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Remembering Henry Nxumalo, Pioneer Under Apartheid

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

This story was written by Mohamed Keita, Africa advocacy coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ is a nonprofit organization championing the rights of journalists since 1981. 

Just over 55 years ago, on New Year's Eve 1957, trailblazing South African journalist Henry Nxumalo was murdered while investigating suspicious deaths at an abortion clinic in Sophiatown, a suburb west of Johannesburg.

 
  

  

    


  
  	    

      Media and the Case for Stephen Lawrence
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, January 12, 2012        

        




This story was originally published by Media Diversity Institute. The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) works internationally to encourage and facilitate responsible media coverage of diversity. 


 


Few national institutions emerge with dignity or enhanced credibility from the Stephen Lawrence murder case, but media have more reason to be cheerful than most.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      The Maynard Institute Participates in Media Diversity Best Practices Conference
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Wednesday, November 9, 2011        

        




Maynard President Dori Maynard sat on a panel to discuss diversity issues in the media Monday for the U.S.-European Best Practices Exchange on Promoting Social Cohesion through Broadcast Media, hosted by the U.S. State Department.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Uncovering Race: A Black Journalist's Story of Reporting and Reinvention - EXCERPT
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Wednesday, October 19, 2011        

        




Excerpt from Amy Alexander's new book "Uncovering Race: A Black Journalist's Story of Reporting and Reinvention." Copyright 2011, Beacon Press
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Occupy Oakland Protestors Want More Diversity in Movement
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, October 13, 2011        

        




This story was originally published by New America Media.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Maynard Institute Webinar on Structural Inequity - Survey Now Available
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, October 13, 2011        

        




Welcome to the Maynard Institute  webinar on identifying and reporting on structural inequities in health  and education. 
 
The one-hour webinar was broadcast on  Wednesday, October 5, 2011. It is underwritten by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.


View the webinar here 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Troy Davis Execution - Suppression of Race Discussion? 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Friday, September 23, 2011        

        




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While watching CNN’s Anderson Cooper plow through coverage of Troy  Davis’ execution last week, I couldn’t help but think: Where is the  discussion of race? Here was a black man convicted of killing a white  off-duty police officer, and there were doubts about his guilt.


Race finally reared its ugly head at the very end of the program in  the form of a disturbing reminder from CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Familiar Patterns of Minority Exclusion Follow Mainstream Media Online
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, September 22, 2011        

        




This story is from the Fall 2011 issue of Nieman Reports, published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. 
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Sulzberger encourages news industry to 'embrace diversity' 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Monday, September 19, 2011        

        




This is the first post from the ASNE Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent and Revenue conference, on the ASNE website. 


NEW YORK --Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., the publisher of The New York Times, today challenged the news industry “to embrace diversity and take action to transform your organizations” in the face of tremendous changes in technology, demographics and the economy.
     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      President Must Sell Complicated Jobs Program to a Simple-Minded Congress
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

	      

    

            

                    Thursday, September 15, 2011        

        




This article is from Mark Trahant's weekly Monday column, Trahant Reports. 


President Barack Obama must sell a complex idea to a Congress that prides itself on simplicity.