awareness of a wide spectrum of  communities. In this article, reprinted with permission, Sarah Milstein  talks about the insights gained by listening in on Twitter  conversations and provides specific tips on how to go about filling your  feed with new voices and new perspectives. The original article can be  found here:  "Can Twitter Make White People Less Racist?"  - MIJE Staff
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      DFM's Steve Buttry talks diversity 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      

    

            

                    Thursday, February 14, 2013        

        




In 2012, Digital First announced that it was undertaking several companywide diversity initiatives, including working with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education to create a program that allows all Digital First employees to go through Fault Lines, Maynard’s diversity program. 

This comes as overall efforts at newsroom diversity are falling short. Diversity has taken a disproportionate hit as news organizations tried to find a foothold in a rapidly changing technological and business environment.
     


    
 


 

  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
from Oakland Voices

  
  

    

    
  
  
      

        

    


  
  	    

      OV 2013 Grad Sabirah Mustafa commentary airs on NPR affiliate KQED 
    

  
  
  
  

			      
    
            
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Congratulations to Oakland Voices 2013 grad Sabirah Mustafa whose commentary, Oakland Woman Finds Mental Health Beyond Medication, aired yesterday on The California Report, produced by KQED, the nation's most popular NPR affiliate.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      PHOTOS: Congratulations, graduates!
    

  
  
  
  

			      
    
            
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Congratulations to all of our East Oakland 2012-2013 correspondents. We were thrilled to celebrate your hard work, and your commitment to your city, at our graduation last month.

The Oakland Tribune, The Maynard Institute, and your site director Christopher Johnson wish you all nothing but the best as you continue to tell the stories of your communities. Oakland needs you.


     


    
 


 

  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
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      The legend of creation and evolution theory
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      
In 1908, you could pick up a public school “science” textbook and read the following:

“God created the heavens and the Earth in 6 days…It is a duty to pray…God governs the world in infinite wisdom.”

In 2000, a typical public school “science” textbook reads as follows:

“Evolution  is fact, not theory – birds arose from non-birds and humans from  non-humans. No person who pretends to any understanding of the natural  world can deny these facts.”
     


    
 


 

  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
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      WBBM-TV Issues Statement on 4-Year-Old Boy Clip
    

  
  
  
  

		

    

    

            

                    August 25, 2011        

        




On Aug. 12, Bob Butler reported on the Maynard Institute website about WBBM-TV in Chicago airing a story on a shooting. It included video of a 4-year-old boy saying he wanted his own gun. The station edited out the rest of the boy’s statement that he wanted the gun because he wants to be a police officer. Butler also reported that “there is no diversity in WBBM’s management.”


In response, Jeff Kiernan, vice president and news director for WBBM-TV in Chicago, sent this statement to the Institute:
  


    
 


 


  

  

    


  
  	    

      BBC Coverage of London Riots
    

  
  
  
  

					

    

    

            

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                    August 24, 2011        

        




News coverage of black men and boys often paints them in a negative light no matter where they are in the world.


The latest example was coverage of London, which experienced four nights of rioting, looting and arson after a black man was shot to death by police.


BBC television news reports and other global news channels showed crowds rioting and looting. While people of all races and ages engaged in criminal behavior, young black men were singled out as being primarily responsible.