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Richard Prince's Journal-isms™

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. 

 

 
  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
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      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 
    

  
  
      

      
          

  
  

						      

    

            

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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.
     


    
 


 

  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

   


  

 



      
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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.”