The Maynard Institute | Diversifying the Face of American Journalism

Diggin Deeper on the brown-black divide

An interview with Iván Román, NAHJ executive director (6/21/2008)

Connecting With Community

Oakland Tribune Editor Martin Reynolds Finds New Ways to Engage Readers in Digital Age
Reggie Royston
June 2, 2008

Coverage of 'Brown-Black' Divide Overlooks Nuance, Complexity

Slayings of blacks in Los Angeles by Latino gang members in recent years have exposed an undercurrent of conflict between African Americans and Hispanics, but this year's presidential campaign squarely brought the issue of a brown-black divide to the attention of journalists nationwide. (04/15/2008)

Black Intelligentsia Takes Root on the Web

Henry Louis Gates' newest media venture, The Root, approaches the insightful African American news commentary that once graced the pages of George Curry's Emerge and picks up where his previous academic-centered publication, Africana.com (now AOL Black Voices), left off.

When Is Obama's Race Worth Mentioning?

Friday, January 25, 2008

His message is about unity, health care and bringing the troops home. By the way, he also happens to be black.

Interview: Howard Witt

For the past four years, the Chicago Tribune's Howard Witt has been based in Houston as a civil rights correspondent and Southwest bureau chief. Witt's stories have probed legal discrimination that has led to uneven justice for whites and blacks in small towns such as Jena, La., and Paris, Texas.

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Diversity Headlines

What's New?Fault Lines Black History Month and Beyond

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Maynard Institute gears up for its coming celebration of Black History Month

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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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

Of Interest Martin Reynolds Media Academy

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...]


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


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