In the end, it may be the cell phone that makes the difference in Oscar Grant's death. Without it, it's likely that 22-year old father would have been just
another anonymous black man who ended up dead after a run in with law
enforcement.
Don’t make the mistake my job-seeking friend did. She
isn’t on LinkedIn yet because she’s waiting to be invited.
Recently, after talking to several different peers of mine I was once
again reminded of how one's ethnicity, upbringing and surrounding
environment can result in people having different perspectives on the
same situation. For example, when Oscar Grant was shot and killed in
front of hundreds of citizens at the Fruitvale Bart Station in Oakland
there was only one thought racing through my head: another example of
racially motivated police brutality.
Arianna Huffington launched a new nonprofit venture focused specifically on investigative journalism. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be headed by Nick Penniman, founder of the American News Project, which will be folded into the fund.
The velocity of commentary increases every week. First, there was Clay Shirky's excellent piece on the future of newspapers. Now, there's a piece in the Nation, written by John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney, that comes close to being a manifesto for the movement to save the papers. 
Selling the new world: Bloggers weigh in on the future of journalism in general, and newspapers in particular.
The New York Times reports that a number of people in the metropolitan area no longer pay for cable television. While the monthly cost is more noticeable in today's economy, especially for recent college grads who might be out of work, the fact that this cohort looks increasingly to Web sites such as Hulu for their programs is significant, not just for cable companies, but also for newspapers.
After opening remarks from New York Times CEO Janet Robinson, Tim O'Reilly spoke about the digital future of newspapers.
Video from the Unity Convention 2008 by Robert Lopez. View interviews of conference attendees, conference panels, and conference social events. (07/30/08)
As the crowd awaits the appearance of Barack Obama at the Unity
Convention in Chicago, 1980s music is blasted out into the large
ballroom at McCormick Center West.
Opening Reception, Maynard Institute "30 Years and Counting" Breakfast, and more.
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Multimedia Editing Program Fellowships Available
Twelve fellowships to attend the Maynard Institute’s Multimedia Editing Program are available to journalists from small and medium size publications. The fellowships are made possible by a three-year grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The Multimedia Editing Program runs from June 1 - July 10 at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. The program will equip participants to help their news organizations strengthen the print product and build a robust online presence.
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Twelve fellowships to attend the Maynard Institute’s Multimedia Editing Program are available to journalists from small and medium size publications. The fellowships are made possible by a three-year grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The Multimedia Editing Program runs from June 1 - July 10 at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. The program will equip participants to help their news organizations strengthen the print product and build a robust online presence.
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Much of today's media coverage breaks the country into black and white, North and South, male and female. Doing so fails to capture the complexity of American life that journalists need to portray.
Based on the late Robert C. Maynard's belief that the five fault lines of race, class, gender, generation and geography are the most enduring forces shaping lives, experiences and social tensions in this country, the Maynard Institute's Fault Lines framework helps journalists build a more diverse source list, have more voices in stories and determine which fault lines are at work in complex issues.
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Based on the late Robert C. Maynard's belief that the five fault lines of race, class, gender, generation and geography are the most enduring forces shaping lives, experiences and social tensions in this country, the Maynard Institute's Fault Lines framework helps journalists build a more diverse source list, have more voices in stories and determine which fault lines are at work in complex issues.
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| Black History Project Stories of the African American journalists who broke into media during the '60s and '70s. |
Caldwell Journals An account of the pioneers who broke the color barrier in America's newspapers |
Ed Bradley View video from his interview as part of the Black Journalists Movement Project |
Black History Month and Beyond documents and preserves the stories of those courageous African American journalists who broke into general circulation media during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. [more...]
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| Martin Reynolds View an interview with Martin Reynolds, Managing Editor at the Oakland Tribune. |
Media Academy View video from the Maynard Media Academy at Harvard University |
Chauncey Bailey View video and more from the Chauncey Bailey Project |
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| History Project Stories of the African American journalists who broke into media during the '60s and '70s. |
Caldwell Journals An account of the pioneers who broke the color barrier in America's newspapers |
Ed Bradley View video from his interview as part of the Black Journalists Movement Project |