Todd S Burroughs
I was pleasantly surprised to see that Tavis kept his “product” consistent. Compared to C-SPAN, CNN, et. al., last night’s forum seemed like it occurred in an alternate Black (albeit “mainstream”) universe.
The questioners showed why journalism experience still matters. I learned a lot about the condition of Black and Brown people in America from those questions. […]
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………………that there has been more diversity in the Presidential candidate pool than in the pool of panel journos. Until tonight. The panel of journalists is comprised of two African-Americans and a Latino.
Let’s see how tonight’s forum goes.
I have kept with me a yellowed Black newspaper clipping from September 11, 1989. I thought that today, the day Internet radio is conducting its “Day of Silence” protest, would be a good day to share extended excerpts of it.
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‘Guerrilla Radio’:
Underground radio station operator uses ’sneak attacks’ to educate community
By James Muhammad
Assistant Editor, The Final Call
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–WTRA, […]
…….Farai Chideya’s “News and Notes” interview with Chinua Achebe?
It’s been 21 years since this song and this artist took over my mind, body and soul.
I remember telling people at the time that my goal was to bear HER child! LOL!
What made me think about her today? I was joking with a friend of mine about Spike Lee’s cameo in this video:
While watching it, I […]
The 8-year-old (or so) I was with Friday night loved it. And my 9:15 p.m. Silver Spring showing looked sold out. When my friend Raoul Dennis asked for my verdict right after it was over, I said, “Well, it’s better the first, but what is that really saying?” We both laughed.
This is the reality of […]
I’m biased, but AJR—the winner of an Mirror Award for Overall Excellence from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—can be a very good magazine when it wants to be. It’s a solid resource for its targeted audience—the small group of white men (and some white women) who guide American mainstream journalism. It’s important to point out, however, that the […]
 Once again, he’s right on point.