Archive: Sep 2003

Twelve Questions On Race

By Phil Latham• Diversity• September 15, 2003

If you were asked to grade race relations in Marshall, what grade, from 1 to 100, would you give? How might we improve our score? For the most part, predominantly white churches sat out of the civil rights movement. Black … Read more

Reporting on Race: Building a New Definition of ‘News’

By Jan Schaffer• Diversity• September 15, 2003

A report on race reporting by civic journalists highlights some common approaches. Read more

Having Conversations Across Race in Newsrooms

By Condace L. Pressley• Diversity• September 15, 2003

We have not ‘found a safe place or way to discuss racial issues with each other.’ Read more

Nieman Reports Revisits the Coverage of Black America

By Bob Giles• From the Curator• September 15, 2003

Journalists explore connections between the racial climate in newsrooms and news organizations’ coverage of race. Read more

Asking Questions So a Community Thinks About Race

By Phil Latham• Opinion• September 15, 2003

The Marshall News Messenger played a central role in creating a new dialogue. Read more

Moving Toward Participatory Journalism

By Dan Gillmor• Journalist’s Trade• September 15, 2003

‘If contemporary American journalism is a lecture, what it is evolving into is something that incorporates a conversation and seminar.’ Read more

Reporting on the Minority Education Beat

By Tim Simmons• Diversity• September 15, 2003

At The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, attention is focused on how race affects education. Read more

The Black Press: Past and Present

By Larry Muhammad• Diversity• September 15, 2003

‘Once considered an outdated protest medium, the black press today is appreciated as crucial to ethnic progress.’ Read more

Fall 2003: Words & Reflections Introduction

By Melissa Ludtke• Opinion• September 15, 2003

Accidents happen in newsrooms, and some even can be expected to happen, according to William F. Woo, a former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who teaches journalism at Stanford University. Woo connects ideas emerging from Charles Perrow and … Read more

Lacking a Worthy Story, a Columnist Retreats From Writing About Race

By Jack E. White• Opinion• September 15, 2003

‘Race is a subject that needs lowered voices, or even some benign neglect.’ Read more