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This is a list of African American newspapers and media outlets, which is sortable by publication name, city, state, founding date, and extant vs. defunct status. For more detail on a given newspaper, see the linked entries below. See also by state, below on this page, for entries on African American newspapers in each state.
Omari Salisbury, independent journalist and founder of Converge Media in Seattle, Washington; David Swerdlick (African-American mother), journalist for the Washington Post; Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation; Bernard Shaw, former lead news anchor for CNN; Sara Sidner, journalist, correspondent for CNN [7] Michael Smith, ESPN commentator
The representation of African-American women in media has changed throughout the years. According to Sue Jewell, an urban sociology researcher at the Ohio State University from 1982 to 2011, [ 13 ] there are typically three main archetypes of African-American women in media – the Mammy , the Sapphire , and the Jezebel. [ 14 ]
This is a parent category for African-American individuals in various media professions. It should not contain other articles about African-Americans and the media.
African-American sports journalists (2 C, 76 P) Pages in category "African-American journalists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 599 total.
African American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African American periodical, Freedom's Journal , in 1827.
The term African American was popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, [7] although there are recorded uses from the 18th and 19th centuries, [355] for example, in post-emancipation holidays and conferences. [356] [357] Earlier terms also used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred more to skin color than to ancestry.
Its target audience is the African-American community, and its coverage includes the lifestyles and accomplishments of influential black people, fashion, beauty, and politics. [4] [5] Ebony magazine was founded in Chicago in 1945 by John H. Johnson, for his Johnson Publishing Company.