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Diversity News

Sunday, January 31, 2010
Diversity Toolbox 
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Quill Feature: Three's Company 
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Diversity Toolbox 
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
Diversity Toolbox 
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Friday, October 02, 2009
President's Column 
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Diversity Toolbox 
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Civil Rights-era journalist Robert Churchwell honored with Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement 
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Diversity Toolbox 
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
SPJ announces New America Award recipients 
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Artist/writer finds way to bridge the divide 
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Now is America’s ‘biracial moment’ 
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Friday, April 03, 2009
How to report on race in the most ethical ways 
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Working to bridge the divide 
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Why the race debate is far from over 
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Friday, January 30, 2009
The future of media and Obama 
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Call for entries announced for annual Sigma Delta Chi and New America Awards in journalism 
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Leap the Native American journalistic divide 
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
SPJ honors professional chapter excellence 
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Diversity: Tips for covering gay marriage fairly 
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Jobless and on the prowl 
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
SPJ leaders: Dick Morris just doesn't get it 
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
SPJ announces recipients of the 2007 New America Award 
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
SPJ announces Sigma Delta Chi Award winner for TV Feature Reporting (Network/Top 25 Markets) Category 
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Omitting Race: Politically correct or good crime reporting? 
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Friday, April 11, 2008
SPJ leaders second Phoenix chapter in condemning editor’s use of racial slur 
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Friday, March 28, 2008
The language of race 
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists appoint Scott Maben to national board 
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Crunching the numbers on housing discrimination 
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Postmark deadline approaching for Sigma Delta Chi Awards competition 
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Better reporting during the 'Mormon moment' 
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
SPJ leaders endorse letter supporting Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Call for entries announced for SPJ’s New America Award 
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Call for entries announced for annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards competition 
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Fires provide lessons to reach diverse crowd 
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Monday, November 05, 2007
SDX Foundation gives $20,000 to Oakland journalism collaboration 
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Society of Professional Journalists, National Arab American Journalists Association join forces 
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Denver Press Club Designated Historic Site in Journalism 
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
SPJ leaders praise House Representatives for passing the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Bay Area Media Collaborate to Continue Slain Journalist’s Investigative Work Into Your Black Muslim Bakery 
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
NBC News president to discuss Virginia Tech massacre 
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Washington Post editor speaks about future of the news business 
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Watergate legends discuss historical media event during 2007 SPJ convention 
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Friday, October 05, 2007
Baghdad bureau chief discusses war during Q&A with veteran press corps reporter Helen Thomas 
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USA Today editor says journalists must teach public about the duty of the press 
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White House press reporters debunk lap dog myth 
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Great resources abound to diversify election coverage 
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Society of Professional Journalists honors professional chapter excellence 
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
SPJ honors Ashlee Clark with Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award 
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SPJ Honors Ralph Izard With Distinguished Teaching Award 
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Chuck Stone Honored With Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award 
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Saturday, September 01, 2007
Cultural studies serve as great story fodder 
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Detroit Free Press writer awarded $75,000 Pulliam Editorial Fellowship 
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Mourns Loss Of Chauncey Bailey 
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Make diversity a curriculum core 
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
SPJ announces recipients of the 2006 New America Award 
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Letter to The Honorable Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations 
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Monday, May 07, 2007
Smooth News: Newsroom numbers — good and bad 
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Smooth News: Why do women leave newspaper jobs? 
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Finalists named in 57th annual Green Eyeshade Awards 
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Monday, April 02, 2007
Do you know race when you see it? 
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
SPJ defends jailed journalist at rally 
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Friday, February 02, 2007
A community divided 
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Death of journalists creates void 
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Diverse sources make for best stories 
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Grappling with diversity and journalistic privilege 
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Industry faces an uphill path on the road to diversity 
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The Thriving Spanish-Language Media 
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When “balance” really isn’t 
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Remarks to Federal Communications Commission, Nashville, Tenn. 
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Society of Professional Journalists president-elect offers public comment at FCC hearing 
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Friday, December 01, 2006
Descriptive language can paint wrong picture 
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Inclusion beyond political correctness 
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Monday, August 07, 2006
SPJ Honors Gene Murray With Distinguished Teaching Award 
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Friday, June 16, 2006
Media Expulsion From Guantanamo After Suicides Inappropriate, Counterproductive 
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
Letter to UN Secretary General, Kofi A. Annan 
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Unconscious stereotypes slow newsroom diversity 
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Diverse coverage only way to tell whole story 
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Journalism educators must leap diversity hurdles 
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Danish Cartoon Coverage Should Be Guided By SPJ Code of Ethics 
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Curiosity, courage keys to diverse journalism 
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
Enjoy the Indian taco, but don’t stop asking questions 
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Media must work to ensure fair coverage 
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Monday, October 10, 2005
SPJ awards diversity outreach leadership grants 
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Understanding the diversity in your community is key 
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
Media's quest for diversity fades 
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Times' plan for African-American weekly makes many see red 
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Friday, August 05, 2005
SPJ Joins in Criticism of Editorial Cartoon 
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
New America Award honors best of media collaboration 
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Friday, June 10, 2005
SPJ announces winners of new national award honoring collaborative public service journalism by ethnic and mainstream news media 
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
SPJ Extends Entry Deadline for New America Award to March 15, 2005 
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Monday, February 14, 2005
SPJ Seeking Nominees for New Award Honoring Collaboration Between Ethnic and Mainstream News Organizations 
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Monday, January 10, 2005
Different takes on what makes a newsroom diverse 
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News of peace and peril comes with South Korea trip 
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Beverly Kees Fund for Journalism Established to Perpetuate Her Work 
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Hispanic leader was a mentor, friend 
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Wednesday, March 17, 2004
AIDS coverage has been lost in recent years 
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DIVERSITY IN-BRIEF 
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Monday, November 02, 1998
Diversity goals fall short says SPJ 
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On both chapter and national levels, SPJ provides an open forum for the discussion of diversity issues in journalism. This committee's purpose is to promote a broader voice in newsrooms across the country and expand the depth and quality of news reports through better sourcing. Its ongoing project is the compilation of experts — primarily women, gays and lesbians, people of color and people with disabilities — through the Society's Diversity Source Book. The Society's relevance to its member is based on inclusiveness.

Diversity Committee Chair

Pueng Vongs
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Bio (click to expand) picture Ms. Pueng Vongs has two decades of experience in journalism. She is a online producer/editor for Bay Area News Group (MercuryNews.com, InsideBayArea/OaklandTribune.com and ContraCostaTimes.com), where she edits content for the web and leverages social media, multimedia, mapping and mobile tools. She has also worked in financial news at CBS.Marketwatch.com and Money magazine. Vongs’ stories have run in the Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle and NPR among other outlets.

She serves as the diversity chair for SPJ and has spent more than a decade reporting on minority communities, mainly at Pacific News Service/New America Media, the largest association of U.S. ethnic media.


Maria O. Alvarez, vice chair
Freelance journalist
San Francisco, Calif.
Bio (click to expand) picture Maria Alvarez has over 15 years of professional experience in broadcast journalism working in different countries and the US. Since 2007, Maria has been working with media non-profits and helping them to understand and reach effectively the Hispanic community in the US. She enjoys being in touch with the community and is very passionate about issues affecting the Latino community.

Her academic degrees include a B.A. in Journalism from the Central University in Venezuela, and a M.A. in Communications from the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. Once she moved to the US, Maria has continued her professional development. In 2008, she received a Certificate in Non-Profit Management at Cal State University in Oakland, CA. Maria loves traveling with her three year old son, especially to Latin America Countries. Her favorite and most frequent destination is Venezuela, her birthplace and where the majority of her family currently lives.

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