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Company that Bought Ebony, Jet Magazines Fires Digital Staff

by WI Guest Author June 28, 2019December 21, 2021

The company that took over the revered magazines Ebony and Jet allegedly fired the Ebony online editorial staff this month — without paying them.

(From left to right) Hamilton Fish, Chair Board of Visitors, School of Global Journalism and Communication; DeWayne Wickham, Dean and Professor of Journalism; Journalist Kirsten West Saval; Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University; and Provost Dr. Gloria Gibson. Ms. Saval received a medal and $10,000 check for exemplary reporting on Black life in America during the Vernon Jarrett Medal of Honor Ceremony on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at the National Press Club in Northwest. /Photo by Patricia Little @5feet2

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VERNON JARRETT MEDAL FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE (PHOTOS BY PATRICIA LITTLE)

by WI Guest Author June 28, 2016October 30, 2020