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Online: In Pursuit of the Perfect Web Site

By Hillary Atkin For television and radio stations and newspapers across the country, adjunct Web sites are an essential tool in reaching their target audiences and extending their brands across cyberspace. Creating the most relevant site can be a challenge,…

Technology: Letting the Public Tell the Story

By Daisy Whitney It’s nice when someone else can help you do your job, especially if they’ll work for free. Audience submissions are coming into their own as a resource for news networks, local stations and newspapers, which are increasingly…

NABJ: Bridging the Job Gap

By Allison J. Waldman In these difficult economic times, as newspapers continue to shutter, TV advertising sales lag and newsrooms demand more from ever-smaller staffs, this year’s National Association of Black Journalists’ convention and career fair could prove one of…

NABJ: Economy’s Cuts Felt Deeply by Minorities

By Allison J. Waldman The main objective of the 2009 National Association of Black Journalists conference, being held this month in Tampa, Fla., is to help members reinvent themselves professionally, either by expanding their skills to encompass new forms of…

NABJ: ‘Washington Watch’ to Offer a New Perspective on D.C.

By Allison J. Waldman Roland S. Martin speaks eloquently and in bold statements. When he says that he has a fresh perspective for the 21st century, he means it. In addition to currently running for the post as secretary of…

NABJ: Michael Wilbon Sporting a New Honor

Michael Wilbon, longtime Washington Post sports columnist and co-host of ESPN’s popular daily sports talk show “Pardon the Interruption,” will be honored with the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award on Aug. 8 at the organization’s annual convention…

NABJ: Asian American Journalists Share the Goal

By Dinah Eng The Asian American Journalists Association, one of NABJ’s partners in the Unity: Journalists of Color strategic alliance, will also be exploring ways to reinvent the business of journalism and helping its members make new career choices at…

Are Zucker’s Critics, Especially Journalists, Fair?

Variety columnist Brian Lowry writes about the changes NBC continues to go through. He notes that NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker is clearly innovative and, for a long time now, has been "willing to explore new ways of doing business." Zucker has…

Check Out This Take on ‘Jon & Kate’: The Obsession with Them is a Positive Media Development

Baltimore Sun TV Critic David Zurawik has a different take on the ‘Jon & Kate’ phenom. In his latest column he says that "One of the pleasures some viewers get in writing and talking about the Gosselins is connected to…

Tune Into One of the Best Reality Shows You’ve Never Heard of on Sunday Night

TV Critic Ed Martin says if you tune into the reality show "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" this Sunday night you won’t be disappointed. What? It’s on BBC America, and it’s about  young women competing for the…