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Stewart, Pearl – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
At many HBCUs, students have invested time and energy into keeping their online and print publications afloat or reviving them from dormancy. However, at other schools the results are often less fruitful. "The Meter" at Tennessee State was an award-winning weekly just three years ago with a website that was updated frequently for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Scholastic Journalism, School Publications, Printed Materials
New Voices: In Its Fifth Year, Journalism Project Continues to Train Hispanics in Writing and Reporting
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Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
In this article, the author features a new multimedia, bilingual communications class called Borderzine. With an initial $15,000 seed grant from the Ford Foundation and soon afterward a four-year $400,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Borderzine is approaching its fifth anniversary with much to celebrate about its efforts…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Foreign Countries, Communications, Mass Media
"Time Out"
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Pluviose, David – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
According to recent statistics from the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Blacks hold just 6.2 percent of newspaper sports department jobs--a startling disparity when considering that 78 percent of NBA players and 66 percent of NFL players are Black. How does this disparity affect the coverage of top…
Descriptors: Editing, African Americans, Minority Groups, Athletics