theGrio's 100: Dean Baquet, the main man at the New York Times
theGRIO's 100 - During Baquet's tenure as managing editor the Times has weathered figurative and literal storms, while still upholding the 'Old Grey Lady's' standard...
theGrio's 100: Emi Kolawole, the Washington Post's innovative blogger
theGRIO's 100 - A graduate of Wellesley College, the 30-year-old Emi Kolawole has been a fixture at the Washington Post since 2010...
theGrio's 100: Michael Strahan, sacking the talk show competition
theGRIO's 100 - Since his retirement from football, Strahan has reinvented himself as a media personality, co-hosting Fox NFL Sunday and the even more high profile syndicated talk show 'Live! with Kelly and Michael'...
Are blacks to blame for reality TV's popularity?
OPINION - The onus is on the viewers to help shape the type of programming that we’re being sold and that we’re buying into...
MSNBC sees bump in ratings thanks to black viewers
theGRIO REPORT - The network announced an incredible increase in their already large number of Black viewers - a whopping 60.5% increase during the past year...
Ebony's managing editor dead at 57
Terry Glover, the managing editor of Ebony magazine, has died of colon cancer at her Chicago home. She was 57.
Essence magazine commemorates Michelle Obama's life in new book
The editors at Essence magazine have been hard at work this fall on a new tome that celebrates first lady Michelle Obama. A Salute to Michelle Obama, available now in paperback, features an array of images of the first lady punctuated with essays penned by legendary black women.
Reporter fired over Facebook has fans
theGRIO REPORT - Meteorologist Rhonda Lee 's controversial dismissal from her one-year post at KTBS-3 has gained national attention, sparking a debate over whether it was fair for the Louisiana news station to fire her after she defended her short natural hair on Facebook...
Can activist Michaela Angela Davis get reality TV to 'Bury the Ratchet'?
Last week, Michaela Angela Davis spoke with Jacque Reid on the Tom Joyner Morning Showabout a new campaign she is spearheading at Spelman College called “Bury the Ratchet."
Newsweek's black style correspondent laid off
theGRIO REPORT - When Newsweek announced in October its plan to go completely digital, it was apparent that some staff members would not be there to see the 80 year-old news magazine's conversion from print to online...
