by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that spelled the baseball Hall of Famer’s first name as “Jakie.” The sign spotted Sunday in Queens featured a picture of Robinson, Major League Baseball’s first African American player in the […]
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Posted inNational News
Local Publishers, Deloitte to Create Business Content for Diverse Audiences
NEW YORK, Mar. 1, 2023, A consortium of Black-owned newspaper publishers and Deloitte* are launching The Exchange, a pilot project designed to co-create and distribute business content tailored for diverse audiences. News media diversity, particularly at the national level, continues to be a work in progress. People of color represent only 21.9% of the workforce […]
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Towson University is trying to get ahead of the lure of sports betting
By JULIAN ESAU BASENA and DEREK OHRINGER, Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Capital News Service When Towson University students pick up their phones on campus and open a designated app, they may see an ad seeking to teach them about responsible gambling. The in-app banner ad, sent at […]
Posted inSports
On game day, sports betting is the new normal for some Colorado fans
By KEVIN MCNULTY, Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Capital News Service Colorado legalized sports betting in 2020. And the University of Colorado was ready to capitalize. Kevin McNulty reports. This story was produced by The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism […]
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Buzzy sports betting posts appeal to Gen Z social media audience
By SHANNON SCOVEL and SYDNEE SINGLETARY, Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Capital News Service On Sept. 10, PointsBet posted a SpongeBob SquarePants meme showing a cartoon character holding a “To-Do List” of current and former injured football players, including University of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers. The caption of […]
Posted inHealth
Pfizer partners with communities nationwide to raise awareness of ATTR-CM, an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure among Black and Afro-Caribbean communities
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Randy Peters is 76 years old. Originally from Trinidad, he now lives in New Orleans, La. He’d always maintained an active lifestyle until one day in 2018, when he realized he was struggling to climb the stairs during a visit to his daughter’s house. He quickly became extremely […]
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Another look, a second chance: never settle for love
By Erick Alston Buck, Special to the AFRO Dating is as easy or as difficult as we make it. Depending on how long we’ve been single, our dating goals and even our age, we may very well show up on this new dating scene creating obstacles and challenges for ourselves and blaming our unmet expectations […]
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Despite cleanup efforts, Chesapeake Bay remains challenged by pollution
By Hunter Savery, Capital News Service Despite decades of conservation efforts, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) gave the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay a D+ in its recently released 2022 State of the Bay report. In fact, the needle has hardly moved since the Chesapeake Bay Foundation began issuing the annual report in 1998. […]
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TBE# 8 – Desantis Has Learned the Wrong Lessons from History. He Wants to Make Sure No One Else Learns the Right Ones.
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Black Media Story Summit offering $60,000 in funding for projects promoting vaccine equity
MICHIGAN AND NORTH CAROLINA CREATIVES SOUGHT FOR BLACK MEDIA STORY SUMMIT Up to $60,000 in funding to be awarded for media projects promoting vaccination Black Public Media (BPM) is inviting Michigan and North Carolina creatives to join health care professionals and other stakeholders at its upcoming Black Media Story Summit for a day of conversation, […]
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Gov. Wes Moore announces $17 million state funding to reduce crime in Baltimore City
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Gov. Wes Moore announced a $17 million investment in Baltimore City towards crime reduction on Feb. 23. “This is not just a Baltimore problem, it’s a Maryland problem,” said Gov. Moore. “Statewide violent crime and its drivers span every jurisdiction in Maryland, and our state has fueled a […]
