by lindaoppenheim | Dec 19, 2018 | Opinion
The Associated Press’ national writer on race and ethnicity, Errin Haines Whack, exhorts her colleagues to go beyond writing about race, “to not just report on racism, but to call it out. . . .Our avoidance of this issue — and the historical harm done as a...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 4, 2018 | Article
The November 2019 issue of the Columbia Journalism Review has several articles of interest: “Missing the Story” by Jelani Cobb, about what is often lost when white journalists write stories that deal with race, “Newsrooms have failed spectacularly at...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 22, 2017 | Events
Support the T. Thomas Fortune Foundation – and civil rights/journalism history. A Midsummer Night Affair – Great Food, Wine & Beer. Thursday, July 27, 5:30-8 pm,Danish Cafe (in the Galleria), 2 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank. Admission: $35 Come out and help...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 23, 2016 | Article, Uncategorized
“Rather than covering race all at once or assigning a single reporter to the topic, The New York Times has created a team of journalists in different departments throughout the newsroom who conceive and develop stories related to the subject,” Benjamin...
