The 2024 Discover the Unexpected / National Newspaper Publishers Association (“Sponsor”) Fellowship (the “Fellowship”) is open to current undergraduate students of historically black colleges and universities who are U.S. residents. Win $10k Scholarship, $8k...
Category: Article on Diversity
Brittany Noble Fired For Wearing Her Natural Hair While Anchoring the News
Black Female Anchor Told Not to Wear Her Natural Hair or Report on Anything Race-Related at Her Mississippi Station Reprint Article from Ebony.com Brittany Noble, 32, a former news anchor at WJTV, a local...
New Webinar Scheduled For July 27 and an Interview with Former Trainee Nicole Murray
July 27 Webinar Scheduled We’re conducting a second webinar, July 27 at 11:00a PST, and will have the pleasure of introducing Nicole Murray of KFDM to everyone in attendance. We will again go over...
Congrats to April Ryan For being Named 2017 NABJ Journalist of the Year!
Press Release from NABJ. WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2, 2017) – April Ryan has been selected as the 2017 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The annual award recognizes a black journalist...
The Atlantic: Where Are All the Minority Journalists?
5 Facts About The State of TV Newsrooms
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Is There Still a Need For Diversity Within The News Media?
When MIBTP was created in 1992, we assumed that diversifying the newsroom would not be needed indefinitely; that there would come a time when an organization like ours would go the way of the dinosaur. It’s 2014 and...
