"How can we as Latinos be 50 million strong in the U.S. and still be ignored by the major news outlets. How can we still not be the lead players on some of these networks?" ...

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By Tracie Powell UPDATING The online editor was fired and the opinions page editor is under a two-week suspension at Grambling State University's student newspaper, The Gramblinite, following growing tensions there between students and administrators. David Lankster Sr. said he's been fired after tweeting statements from anonymous sources and photos of dilapidated facilities (here and here) using the newspa ...

A 'patch' of hope for Patch.com ...

UPDATE 2: ABC News now reporting that the editor accused of referring to Dr. Danielle Lee as an "urban whore" has been fired. UPDATE 1: Scientific American's Editor-in-Chief, Mariette DiChristina, responds to 'urban whore' controversy in open letter to readers. Says Expresses commitment to covering "real and important issues regarding the treatment of women in science and women of color in science," apologi ...

Selling sex and violence to kids through comics ...

By Tracie Powell Since African Americans are disproportionately represented in public sector jobs -- in other words they disproportionately work for the government -- allDigitocracy took a cursory check around the Web to see how black news organizations are covering the U.S. government shutdown. Unfortunately, we didn't find a whole lot specific to black folks. Of particular interest, however, is the fact t ...

Want an upwardly mobile career in journalism? Better learn to code. ...

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The federal government shut down is affecting websites too — the Copyright Office site is down. ...