The impact of turnover and layoffs has hit many working journalists hard. Some feel overwhelmed by increased workloads and having to juggle multiple things at once.
At the end of next week, Sharon Rosenhause, the managing editor at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel will retire after serving more than 20 years in the newspaper business, as a mentor and a long-standing voice for journalists of color.
Ex corresponsales los principales medios de Estados Unidos que laboraron en Cuba consideran el país un de los lugares más difíciles de reportar, por la secretividad del régimen y el constante acoso de los periodistas.
According to two surveys released by NABJ, people of color are still a minority in television newsrooms’ highest leadership positions.
Barack Obama did it. Jennifer Lopez did it. And now NAMME is doing it.
The National Association of Multicultural Media Executives, or NAMME, has changed its name to better embrace its cultural heritage and history.
Newspapers from Los Angeles to Boston have been taking steps to defray costs by downsizing their staffs. Here are 10 newspapers that announced layoffs and buyouts since June 23, and the number of employees they were planning to cut.
While mainstream newspapers are laying off large numbers of staff and producing smaller papers, Native American tribal newspapers are doing just the opposite – increasing their staff, exploring new revenue sources and publishing more often.
The always stressful journalism industry has become even more so as rounds of buyouts and layoffs cast a cloud of uncertainty over rapidly shrinking newsrooms.
Some former newspaper journalists are doing as much as they can to transfer their skills into other areas, while others have gone in a new direction.
Diversity is not just a feel-good thing – it’s good business, even amid turbulent times, according to UNITY leaders.
I can’t imagine finding a more perfect job. But as I prepare to report news for decades, voices across the newsroom echo in my head. And they are chipping away at my decision.
Some readers tend to think Spanish-language tabloids are a new, up-and-coming market, but Latino newspapers have been around for nearly 200 years.
For 18 years, Joe Grimm's friendly smile and witty jabs have become a journalism conference staple. But this year is different.
Financially strapped media companies are considering cuts to foreign bureaus as a way to cut costs.
For journalists feeling burned-out from the business, UNITY convention speakers Angela Neal-Barnett and Carla Davis from Rise, Sally, Rise Inc. will offer a seminar Friday called “Beat Up, Burned Out? How to Hang in, Rejuvenate and Thrive in Tough Times.”
The days of having a single mentor to guide you throughout your career or trying to get by without one have passed.
Rapidly changing newsrooms mean that young journalists ought to have several numbers on speed dial.
“It might be wise for a person to have a whole coaching staff,” said Joe Grimm, recruiting and development editor at the Detroit Free Press.
“Nobody knows who we are. They don’t understand the fundamental building blocks of Arab Americans. We are defined by political events,” said Ray Hanania of the National Arab American Journalists Association.
Some newspapers have cut back on internship programs, leaving aspiring journalists concerned about job prospects.
The ethical belief that journalists shouldn’t reveal their political inclinations is common among many news organizations.
Spanish-language journalism programs at universities across the country are struggling to survive.
Political blogging sites have become increasingly influential in U.S. politics, according to some political experts.
In an age where newspapers are reshaping coverage to accommodate Internet users, many wonder what effect such a heightened demand for immediacy and convergence will have on traditional newspapers.
To keep up with the digital world and survive amid declining circulation, today’s newsrooms need versatile journalists who can quickly learn skills outside of their own expertise.
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