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Students

Asian American Leaders Criticize State Rights Commission Task Force

Asian American students and community leaders are criticizing a state Human Rights Commission task force report on Washington State Story:

August 31, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Stepping Forward

As Butler University President Bobby Fong was reviewing applications a few years ago for a national fellows program that grooms future leaders of higher education Story:

August 24, 2005

Asian American Pacific Islander

Black Journalists Association Concerned About Impact

Black Journalists Association Concerned About Impact Of Downsizing on Newsroom DiversityWASHINGTON The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is troubled over the impact on newsroom diversity as the news media industry continues its steady pace of layoffs, buyouts and downsizing. At least five Black journalists were among more than 60 newsroom staffers recently let go […]

December 1, 2004

Students

SAJA Works to Raise Profile of South Asia, Journalism Profession

SAJA Works to Raise Profile of South Asia, Journalism ProfessionAfter several years of informal networking sessions and cocktail hours, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) are coming together for the first time at next month’s UNITY conference to co-host a panel on media coverage of civil liberties after […]

July 14, 2004

Asian American Pacific Islander

U.S. Newsrooms Still a Long Way From Racial Parity

U.S. Newsrooms Still a Long Way From Racial ParityIn some instances small increases can signal big gains — a one or two-point increase on the ACT, a mere quarter-point increase in interest rates. Yet, in the instance of newsroom diversity, a half a percentage point boost offers little to celebrate. “It’s pitiful that we continue […]

July 14, 2004

Asian American Pacific Islander

Texas A&M to Leave Race Out of Admissions Decisions

Texas A&M to Leave Race Out of Admissions Decisions University says it will step up minority recruiting, offer scholarships    While many colleges nationwide are scrambling to use affirmative action in admissions, Texas A&M University has announced it won’t give race any special consideration. Instead, A&M officials are confident that efforts such as stepped-up minority recruiting […]

December 31, 2003

Students

Aiming for the Top

Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]

July 30, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

A Faltering Picture of Diversity

A Faltering Picture of DiversityMinority journalists don’t have to consult industry surveys to know that their representation in the newsroom falls far below parityBy Ben Hammer Catalina Camia remembers how stunned she was when at a banquet for an Asian American community group in the late 1980s, a lawyer she had been speaking with for […]

July 30, 2003

Asian American Pacific Islander

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the Web

Institute Showcases History of Black Journalists on the WebOAKLAND, Calif.The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE) is using video on the Web to tell a forgotten chapter of journalism history.The Maynard Institute late last month launched “The Black Journalists Movement,” a unique online oral history project that gives voice to Black journalists recalling […]

March 27, 2002

Asian American Pacific Islander

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group WASHINGTONEnglish-speaking Asian Americans are more experienced and more active Internet users than Whites, African Americans or Hispanics, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the Internet’s impact on children, families, communities, health care, […]

January 16, 2002

Asian American Pacific Islander

Investigating Newsroom Diversity

Investigating Newsroom DiversityCan daily newspapers deliver on minority recruitment and retention?By Ronald RoachAs with many minority journalists, Lynne Varner, an editorial writer for The Seattle Times, has long demonstrated a commitment to attracting and recruiting Black, Latino, Asian American and American Indian students to the journalism profession. That interest has prompted Varner to help coordinate […]

August 15, 2001

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Fading Complexion of the Fourth Estate

The Fading Complexion of the Fourth EstateSimilar to employees of color in countless different industries, many journalists of color feel their talent and skills are not valued and that their employers are not committed to nurturing their professional growth. So, when they get fed up, they leave, and I mean leave the field altogether. Recent […]

August 15, 2001