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Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:21 PM

MEXICAN IMMIGRANT BECOMES A STAR

by Leo E. Laurence; Member: S-P-J National Committee on Diversity       We are a nation of immigrants. That diversity makes us strong!       Unfortunately, we also have a looooong (sic) history
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Friday, August 29, 2008 12:16 PM

NBC DENIES CENSORING GAY OLYMPIC DIVER

by Leo E. Laurence; Member: S-P-J National Committee on Diversity       NBC Sports has denied even being aware of any controversy over its coverage of the only openly gay Olympian, Australian diver Mathew Mitcham.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:50 PM

DIVERSITY MISSING IN DEMO COVERAGE

by Leo E. Laurence; Member, S-P-J National Committee on Diversity       Diversity seems to be missing in much of the massive coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Yet, it IS there, big time!       For
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Monday, August 25, 2008 4:47 PM

Can Black Journalists Be Objective When Covering a Black Candidate?

NABJ President Barbara Ciara:When I was an aspiring journalist back in the 1970s, a college professor taught a lesson that has shaped the kind of journalist I try to be today. He instructed our class to use three questions when approaching a story. Before
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Monday, August 25, 2008 1:19 PM

DEMOCRATS AND DIVERSITY ???

by Leo E. Laurence; Member, S-P-J National Committee on Diversity       As democrats convene in Denver to formally nominate Sen. Barrack Obama for president and Sen. Joseph Biden for vice president, journalists need to look
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Monday, August 25, 2008 11:39 AM

DIVERSITY IN JOURNALISM EDUCATION

by Leo E. Laurence; Member, National Committee on Diversity       A university scholar in Barcelona, Spain was surprised by the strong and often hostile reactions to my earlier blog postings discouraging the use of the phrase
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:12 PM

Covering stories about the transgender can be challening

By Leo E. Laurence; Member, National Committee on DiversityThe Fox News Channel got into trouble in August by airing “a crude and obnoxious segment concerning the recent announcement of America’s Next Top Model’s first-ever transgender contestant,” as
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