https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:24:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/race/howard-university-hosts-media-town-hall-reporting-while-black-confronting-systemic-racism-2/ Thu, 18 May 2023 00:19:31 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15602 By Braxton Babb, NewsVision reporter Some 55 years after the Kerner Commission revealed a scathing report which included the lack of diversity in America’s newsrooms, systemic racism still exists. A recent Pew Research study of more than 12,000 journalists found that newsroom diversity and racism are still an issue. On April 26, journalism, education and diversity experts joined Howard University students in a town hall, “Reporting While Black: Confronting Systemic Racism.” This event was co-hosted by The Black Executive & Student Training Program, known as The BEST Program, and the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film. NewsVision reporter]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/reporting-while-black-reporters-share-candid-experiences-covering-the-january-6th-attack-on-the-capitol/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 16:40:55 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15137 By NewsVision reporter Makailah Gause, photojournalist Evin Guilford and writer MeKayla Pierre  The Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film and the Howard University Association of Black Journalists hosted the latest installment of the “Reporting While Black” series. The Panel featured four Washington, DC journalists who covered the January 6, 2021 attack on democracy at the U.S. Capitol. In a very transparent conversation, the journalists shared how they put themselves in peril to cover the story, and how the events affected them in the days and months that followed. NewsVision reporter Makailah Gause and photojournalist Evin Guilford spoke to]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/covering-election-2020/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:06:24 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=10822   The 2020 Election promises to be a watershed moment in U.S. social and political history.  In the run-up to November 3, journalists covering campaigns are also on the front lines of a pandemic, street protests, arrests, and assaults by protestors and police officers.  As part of the “Reporting While Black” series, this virtual conversation will feature a panel of leading experts, who have covered past elections, campaigns and civil unrest.  The panelists will discuss what Black journalists should expect and how to prepare for covering the upcoming elections in light of voter suppression and fears of potential intimidation at polling places.  These seasoned professionals will also provide]]>