Resources: Black History Facts, People, and Journalism
Minorities in the Media: 1900-Present
An interactive timeline showcases the people and key events that shaped the media landscape of the United States in the past century.
Diversity Game
This online interactive game challenges players to diversify a typical newsroom, while testing their basic knowledge of cultures. You've just been appointed editor of a mid-size newspaper and the publisher has asked you to move aggressively to diversify newsroom staffing and the paper's content. Are you up for the challenge?
Diversity Guide
A listing of diversity training programs nationwide, from high school to professional levels. We need your input to make sure your training programs are included in the guide, which will be published Fall 2004.
Organizations
Links to journalism resource sites, media organizations, fellowships, and grant opportunities.
Industry Studies
Links to studies, surveys and statistics relevant to journalists of color.
- Open Thread: Does the Celebrity Doppelganger Facebook Meme leave out POCs?
- links for 2010-02-09
- Confusion in the Come-on: Racial Assumptions in Random Places
- Chain Reaction: Questlove and the NBC Cafeteria Menu
- If Toyota Sneezes, Will Japan Still Get Pneumonia?
- Bushwick Is Dying
- Fewer Filipino Nurses Sought Work in U.S. in '09
- Super Bowl Sexism, by the Numbers
- WMC Statement on CBS Airing of Focus on the Family’s Super Bowl Ad
- Costa Rica Elects First Woman President
Come join Sally Lehrman, a professor and journalist who writes regularly on race, gender and identity issues and Maynard Institute President Dori J. Maynard as we talk about the best and worst of media coverage and diversity. Add comments and give us your thoughts.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Maynard Institute gears up for its coming celebration of Black History Month
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 |
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...]
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
