Recent News Releases UNITY mourns loss of Tim Russert (June 18, 2008) UNITY Announces Move to Prime Time for Presidential Candidates’ Forum at UNITY ‘08 Forum will be broadcast live on CNN (June 4, 2008) CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF UNITY ‘08 CONVENTION (May 27, 2008) UNITY AND UNAIDS TO OFFER REPORTING OPPORTUNITY (05-19-2008) UNITY ’08 Announces Core Teamfor Converged Student Media Project (05-13-2008) Diverse Newsrooms Can Transform Our Industry (04-14-2008) New FCC Rules Ignore Crisis in Minority Media Ownership UNITY urges participants to take action (01-02-2008) UNITY statement on suspension of Aguilar (10-24-2007) UNITY: Diversity should be prime factor in reshaping America's newsrooms (10-22-2007) UNITY Urges Passage of H.R. 2102, The Free Flow of Information Act (10-15-2007) UNITY launches year-long Challenge Fund IV (10-12-2007) Dropping Imus Elevates Diversity (4-13-07) Imus Should Have Gotten Stiffer Penalty (04-10-07) UNITY Statement on Newsroom Layoffs (01/20/06) Statement on Rosie O'Donnell's comments on ABC's "The View" (12/11/06) Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to speak at UNITY reception (10/26/06) Onica Makwaka Named UNITY Executive Director (8/9/06) UNITY: Increasing Newsroom Diversity Makes Economic Sense (04/25/06) UNITY Board Calls on Industry to Step Up Diversity Efforts Amid Great Change and Uncertain Future (03/20/06) UNITY Executive Director Resigns (01/25/06) UNITY Discouraged by Slow Progress of Diversity in Broadcast News (07/13/05) UNITY Supports NY Times' Judith Miller (07/07/05) RTNDA Names Winners of RTNDA/UNITY Awards: News Organizations That Celebrate Diversity (06/20/05) UNITY Picks Chicago for 2008 (06/18/05) Increasing Newsroom Diversity: It's Time to Make It Personal (04/12/05) Latest Federal Court Ruling On First Amendment Rights A Blow Against All Journalists (02/17/05) UNITY releases aggressive 5-year strategic plan (02/10/05) Mae Cheng elected president of UNITY (11/23/04) Anna López named to Hispanic Business 100 Most Influentials (10/14/2004) Geraldo Rivera Pledges $100,000 to NAHJ, UNITY (8/6/04) Washington Print Press Corps has Dismal Record on Diversity, Says Study by UNITY: Journalists of Color and Merrill College of Journalism (08/04/2004) John Kerry to Speak at UNITY 2004 (07/29/04) President Bush to Speak at UNITY 2004 (07/23/04) Statement by UNITY and its alliance partners, AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ and NAJA on the annual Radio and Television News Directors-Ball State University Annual Diversity Survey (07/14/04) UNITY 2004 Convention Extends Pre-Registration Deadline to July 1 (06/15/04) UNITY2004 to attract the nation’s journalists of color and feature industry’s largest media and career expo (06/10/04) Joint statement by UNITY, AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ and NAJA on the annual American Society of Newspaper Editors Newsroom Census (04/20/04) Journalist's memory, mission will live on (02/20/04) Diversity Summit Addresses Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Radio and Television Newsrooms (01/13/04) Statement by UNITY President Ernest Sotomayor Jr. on FCC localism initiative (8/20/03) RTNDA, UNITY to hold diversity summit (8/8/03) UNITY calls on broadcast industry to convene diversity summit (8/1/03) NAHJ Blasts Broadcast Industry for Backpedaling on Commitment to Diversity (8/1/03) Percentage of Minorities Drops in Local Radio and TV Newsrooms (7/31/03) UNITY president praises Newspaper Association of America's decision to hire diversity director (6/24/03) RTNDA Names Winners of RTNDA/UNITY Awards: News Organizations That Celebrate Diversity (6/19/03) UNITY Names Anna Lopez Executive Director (5/9/03) UNITY: Newspapers face diversity crisis and need crisis reaction (4/7/03) UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. seeks more hearings before FCC revises media ownership rules (3/25/03) Ernest R. Sotomayor Elected 2003-2004 UNITY President (1/1/03)
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