Examining the Future of Black News Media

News & Notes with Ed Gordon, April 20, 2005 · With Black Entertainment Television's announcement that it will cancel its nightly news program in favor of a string of hourly news briefs, NPR's Allison Keyes examines concerns about the future of African-American news organizations.
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How Will African Americans Get the News?

News & Notes with Ed Gordon, April 20, 2005 · NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with two veterans of the news media: Richard Prince, copy editor for The Washington Post and author of the online column "Prince's Journal-isms" for the Maynard Institute; and Elinor Ruth Tatum, editor-in-chief of The New York Amsterdam News, one of the leading black weekly newspapers in the United States.
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