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Howard U. Grad Jelani Cobb Tapped as Dean of Columbia Journalism School

by WI Web Staff May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

Jelani Cobb, a graduate of Howard University, has been selected as the new dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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MasterClass Launches Black History, Freedom and Love Program

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer December 8, 2021

From left: Ta-Nehisi Coates, former staff writer at The Atlantic, Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, Jelani Cobb, staff writer at The New Yorker, and Anthony Brown Jr., moderator and independent journalist, participate in the "Power of the Pen" panel discussion at Cramton Auditorium at Howard University on March 6. (Justin Knight/Howard University)

National Writers Provide Life Lessons at HU Forum

by Brenda C. Siler March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams discusses her fight to end voter suppression during a conversation at the Brookings Institution in northwest D.C. on Feb. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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Stacey Abrams Talks Candidly on Race, Political Power in U.S.

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Reality TV Moment Taints NABJ Convention

by WI Guest Author August 16, 2017October 31, 2020

Think Out Loud: The Emerging Black Digital Intelligentsia

by Washington Informer September 11, 2015October 30, 2020

Obama Defends ‘Respectability Politics’ Speeches Criticized by Black Progressives

by Washington Informer May 13, 2015October 30, 2020