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Ernest Owens thegrio.com
October 26, 2018
Ernest Owens, a queer Black journalist, details his traumatizing experience of being interrogated by police over a Facebook comment.
August 28, 2018
[griojw id=”0Vpv5NW4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]If you’ve ever watched journalist, April Ryan, doing her thing in the White House, you can see just
June 30, 2018
“I feel responsible to everyone," Harris Faulkner, Fox News' only anchor of color, quipped when asked about the Black community.
January 24, 2017
Jan. 20, 2017, will forever be remembered as a very somber day. It marked the swearing in of a man
March 14, 2016
Why is that when black people are killed, either the story is ignored, or at best, it gets only second…
February 1, 2016
Michael J. Feeney, who contributed to this site as a freelance writer and reporter this past year, died Sunday. He…
February 25, 2015
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dori J. Maynard, a journalist and champion of diversity in news coverage, died Tuesday at her
February 18, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Lester Holt’s first report card as NBC’s choice to fill in for suspended anchor Brian Williams
August 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Black journalists from across the nation filled an auditorium in Kissimmee, Fl. on Saturday as they anticipated…
August 17, 2012
(AP) - A group of black journalists says it is disappointed in the lack of ethnic diversity among the people…
June 21, 2012
African-American employees were disproportionately laid off at several newspapers owned by Advance Publications...
May 29, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Journalist and filmmaker Sharon La Cruise has taken a seven-year journey to tell the story of Daisy…
May 3, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce is accustomed to getting awards for writing songs, but now she's earned one for writing…
August 11, 2011
A seemingly delighted Al Sharpton struck back at Rush Limbaugh on his Wednesday show after Limbaugh speculated that a Teleprompter…