Guest Columnists

Tribute: Nancy Hicks Maynard, thanks for diversifying America's newsrooms

hrashid — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:27 -0400

When I asked a group of college journalism students to name African-American journalism pioneers, names such as Ed Bradley, Bryant Gumbel and Oprah Winfrey came quickly.

Unfortunately, Nancy Hicks Maynard's name wasn't on the tip of their tongues, but this media trailblazer's story needs to be shared over and over again with students.

UNITY Reflections: Re-energizing the news business

hrashid — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:29 -0400

As I reflect on UNITY: Journalists of Color 2008, six R's come to mind - reunion, recession, retention, retraining, recruitment and re-energized.

La Lengua: El Contrato Roto

hrashid — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:54:40 -0400

Read the English version

By Ytaelena López

Language: a broken contract

hrashid — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:54:40 -0400

Read the Spanish version

Language is not sum of the words we use every day, it is a social contract. We recognize each other as part of a culture through the language we speak. In the United States it is English. But what about people like me, living in the U.S. but writing (and speaking) in Spanish?

Twitter en Espanol

hrashid — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:01:54 -0400

Whoo hoo! Wednesdays

hrashid — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:34:22 -0400

"Whoohoo!" usually is not your first thought when you are laid off.

But eight weeks ago, when I joined that quickening procession of cast-off journalists headed for the unemployment rolls, I found it on my lips anyway.

As in, "Whoohoo, this is exciting!"