Maynard Institute

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, […]

Dear MIJE reader – We have a small favor to ask: Would you participate in a quick survey? It doesn’t matter if you’re a casual reader or a MIJE regular. If you could take this survey, you’d help us gain a critical insight into what you expect (and want) from MIJE. Will you do it? […]

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 […]

Are you passionate about democracy and journalism’s role in keeping it vibrant? The Trust Project, an international network of news organizations implementing transparency standards to build a more trustworthy and trusted press, seeks a program administrator to support the senior director across several dimensions. These include events and workshops, program budget and contracts, expense reporting, […]

The Chicago Reporter, an independent award-winning investigative news outlet, seeks a visionary editor-in-chief with proven hands-on editing skills to lead our newsroom in producing impactful journalism on race and poverty. The Reporter is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit media organization with a 45-year legacy of combining data analysis and narrative storytelling to shed light on racial inequities […]