Blogger? Okay (Gulp! NOT Upset, Really! :)), But I Remember When Clark…….

Posted on October 25, 2012 by toddpanther

….and Lois were television reporters! And here’s some more from that 1970s era, in a classic story:

(And of course I liked NPR’s tongue-and-cheek on the new blogger Clark. If the often-goofy “On The Media” passes on this, I’ll be really disappointed.)

Malala, Swatted

Posted on October 9, 2012 by toddpanther

Her story, and her family’s, can be found here in English.

NOVEMBER 12th UPDATE: And here it is, from her father.

Expanding The Debate

Posted on October 4, 2012 by toddpanther

What a great idea! And here’s some fact-checking.

(Of course, it’s Romney 1, Obama 0, democracy -10. 🙂 )

The Born Writer

Posted on September 13, 2012 by drumsintheglobalvillage

As a committed writer (not a good or talented one; believe me, there is a big difference) and serious reader of his two books, I agree with this assessment. (“Dreams” is one of the greatest post-modern Black memoirs I’ve read in the last 10 years. Second place is filled here.) And as a former (?) journalist, I’m more than 100 percent sure thinking like this puts anger at bay and creates distance between you and those who look like you. Because that’s what it’s designed to do, particularly when you are taught it by those who don’t look like you, and you quickly find out that they pass out virtually all the rewards of this behavior. Although I believe there is a time and place for “objectivity,” I understand its obvious dangers.

It's Clearly Never Enough

Posted on August 27, 2012 by drumsintheglobalvillage

In jail since December 1981. Convicted of first-degree murder in 1982. Sentenced to death in 1983. On Death Row from 1983 to 2012. Sentence reverted to life imprisonment in 2012. And that’s not enough?!? Damn, Mumia Abu-Jamal must be a Black Panther! LOL!

Good For The Voice!

Posted on July 19, 2012 by drumsintheglobalvillage

And congrats to the British Olympic Association for getting some sense. 🙂 C’mon! LOL!

Captain Newark Strikes Again!

Posted on June 25, 2012 by drumsintheglobalvillage

But my old paper says, “Hold the accolades. The superhero mayor was more of a concerned bystander this time.” And read the comments section…. LOL! 🙂 I liked at least one commenter on The Grio’s article, who said, “He must have thought it was someone from Bain Capital!” LOL! 🙂

Congrats To……….

Posted on June 15, 2012 by drumsintheglobalvillage

………Hazel Trice Edney, who has been elected president of the Capital Press Club. It has a great history.

Her old newspaper, The Richmond Free Press, wrote thusly in its June 7-June 9 edition:

Hazel Trice Edney, a former Richmond Free Press reporter, has donned a fresh journalism hat.

Ms. Edney, who now owns and operates a Washington-based wire service and teaches journalism classes at Howard University, is the new president of the Capital Press Club, the nation’s oldest Black journalism association.

The Louisa County native and Harvard University graduate was elected May 1 to lead the 300-member group for four years.

The club was founded in 1944 when Black and female reporters were barred from the National Press CLub and other white-controlled journalism organizations.

She is currently president and CEO of Trice Edney Communications and editor-in-chief of the Trice Edney News Wire, which she launched in November 2010.

Also a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Ms. Edney began her reporting career with the now-defunct Richmond Afro-American. She was the first member of The Free Press news staff and mainly covered City Hall and the State Capitol after the paper began publication in 1992.

She left Richmond in 1998 aftger receiving a fellowship to Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she earned a master’s degree.

Her career sicne has included stints as a legislative aide to now-deceased U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and as editor-in-chief of the news service of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

Among her journalism honors, she was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in 2009 and last year received the New America Media Career Achievement Award.