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other publications that Id
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on time and | said, ‘Okay, this
is more like a better fir.”
As part of the fellowship,
Logan, Heather Faison, Amber
English and Brandon Holmes,
all of whom graduated from
Howard in May, have complet
ed four weeks of training at the
NNPA News Service. The
training, funded by the Ford
Foundation, aimed to prepare
the graduates to work for the
next two years at several of
NNPAs member newspapers.
The NNPA training includ
ed lectures and seminars by
journalists and other media
professionals, visits to congres
sional offices, and weekly fiu‘j
lines in the NNPA newsroom.
Logan will be working for
the )figuston Defender. She
says her inital inspiration to
apply for the fellowship came
Gang
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The workshop represents
Greater Young £ion Baptist
Churchs effort to become more
involved in impmvin%&he state
of its community. We agree
that local schools and churches
can take more active roles in
rotecting its youth and parents
f'i'om pervasive drug and gang
activities that seem to be grow
ing in many communities.
Equally important, by empow
ering &mifi)i?s with informa
tion, we hope to help establish
a solid foundation upon which
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from Howard communica
tons professor Dr. Clint Wil
son, who teaches a course on
multi-cultural media.
“Dr. Wilson talked about the
first Black publishers and how
they wrote, “We have to plead
our own cause” and I was like,
“Wow. Thats very, very power
ful even today in 2007
Heather Faison, who will be
ing to the Philadelphia Tri
%(r)me. also took Wilson's class .
She says she became interested
in the fellowship when he first
conceived and announced it,
but she was cspcciallv intrigued
by the educational benefits of
starting her career in the Black
Press.
“What really sealed the deal
was an article that | read, an
interview with Milton Cole
man with the Washington Post
and how he started out in the
Black Press,” says Faison of
Raleigh, N.C. “He felt that it
was a teaching experience for
him and a lot of what he knows
now he credits to the Black
Press. 1 got an opportunity to
simk wiLL‘h him a couple of days
after I read that. He really solid
ified and really encouraged me
0 go into li;e Black Press.”
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learn more about how we can
protect and empower our
youth and parents through bet
ter decision making, says Rev.
Robinson. Rev. William B.
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Wilson, the author of A Histo
vy o{ the Black Press, says he
app icc% for the fellowship grant,
not only to open opportunities
for the gmdugfcs.min order
w infuse fresh perspectives into
the Black Press.
“I think that the Black Press
is at least as important as it has
always been. Foscme that iln
recent years our you e
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And opportunities to work in
the \V}‘])ILC Press far overshadow
the Black Press; so our best tal
ent is being recruited by the
White Press,” Wilson says.
“The ethnic Press is the
fastest growing area of the
media. 'Fhat's w%my some of the
White media is trying to buy
those properties or start their
own, says &ilfl_)n. “Also, people
are starving for information
that is vital to them.”
Wilson says the Black Press is
also an outlet for young people
to use their artstic skifis.
‘}:fl as some young people say
at they find rap music or spo
ken word as a venue of expres
sion, the Black Press is another
way of expressing the mind of
the Black community, reminis
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Three-time champ James Toney tests positive for steroids
| LOS ANGELES (AP)
-~ Three-time boxing cham
pion James Toney tested
positive for steroid use and
could face a year’s suspen
sion, officials said.
' The California State Ath
letic Commission
announced Tuesday that
Toney and Danny
Batchelder, his opponent in
a May 24 heavyweight
fight, both tested positive
ffor steroids.
' Toney, who won the San
Uosc bout in a split decision,
tested positive for bolde
none and stanazolol, the
doms Journal, Americas first
Black newspaper, which stated
‘We want to plead our own
cause,” Wilson says. “In a way,
our students need to realize that
the Black Press is a more
sophisticated way for them 1
do I;hat." e
ues ning to the social,
wonommumngoml. judicial
and Folitica] affairs of‘ Black
people are documented in
more than 200 galack[-_(hmnai
newspapers ev y. Though
they pl?f\ftc ch:lrlyguiisincc fic
19605, racism and White
supremacy still prevail through
out the culure of Amenca.
Amber English, who recendy
wrote a story headlined, “Presi
dential Candidates Sl Silent
on Most Issues Pertaining to
African-Americans” says she
has always had a passion for
politics.
“So often, were taught in
school to kind of glaze over the
issues. | want to be a litde more
bold and a little more assertive
in my reporting and | think I'll
be able to learn that through
the Black Press as opposed to if
I went to, say, a smaller news
paper and I was just a new
reporter and [ got to cover litde
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or nothing,” says English. She
will be g%ing ytzEé‘%ssßoad
sNews in Decatur, Ga. “T hope
o improve upon just being
able to focus on the issues that
mean the most to the commu
nity.”
Brandon Holmes, who has
had a three-year scholarship
from the Chicago Defender,
says he has always had a con
ncaior}: with the Black Ptml;(c)
he is happy tgooo a
where I.:{:Péalmngo an be Y)oth
showcased and used to serve.
Holmes is the only advertising
fellow in the group.
“l wanted a cEw:—nit envi
ronment where I could proba
bly wlk to the editor-in-chief
myself,” he says. “I've had to
write an essay every year on the
importance of journalism and
community service. After writ
ing that essay every year, |
began to really take journalism
sertously. [ never wanted to be a
journalist, but since advertising
is a part of journalism, [ beil,:m
to [[)()k further into it...lve
watched different historical
films on [Defender founder]
Robert S. Abbot, [NNPA
Founder John] Sengstacke and
all of those good, wonderful
Los Angeles Times report
ed.
Batchelder tested positive
for stanazolol and oxan
dolone.
“We have a detiled anti
doping program in place in
this state,” commission
Executive Director Arman
do Garcia told the newspa
per. “If they come here dop
ing, they're going to get
caught.”
Pending appeal, both
fighters were notified that
they will face one-year sus
pensions and fines of up to
$2,500 each, Garcia said.
historical figures that 1 would
like to be like one day.”
Holmes will be going t work
at Insight News m“fiinnapo
lis, Minn. He was one of the
students in a markc::s cam
paign dass that worked on a
rebranding project for NNPA
last year and presented their
ideas to the organization’s win
ter conference in Phoenix.
NNPA Chairwoman Dorothy
Leavell, publisher of the Chica
go Crusader, says the youthful
vision helps to infuse new
blood intlggadcmye Black Press to
assure its remains strong,
“Its important because tn}fi:
Black Press must live. Even
though technology and televi
sion are evcrymm you go,
that written word cannot cease
- not for the Black Press,”
Leavell says. “And so, I believe if
our young people know what
we believe, what we have done,
what we are still trying o do,
they will join with us with fresh
legs, with fresh minds and real
lcgie able to develop the Black
le in the way that we can feel
secure as we pass from the scene
that the institution of the Black
Press will not end.”
Toney's record is 70-6-3,
with 43 knockouts.
Batchelder is 25-5-1, with
12 knockouts.
Toney, 38, is a former
International Boxing Feder
ation middleweight, super
middleweight and cruiser
weight champion.
He tested positive for
steroid use two years ago
and it cost him a title fight
victory. The 2005 fight with
World Boxing Council
heavyweight ~ champion
John Ruiz was ruled a no
contest after Toney tested
positive for nandrolone.