Black Reporters

Can Howard Kurtz See Race (if It's White)?

Farai Chideya | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media


Farai Chideya

Reporters of color face a constant scrutiny about our motives that actually inhibits favoritism, while white, heterosexual reporters, especially men, see themselves and their actions as neutral even when they are not.

Obama Will Face Few Black White House Reporters

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


Eight days before Barack Obama is sworn in, the relative paucity of black journalists at the White House is striking. A mostly white press corps at 16...