In September 2018 I received a call from Carol Stroud, who does research for the U.S. Postal Service. Stroud explained that a Gwen Ifill postage stamp was under consideration. Deservedly so, I thought. During a 39-year journalism career, Ifill began at the Boston Herald-American, moved on to the Baltimore Evening Sun, began covering presidential politics at the Washington Post, … [Read more...] about Gwen Ifill, best of journalism’s best, to be immortalized on a postage stamp
Opinion
Media get on right side of history with gay NFL player coverage
Fewer than 24 hours after University of Missouri football player Michael Sam officially announced he was gay, Sports Illustrated placed a story online using unidentified sources saying this would hurt his chances to be drafted in the National Football League. And fewer than 24 hours after that report came a barrage of media reports and opinions unequivocally supporting … [Read more...] about Media get on right side of history with gay NFL player coverage