Welcome to Mije.org

We are very pleased to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Maynard Institute website, www.mije.org! Our talented web developers, Woody Lewis and Harris Rashid, have worked tirelessly to create exciting, new content and applications that enrich your browsing experience. While our aim to provide insightful commentary on diversity issues and current events remains unchanged, we hope the fresh look and enhanced features of our website allow visitors to be engaged more fully in the news than ever before.

The enhancements to www.mije.org will enable visitors to:

  • Scan the website utilizing improved navigation;
  • Comment directly on news stories and columns;
  • Subscribe to columnist RSS feeds;
  • Watch videos: The Chauncey Bailey Project, Fault Lines trainings, exclusive interviews with media professionals, and a documentary about Robert C. Maynard himself;
  • Peruse recent contributions to the Maynard Blog;
  • View photo galleries capturing the Institute's work from past to present;
  • Browse the History Project, featuring the Caldwell Journals and Black Journalists Movement;
  • Monitor the Chauncey Bailey Project as it develops;
  • View the latest Media Academy and Editing Program videos.

Stay posted for further improvements coming soon including a Diversity Job Board and Maynard Grapevine, as well as the Alumni Corner. Thirty years and counting, the Maynard Institute invites you to explore our new online home and share our passion for diversity in journalism and our continued devotion to accurate reporting in the news media.


Nancy Maynard, co-founder of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education died September 21, 2008.
For 30 years, the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education has been committed to helping the news media reflect America's diversity in staffing, content, and business operations. Incorporated in 1977, the Institute offers editing and management training programs as well as direct services to news organizations. [more]
Alumni Watch
See the work of Maynard alums and the changes they are making in the newsroom.

Maynard Journal
The Maynard Journal is published quarterly in print. To download the latest issues in PDF format, please click below.

Robert C. Maynard
Take a tour through the Robert C. Maynard Photo Gallery
Media Academy
View photos from the Maynard Media Academy at Harvard University
Editing Program
View photos from the Maynard Editing Program at the Reynolds School of Journalism
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