Tag: Black journalists in the United States
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Celebrating Black Journalists in History – A Series
In honor of Black History Month, how about a celebration of Black Journalists throughout history? Because I have been a professional journalist for over twenty years, and a professor of journalism for a decade, I have the utmost respect and admiration for journalists. Particularly those brave journalists who have weaponized their words to bring about…
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Ida B. Wells (Finally) Wins a Pulitzer Prize!
Hello Meltingpot Community, On Monday the Pulitzer Prizes – the Academy Awards of journalism – were announced and one particular award warmed my defiant Black journalist’s heart. Eighty-nine years after her death, Ida B. Wells received a special citation from the Pulitzer committee for her pioneering work in investigative reporting. More specifically, she was given…
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Ida B. Wells: Journalist & Activist
I think it goes without saying that I could not have a series on influential Black journalists and not talk about the original badass freedom fighter-writer, Ms. Ida B. Wells. Ida B. Wells the journalist, was a true crusader for justice who, like Frederick Douglass, understood the power of the press and used it to…
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Happy Black Excellence Month!: Let’s Talk about Black Journalists
Hello Meltingpot Community. It’s February! Which means it’s the Blackest month of the year in the United States. Not only were all of the coolest Black people – Frederick Douglass, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Me – born in the month of February, but it’s also Black History Month. Black History is American History…
