On top of Philly news #WeStandWithUkee: Groundswell of support for CBS Philly anchor after reports of racist treatment
National network executives Peter Dunn and David Friend have been placed on administrative leave.
CBS 3 evening anchor Ukee Washington became emotional thanking viewers and colleagues for their support. Deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome, he said, quoting MLK. We must. Youtube screenshot / CBS Philly Jan. 27, 2021, 4:35 p.m. Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
It’s been a whirlwind few days for reporters and media professionals at Philadelphia’s local CBS station, KYW-TV, after a story published over the weekend detailed a network culture handcuffed by racism and sexism.
A company statement said there would be an independent investigation into issues raised in a report in the Los Angeles Times that accused an executive of making "racist, sexist, homophopic and discriminatory comments."
Atlanta Magazine
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 2000s
November 2004: OutKast ranked #6, right behind Ted Turner.
For our January 2021 issue, in honor of our 60th anniversary year, we dug through our archives to present a snapshot of the magazine during each of our six decades. We discovered groundbreaking work, inspiring stories, and, yes, some errors in judgement. Here’s what we found:
The ’00s in 8 Quotes
The city was full of bravado in the days before the Great Recession
“Phoenix Follies” (our annual “Worst of Atlanta” package)
December 2003
After adding stickers (which were later removed) calling evolution “a theory, not a fact” to textbooks, Cobb County was ranked No. 2 on the Campaign to Defend the Constitution’s top 10 “Islands of Ignorance” places where the separation of church and state is considered threatened. But Cobb School Board chair Kathie Johnstone was more concerned with geography, saying, “None of the places they’re listing a
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Tuesday 26 January 2021
Following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 and the subsequent protests against police brutality, there was widespread adoption in the US media of capitalised Black to refer to African Americans and other members of the African diaspora. That immediately raised the question of whether AFP, an international news agency based in Paris with a substantial editorial presence in North America, should do the same. Now, as Kamala Harris becomes the first woman and person of colour to hold the office of vice president, Stylebook editor
Eric Wishart looks back at how the agency made its decision on the capitalisation of Black.