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**FILE** Howard University, a historically Black institution, is located in northwest D.C. (Courtesy of Howard University)

The Center for Journalism & Democracy Opens at Howard University

by Stacy M. Brown November 15, 2022November 16, 2022

The Center for Journalism & Democracy, a first-of-its-kind academic center committed to strengthening historically informed, pro-democracy journalism, launched Tuesday at Howard University.

High School Journalists Invited to Apply to Free Howard University Media Academy

by Jamila Bey June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

Journalist April Ryan recently celebrated in style her 25 years as a White House correspondent. (Courtesy of Wikimedia commons)

Standing on Shoulders of Giants, April Ryan Now Opening Doors for Others

by Stacy M. Brown May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

Howard University Receives $2M to Digitize Black Newspaper Archive

by Stacy M. Brown February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

During the two years he was an editorial consultant with the Nassau Guardian, Leon Dash, a professor in journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, established an effective journalistic training program at The Guardian and arranged for several of the newspaper's young reporters who had undergraduate degrees to obtain scholarships to study for their Master's Degree in journalism.

Leon Dash: Journalist’s Contributions Encompass the Globe

by WI Guest Author August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Thousands of Journalists Laid Off Across U.S.

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer January 30, 2019October 31, 2020

Journalist Marzieh Hashemi talks to the press as she arrives at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Jan. 30, 2019. The U.S.-born journalist working for Iran's English-language television station Press TV returned to the Islamic Republic on Jan. 30 after she was arrested on arrival at St Louis Lambert International Airport on Jan. 13, according to family and friends cited by Press TV. (Photo ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

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MUHAMMAD: Treatment of Black Muslim Journalist is Lawless, Dangerous

by Askia Muhammad January 30, 2019October 31, 2020

A mural depicting the Freedom's Journal mural is seen outside the offices of the Dallas Weekly, a newspaper that reports on events in the African-American community in Dallas. (NNPA Newswire)

Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press

by WI Guest Author January 22, 2019October 31, 2020

EDITORIAL: Respect for Black Journalists

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

Founders Library at Howard University

HU, MSU Journalism Partnership Targets D.C., Baltimore High Schoolers

by WI Guest Author December 15, 2016October 30, 2020