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South Africa Crowns Its First Black “Idol”
Idols SA first launched in 2002, and eight seasons later, the South African television show, based on the popular British show Pop Idol (the inspiration for the U.S.’ American Idol), finally crowned...
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Princeton University Offers Free Summer Journalism Program for High School...
An all-expenses-paid program for high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds will take place for 10 days next summer on the campus of Princeton University. The program is entering its...
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Dean Baquet Becomes NY Times’ First African American Executive Editor
Dean Baquet, managing editor of the New York Times and former top editor at the Los Angeles Times, was named Executive Editor on Wednesday after Jill Abramson stepped down from the New York...
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The New York Times Apologizes to Shonda Rhimes
In the words of Omar from The Wire, “you come at the king, you best not miss.” The New York Times came for the queen, that would be the one and only Shonda Rhimes, and they missed royally and now they...
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The New York Times Magazine Features Claudia Rankine Article “The Meaning of...
Award-winning poet, playwright and professor Claudia Rankine has authored a cover article for the New York Times Magazine on tennis great Serena Williams. “The Meaning of Serena Williams: On Tennis...
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Lydia Polgreen Named New Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post
article via thegrio.com Lydia Polgreen has been named as the next editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, following founder Arianna Huffington, who was the first. Polgreen, a New York Times associate...
View ArticleSimmons College Renames College of Media, Arts and Humanities in Memory of...
via jbhe.com Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, announced that it will rename its College of Media, Arts and Humanities after…
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via blavity.com According to the Washington Post, a recent Color of Change and Family Story study found that the news media…
View ArticleAnd The Children Shall Lead Them: Georgetown University Students Vote to Pay...
According to jbhe.com, the student body of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. recently voted on a proposal to add a semester…
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South Africa Crowns Its First Black “Idol”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtRl1UBESI&w=560&h=315] Idols SA first launched in 2002, and eight seasons later, the South African television show, based on the popular British show...
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Princeton University Offers Free Summer Journalism Program for High School...
Members of the Summer Journalism Program pose for a photo at the entrance to The New York Times, one of several news organizations they visited during a visit to New York City. The students also...
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Dean Baquet Becomes NY Times’ First African American Executive Editor
Dean Baquet, managing editor of the New York Times and former top editor at the Los Angeles Times, was named Executive Editor on Wednesday after Jill Abramson stepped down from the New York...
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The New York Times Apologizes to Shonda Rhimes
In the words of Omar from The Wire, “you come at the king, you best not miss.” The New York Times came for the queen, that would be the one and only Shonda Rhimes, and they missed royally and now they...
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The New York Times Magazine Features Claudia Rankine Article "The Meaning of...
Serena Williams (CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES) by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Editor-in-Chief Award-winning poet, playwright and professor Claudia Rankine has authored a cover article for...
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Simmons College Renames College of Media, Arts and Humanities in Memory of...
Gwen Ifill (photo via Getty Images) via jbhe.com Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, announced that it will rename its College of Media, Arts and Humanities after Gwen Ifill, the noted journalist...
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New Study Shows News Outlets Skew Towards Negative Portrayals of Black...
Photo: ABC via blavity.com According to the Washington Post, a recent Color of Change and Family Story study found that the news media has had a significant hand in negatively skewing the perceptions...
View ArticleEleven Years Ago Today: Good Black News Was Founded
GOOD BLACK NEWS proudly celebrates its eleventh anniversary today, March 18, 2021. GBN initially launched in 2010 as a Facebook page (read the story behind GBN’s creation here), and in 2012, we created...
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