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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