Journalism and Black America: Then and Now
Black and white journalists, at times working as colleagues, at other times separately, have produced the first draft of our nation’s difficult history of race relations. In this issue of Nieman Reports, journalists examine reporting at the intersection of black and white America and look at the racial conditions, climate and conversations in newsrooms. – Melissa Ludtke, Editor
Take advantage of the newness of blogging to newsrooms and become a blogger before the publisher turns the assignment over to his/her favorite columnist. Just blog. Make a prototype. Show it to your boss. Push for getting it out on the Web. Put it where readers can find it. Use blogging software or the html editor that’s part of your browser. If you’re a freelancer without a Web host, free Web space probably is included in your account with an Internet Service Provider. If you want your own domain name, inexpensive basic hosting can be had from about six dollars per month and up.
