Maynard Institute

By Maynard Institute Staff WASHINGTON, DC – With trust in the media still recovering from an all-time low in 2016, the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education convened a group of journalists and other stakeholders Oct. 29 for a candid conversation about their roles in a democracy. “We are all in our silos, and […]

William (Bill) Celis, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism and a member of the board of directors of the Maynard Institute, was presented with the 2018 Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship yesterday (Sept. 12) at the ASNE-APME News Leadership Conference in Austin, Texas. The $1,000 […]

MIJE hosted a mixer this year at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Detroit. Below are some pics we snapped of our team and our friends during our mixer. Ida B. Wells Society co-founder and New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones (from left to right), Maynard Institute Co-Executive Martin G. Reynolds, Knight Foundation […]

By ASNE Staff, Link to original post: https://www.asne.org/blog_home.asp?Display=2475 Columbia, Mo. (June 28, 2018) – William (Bill) Celis, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism and the school’s associate dean for diversity, inclusion and strategic initiatives, is the recipient of the 2018 Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship, […]

(OAKLAND, CA) August 7, 2018 ​- ​KTVU/FOX2 is taking several steps to address an incident where it aired an insensitive photo of 18-year old Nia Wilson, who was stabbed to death on a BART platform July 22. Station management met Aug. 7 with representatives of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Bay Area […]

Opinion OAKLAND, CA – It’s happened again. A television station covering the death of an African American aired a photo that seemed to imply the person had it coming. This time KTVU FOX 2 News was reporting on the death of 18-year old Nia Wilson, who was stabbed to death while boarding a Bay Area […]

(OAKLAND, CA) July 24, 2018 – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Bay Area Black Journalists Association (BABJA) and the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) condemn KTVU FOX 2’s use of an unauthorized image of an Oakland woman just hours after she was fatally stabbed on a Bay Area Rapid […]

Posted By Joshua Benton Link to post: http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/03/come-work-for-nieman-lab-8/ We have an opening for a staff writer here at Nieman Lab. If you’re interested, apply over here! The job’s pretty easy to describe: You see all the stories on this website? The ones about journalism innovation — changes in how news gets reported, produced, distributed, discovered, […]

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We are excited to announce that the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education is seeking applications from journalism leaders, journalism entrepreneurs and storytellers nationwide for its pilot Maynard 200 Fellowship. Maynard 200 aims to expand the diversity pipeline in media by training 200 diverse journalists in the next five years. It is supported by […]